STREET ROD PARADISE

It's all about hot rods this weekend in Lake Havasu. The 34th annual "Run to the Sun" is in full swing with somewhere near 1,000 pre 1972 cars in attendance. Yesterday and today, all of the cars are on display at the Nautical Resort on the island, and that's where Patty and I checked out these beautiful machines.

Patty stands in front of a replica Cobra, one of the ultimate muscle cars.

After Cataract surgery day before yesterday, and with the eye patch gone, Patty says her vision through her left eye is now like looking through a clean window. Before the surgery, that window was pretty dirty!

As you can see, I'm a bit partial to street rods that have supercharged engines. The sound and look of a blown engine, with the carbs or the injector sticking out of the hood, is the epitome of a street rod power plant.

Hey Bob. This is what you need to match your other toy, and it's for sale!

While we were strolling around, admiring all of these works of art, I couldn't help but wonder what the total value of all the cars might be? If there were a thousand cars, at an average value of 30k (which I'm sure would be a really low estimate), that would be a total of about 30 million! That's a lot of cubic dollars to go with those big cubic inch motors.

This was one of my favorites, a pro street Chevelle, with a big blown motor.

After a couple of hours checking out the cars, and vendors, we headed home, where I uncovered the boat, and got it ready for a spin around the lake today. We haven't had the boat on the water since last March, so, with today's predicted temps in the low 90's, it should be a good time to get the fiberglass wet.

We ended the day yesterday, having dinner with our neighbors Tony & Michelle. The restaurant of choice was Cha Bones, and everyone agreed, the food was pretty good. My steak was excellent! It was a nice end to a day of custom paint, lots of chrome, and good friends.