Car Show in Albia

Today we went to a car show in Albia where we were led to believe that we would be winning cash (instead of or in addition to trophies). There was supposed to be $1,000 for the car portion of the show and $1,000 for the motorcycle part of the show. So, we thought (silly us) that they would maybe give $100 to the top 10 cars. Dave and I each took a car, Steve & Lisa had their Vette there, LP & Gwen had their '56, John & Shirley had their '57, Mike took his Chrysler, Bill & Geri brought their '55 and Dennis brought his Camaro. Our club had a pretty good turnout! When we got there, we parked together (most of us - Bill, Geri & Dennis didn't come until later. So we all just sat out in the shade and enjoyed the nice breeze we had coming down the street. At lunch we all went to Smitty's and had a wonderful tenderloin - they have really, really good ones there. Then we just looked at cars and tried to stay cool until 3:00 when they presented the awards. They gave away 3 special awards - the police dept. gave a trophy, the mayor gave one, and the fair queen gave one. I won the mayor's choice and Steve won the fair queen's choice (nice plaques, but no cash). Then they gave out plaques to their top 7 picks - one went to Dave, one to John & Shirley, and one to LP. Still no cash. They then put everyone's name in a bin and drew for the cash in various increments....$12,50, $10, $20, $30, $40, $50, and $100. Dave won one of the $40 envelopes, Steve won a $20, Bill won a $10, I think John won some cash also. Anyway, it was a pretty good day for the Vintage Cruisers. Dave said they probably won't want us to come back next year!!!