Car show and other happenings

 
 
 
My blog has been neglected since I opened my facebook page a month ago. It is quick and easy and seductive, but I am having problems loading pics.

So, here we are, August 30th, already. Yesterday, Chuck and I rode the Speedster to Cheney, KS for a car show, part of a celebration of the town being 125 years old. Hank was the organizer of the show. Hank owns a microbrewry called Hank Wiser Brewry. It is a fine establishment and we sampled a couple of his brews. One was a special anniversary beer and the other was a Canadian type brew he named, Eh. Both were smooth and tasty. This was the first car show for this event and 150 cars showed up, much more than they expected. Shown above are three of our favorite entries. A Lotus, a Chevy pickup that I fell in love with, and a Hudson. We sat next to a crusty old dude with a 55 Chevy named Roxanne. He said Roxanne was a whore because she got everything she wanted. Is that the way it is with whores? I didn't know.

Our weather has been most unusual for August in Kansas. We actually sought out the sun yesterday because we were chilly. Today is even cooler. So nice! The plan today is the Wichita Flight Festival at Jabara Airport where we will watch a parade and an air show. Kelsey and Charis are going with us, or rather, we will ride with them in the big van.

In a few days we are going camping and hiking and sight seeing in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The Grays will be joining us as well as my cousin Sharon and her daughter, Autumn, both of Minnesota. I need to get serious about getting my gear in order!

Twilight Zone

This has been a rather off kilter week and an especially tilted morning, for various reasons. Kelsey came over with Charis so we could go swimming before I could tell her Chuck would not be able to watch Charis. So, we took her with us but we forgot the mandatory sock rule for the nursery so Kelsey left me to swim while she and Charis went to the store. All this done is a funk due to the fact that the Twilight books I ordered from an ebay seller on July 21st still have not arrived and we fear they may be lost. Chuck sent inquiries and I finally heard from the seller saying she had been sick so got a late start on shipping them out. She insist she put the correct address on them so perhaps they will show up after all. I told her we were going into withdrawal and that got a very sympathetic response. Readers of the books understand! Then, an item I was going to buy for Ari's brithday inexplicably went up $30 in price while I slept on it. Maybe that is for the best. I'll get something even better now.

There are other things afoot that I really don't want to talk about yet. It's not that big of deal, expect perhaps to me, so don't worry.

The direction the country is going is a downer too.

Ok, maybe I should stop. Have a nice day.