SD hot rods

This is the stuff I love about our town: Discovering small town stuff while riding all over town!

Saturday I hopped on the saddle for a long ride around the lake and then into town. Saturday was absolutely perfect! Mid 70's with zero wind. Glorious!

1/2 way around the lake at Memorial Park, I noticed my sidekick Tammy's RV and her dad's Heartbreak Hotel teeny trailor. But they were M.I.A. ~ no where to be found.

To town I peddle and lo and behold, there is a hot rod event in the middle of uptown! WHO KNEW?!

The first car is Tammy's dad's which you see in the first picture. Mike Reilly made each of his three children a rod and this one is Tammy's. Terrific! Mike barely finished 8th grade, has been a recovered alcoholic for over 30 years and is brilliant in the mechanical department as witnessed by his handiwork. Not to mention he is the world's Most Generous Man as is his daughter, Tammy, my school colleague!

I think to myself amidst all these Bad Boy hot rods, "Kenny" - in the 3rd pic - "just cannot miss this!" He is one of our students and loves to make models and draw and talk about all things hot rod. So I tool over to his house to bring him to the Hot Rod Event which he knew nothing about. We had a blast especially after hearing Tammy among the crowd. (One always hears Tam before they see her! Don't tell her I mentioned it!!) Kenny's "Dream Car" is the classic corvette. I'll have him write about it this week in Language.

Twenty-three miles and several hours later, I'm parking the Bad Girl bike back in my garage. Happy as a clam in heat! What a day!!!

Thanx for listenin' and try to make a difference today!