Cruise and the weather

[Aspen500]

Yesterday was the huge cruise (avg 800 cars if the weather is good) down in Wisconsin Rapids. It didn't rain a drop for over a month but now it wants to rain almost every afternoon and yesterday was no exception. Every year since I had my car done so I could go (2013), it's rained or there was some other reason beyond my control that I had to miss it. A couple years ago it was a stolen Ferrari that crashed on the interstate while being chased by the cops. Caused a huge traffic jam (didn't move an inch for over an hour while they cleaned it all up) that made it impossible to get there on time. The year before that I was all set to go and the closer it got to the time to leave, the sicker I got until it was obvious the only place I was going was the couch, and the other years, like this one, it rained/stormed. Thought I might go down to the show they have today and guess what,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it's raining with a high chance of t-storms later on. Grumble, whine, frown, moan.

Just to twist the knife, take a guess what the forecast shows, at this point, for next Saturday. Yep, low 80's and partly cloudy,,,,,,,,,,,,no rain. Figures............................

OK, all done whining now. It didn't help me feel any better but that's life I guess.

 

[volare 1977]

Rain has put a damper on many car shows around my way that I wanted to attend. It is one of those years where it rains almost every weekend it seems.

 

[Aspen500]

That's the way it's been here for the past 4 or 5 years. This year seemed to be different, and it was. Almost an exact opposite where it never rained, until a few days ago.
A couple years ago, literally every single show or cruise was rained out. The one show that had a rain date, got rained out on the rain date also.

Unfortunately, there really aren't that many shows around here for some reason. By "around here" I mean within a 50 mile radius. The only cruise I know of is the one I missed yesterday, and it's 50 mile away. There is a cruise-in every third Thursday of the month down in Plover (roughly 30 miles south on the intercoarse) but it runs from 4:30-6pm and even if I left right from work, which puts me 15 miles closer than I am here at home, by the time I got there, it'd pretty much be over.

Oddly, there's thousands of "cars" in the area but you never see them except at a show. Then they appear out of the woodwork almost like magic. The metro area is about 105,000 people, yet there's maybe 2 or 3 shows held. I know, I know, "why don't you get some people together and organize a show"? Well, I have no idea where to even start and don't have the time or connections to even begin such a thing. Oh well............

 

[volare 1977]

Now wishing for the balance of summer and fall to be a dry one. At least on the weekends. LOL

 

[Aspen500]

Now wishing for the balance of summer and fall to be a dry one. At least on the weekends. LOL

Ditto