Detour: Car Show

Heading back home from getting new tires, I decided to stop in and see my mother for a few minutes. Too bad for her, My girlfriend (Ally) and I were detained by a Detour sign in the middle of downtown Battle Creek. The detour was around a 2 block section of the street that had a cruise in car show, so, of course, we had to stop. I will have you know though, this was Ally's idea...I just simply had no objections whatsoever.

We parked Ulla in a nearby parking lot and headed down to the street, camera in hand. These are just a couple of pictures we took, but damn was there a lot to see in such a small area.

It was nice to see so many beautiful cars and to share this with my girlfriend, and it was even better to watch her get excited about some of the cars...be it the Dodge Dart Stinger with the bee on the grill that grabbed her attention, the VW Beetle that was "just so cute", or the Jaguar E-Type that she would have fought the owner for in a cage match, she had just as good of a time as I did.

I decided that by next summer, I want to have Ulla to the point where I'm not embarrassed to show her off and drive her up tot he St. Ignace car show. I don't plan on her being a show car, or having her judged, but something that looks and drives nice, and has one hell of a story.

We also decided officially that Ally wants a little eurocar, too...maybe a Saab, maybe a Beamer or a Benz, or even a Volvo, but what she really wants is a VW, maybe a Golf, or a GTI, or a Jetta, or something that strikes her. I'm so proud.