The history of motorized vehicles is very short. We used to walk and carry every thing we wanted to transport. We called it man power. When the load became too heavy we engaged some of our four legged friends to help carry the burden, we called it horse power. That became a little too slow so we invented the motor. We called that engine power. This leads us to the love of the automobile. Four nights a week, including "Bike Night " on Thursday one can enjoy some of these vehicles from the past to the present at "Our Town" Old-Town.

This Friday was hot and humid as we headed to Old-Town with our 87 S 10 Pickup. After awhile Stan and Maryann came in with their 2010 Volkswagen Jetta followed by Chris with his Pontiac Formula 400. Soon George Pennachi showed up with his 2005 Yukon and Jay had his 2002 yellow Corvette, Bob Butler came with him as Bob's truck is still on the sick list. We had some rain but the spectators were coming in pretty fast. We were talking to Larry from Pittsburgh who is here for a week. He was waiting for his family who were shopping.

Ken Keel and his buddy Charlie made it out to visit tonight. Ken is usually a regular cruiser but he does have a lot of medical problems. Pat and Alan, 2 of our regular spectators were out visiting the shops.

We had a very large new dump truck that was out to show. Some of these large vehicles are not safe to cruise our crowded streets but they are interesting to look at. Felix had his 1978 red Scorpion but it was too wet for some of his buddies. We talked with Celene who is only 16 but is the proud owner of a beautiful 2010 Mustang V-6 Premium. Her father, Sam brought her and her car out to show.

Some of our regular diehards were, Ryan with his 2008 Mitsubishi, Michelle and Miki were with him, Robert and his 1987 Mustang, Vinny with his 2005 Dakota, Lynn had her 2009 Avalanche, Lori had her 06 Charger and Pablo and Nilda with their 96 Taurus.

The P T Cruisers were out tonight, Ralph had his 2001 PT, Toby was here with his 2004 PT, Bert and Laverne with their 2007 PT and Bud and Becky had their 2007 PT.

The cruiser of the month for July is Ed Gasdick with his 1988 Red Convertible Corvette. He chose two other losers, Tony with his 1994 Corvette and George and George 1986 Olds Cutlass to share the honored spot.

Bob and Norma were next to the bleachers with their 2006 Mustang. Ken and Audrey decided to bring out their 2011 Jaguar tonight. Alfonso and Tammy were out visiting tonight but left the Cadillac home on account of the weather. Two more regular visitors are Porky and Anne and Ted was out snapping pictures so look for them on Steve's web site.

Tim Andrews is still having some problems with his 1987 Olds but he still brought it out to cruise with us. We were chatting with Candido Garcia and his wife Diana, they have a beautiful 1985 Cutlass Supreme. This is only their second time out but they said they would definitely be back. We do like to see the older cars come in.

A couple of other pickups were a 2002 Ford owned by Alexander Engberg and his wife Amanda and Freddyson who has a 2003 S 10 Extreme. Remember all our cruisers are important to our cruise. They give a full variety of vehicles to enjoy.

Our Cruise-O-Matic was $450.00 but no takers tonight. The 50/50 was $42.00 and went home with Bud and Becky. Two of our cruisers. We had 79 registered cruisers.

Gary, we miss you, we pray that you get well soon and hope to see you back on your cart and taking care of business.
 

See you all next week.

___________________Bill and Doris

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