We decided on our S 10 Pickup truck for this Friday's cruise at Old-Town. It was a beautiful day, although a little cool, as we left the beautiful hills of Clermont. We were the first of the early birds to arrive so we set out to visit some of our friends in the shops. Donna and Brian at the leather shop are always ready to greet any that stop by. We stopped to chat with Jackie at the Pearl Shop, we have many friendly merchants here at Old-Town and they contribute much to our cruise, so stop by and visit with them, you will make some new friends and maybe buy something you can't do without.

Stan and Maryann brought out their 2005 Escape, Bob B had his 2005 SSR, Chris Mohler was back with his 1975 Pontiac, he really has it looking real nice, Ryan Fontaine, who can only make it out every other month had his 1989 Cadillac. Also on block 3 were Robert Campiglia with his blue Mustang, the losers were all together, George and George with the 86 Olds, Ed and his 88 Corvette and Tony with his 94 Corvette and chatting with anybody who came by.

Gary, who is a cruiser and part of the staff at Old-Town, was busy getting things set up but took time to stop and talk to us. He cruises a 2007 HHR. His buddy Dave also brings his 1983 Mercury out every week. These two do a great job and we appreciate them very much.

On down on block 2 were Mike and Seth with their 1992 Sonoma, Andy with his one owner 1979 Cadillac, Ron had his 82 Corvette and Dennis was back after a few weeks off with his 86 Monte Carlo. Back on trophy row we talked to Ed Guglich, he had his wife's 2001 Mustang out tonight. They each have a Mustang, good deal.

By the stage Ken and Audrey were back with their 2006 Mustang, the cold weather has kept them away for awhile. Next to the bleachers were Ramon and his 06 Mustang and Monchito had his 06 Chrysler 300.

Under the stairs gang were our lady cruisers and a few others. Nancy had her 91 Mustang, Lori had her 06 Charger, Lynn had the 09 Avalanche and Pablo and Nilda had their 96 Taurus. These ladies are part of our Friday night dancers. We wandered down to block 4 to see our cruiser friends who usually park there. We found Toby Buck who had his 2004 PT, Ralph had his 01 PT and Bert and Laverne with their 07 PT. Also there was a red Avanti there. Jon had his 78 Pontiac, Chuck with his 81 Camaro, Angie and Jade were not out tonight, they don't like the cold weather, and Gerald had his 1996 Ford truck.

We saw Glenn and Stephanie but don't know which one of their cruisers they brought out tonight, many of our cruisers have more then one cruiser to show. Also near by was Albert and his 2001 Trans Am. Tom Cregger who cruises a 1987 Mustang Convertible, can't come out every week but enjoys it when he can. Tom had his mother's friend, Joyce Thomas, who resides in Knoxville, Tennessee with him tonight. She was bundled up for the cold.

Vinny who cruises a 05 Dakota was running around with his scooter helping out where he could. Tim Andrews had his 87 Olds and he brought his brother Gil tonight. A few more cruisers we encountered were Darrel Jones with his 83 Monte Carlo, Ryan Gaskin a 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Juan with one of his many cruisers was out, Karen with her beautiful 07 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Bill Denonn had his 79 Olds Hurst, Felix had the 78 red Scorpion and Cecil had his 85 Chevy Pickup.
Sean Rogers is our new cruiser of the month for March. He has a great Nissan with many add-ons. His wife Amanda and Daughter Kara were with him tonight. We hope they come out more often. Congratulations to them.  The Peanut Butter Company was entertaining on stage tonight to the delight of our dancers and our many spectators. Some more cruisers we saw were Freddyson and his 03 S 10 Extreme, Edwin with his 92 Mazda B 2200, Jose 06 Corvette and Angela 05 Scion. Also Danny had his 78 Plymouth Fury.

We had 171 registered cruisers tonight. A pretty good turnout. Our Cruise-O-Matic was $775.00 but Dave could not give it away. The 50/50 was $41.00 and went home with one of our cruisers, Ed Guglich. Congratulations Ed.
 

See you all next week.


___________________Bill and Doris
 

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