Weekend Update from Charles Shotwell (Cosmic Charlie) September 15, 2013
Occoquan, VirginiaSunday, September 15, 2013
Sunday the Princess and I left Stafford around 6AM and cruised 21 miles to Occoquan, VA and the Prince William Cruisers, 5th annual Benefit Car Show at the Occoquan Regional Park. We like to help the club because they give to worthy charities and we have some friends in the club….so it works out just fine. I help Jo & Roger with the registration and the Princess helps with the T shirt sales and this year she helped sell raffle tickets for a Harley afghan one of the club member’s wives crocheted. Dan & Ramona also assist the club, Ramona sells the T shirts and Dan helps with the entry gate registration.
Sunday the Princess and I left Stafford around 6AM and cruised 21 miles to Occoquan, VA and the Prince William Cruisers, 5th annual Benefit Car Show at the Occoquan Regional Park. We like to help the club because they give to worthy charities and we have some friends in the club….so it works out just fine. I help Jo & Roger with the registration and the Princess helps with the T shirt sales and this year she helped sell raffle tickets for a Harley afghan one of the club member’s wives crocheted. Dan & Ramona also assist the club, Ramona sells the T shirts and Dan helps with the entry gate registration.
The event features a live band, Route 66, which keeps things jumping all day….in fact some come just to listen to the band. One of the vendors on the show field was selling hot dogs and BBQ and I’m told it was good. The bathrooms have always been a problem here and they still are. Besides being too far for people to walk to them, the men’s facility had water (I think it was just water) all over the floor. It was not only unsanitary it was unsafe. The women’s facility was still too far away but I’m told it was nice inside. There were a number of other vendors that made the day a little more interesting, this really helps.
The weather was a chamber of commerce postcard perfect….really perfect! As I’ve written before this club runs their deals with the precision of German railroad….it WILL be on time! Steve and his group start the judging early in the morning, as soon as the cars are set up. So by the time the registration closes at noon the judging is almost done. They give out top 75 awards….75! And they have 5 ‘best of’ awards. Steve and his judging group have the fairest process I’ve seen. You will always have unhappy people no matter who judges but this club does it as right as can be done. It’s also neat to see all the club members step up and do their part to make the show the success it always is. And it is truly amazing to watch them take everything down….all the tables, chairs, tents….everything done with the precision of a marching band within 30 min! This is a show you have to put on your calendar next year.
We were on the road to Stafford by 4PM so we decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner….Zibibbo’s in Stafford serves the finest Sicilian fare….so we ate till we couldn’t move and moseyed home to fall asleep by 8PM…. What a weekend….it will take 5 days to rest up for next weekend! Keep on moving….
- Cosmic Charlie
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