We meaning Lomileta, Dangerous, Leadfoot and I, left for the Saratoga Lawn Show on Friday at 6am from our Ohio residences to meet up with a few friends from here on the board and to hit the Saratoga Lawn Show for the Friday night festivites and the Lawn Show on Saturday.
We met up with last months Hitman's Pick of the Month brian c near Rochester NY about 9:30am and had some breakfast at a local Denny's just minutes off the NY Thru-way.
We visited for about an hour had a nice sit down meal. Brian C is an outstanding guy, funny and bright, although it was hard for him to get a word in edge wise with lomileta's and my banter. He brought his car with him for us to view with fresh decals just hours old on his car.
We arrived at the Marriott Fairfield about 3pm and noticed Maryland Bandit had already been in the pool with his son and was just getting ready to head to the Friday Night Cruise, with police escort to with SSPD escort to Mr. Ed`s Ice Cream Station and Pizza Restaurant.
However, with no sign of S76Guy lomileta reached out and touched someone with his cell phone (notice his lovely pink colored Cell Phone)
and sure enough S76Guy and family were just minutes away.
Here's the reception lomileta got when they finally got to the Hotel.
Of course Bigty88 (Tommy), S76Guy (Tony & family), Lomileta (Russ), Dangerous (Renee) and I had to fix up the bar in lomileta's room before we left for the lawn cruise.
Before Long it was time to leave the hotel and hit the road for the meeting on the lawn from the Hotel for the Cruise. Thanks to Bigty88 for taking me and Leadfoot there and thanks to Maryland Bandit for the return trip. They both made space for Leadfoot and I to and from the Cruise in there T/A's so we could travel respectively in a T/A to and from the event.
Here's the gang going to the lawn to catch up for the cruise.
Getting to the Lawn was impressive as many of the birds were getting lined up and ready to roll.
Moving out to head to Mr. Ed's!
Mr. Ed's Parking lot before it got all of the birds but it is unfortunate that I don't have a picture of all of them there....dang camera!
After the Cruise it was time for some fun back at the Hotel.....Firebird Style (as many here know what that means) with a complicated positioning of some trailers.
Maryland Bandit detailed his ride and had some great tunes going for us while we enjoyed each others company and made some new friends.
Maryland Bandits work paid off as he received a Third Place trophy for his beautiful girl in the Stock Class from 1977-1981. He was very Proud!!!!!
Leadfoot, Jamie and TAKID455 (Larry) as they sit and chat.
Jamie, TAKID455 (Larry) and our new friend John (who recieved a first place trophy for his 1969 Modified Firebird with a 671 Blower...just a beautiful car too...I missed the photo opt and hope someone has a good one they can share of John's car)
Here's some new friends Eddie, Patrice, and Brad in our circle of trust.....lol
The rest of the night was a blurr much like this picture I took while trying to get on the elevator near the end of the evening....(Yes, those are my shows..LOL)
The next day came early from our party in the lot of the Hotel as we were in bed at 1:30 am and up at 7am to hit the Lawn for the Show on Saturday.
The Show grounds at 9am.
The car's came pouring in after that!
I couldn't pass up the chance to see Maryland Bandit and his son and there umbrella chairs....LOL (this was Priceless folks)
More cars
The parking Staff was outstanding and packed them in like sardines.
There were 156 cars registered by the end of the day...not counting many that didn't register and all the proceeds going to the Special Olympics (A GREAT CAUSE FOLKS).
The HEAD CHEESE (Tom Smith winding down the day presenting trophies for all the classes).
This show Tom Smith and blue81ta (Kieth) put on was excellent, well run, very organized, and an outstanding cast of helpers. I was honored by Tom, as he arranged for me to be a Guest Judge for the event, with the detail of judging two of the second generation stock classes. I was privileged to work with blue81ta (Keith) as he helped me out a great deal, as Keith was Judging the modified second generation class and another class as well. THANK YOU TO BOTH THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS (TOM & KEITH) FOR HAVING US ATTEND AND TREATING US ALL LIKE FAMILY!
This is a show that is just outstanding, I would highly recommend attending next year as it will get much bigger, and look forward to being there in Saratoga again next year.
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