Puttin' the Woody Away

Today's show in Stratham NH is the last one for me this year - I know there is a show on the 20th in New Gloucester, but the little woman and self are running away from home that weekend to a private place on 1st Connecticut Lake in Pittsburg NH. This will be our first real "alone time" in the 16 years of our daughter's life. So, it's time to put the Woody in the garage (no jokes, Ken) 'til spring. Kinda sad, in a way.

Stratham had a good show - about 200+ cars, and so many of them were near perfect. If this were a "points" show, it would have been extremely difficult to choose winners. And all of today's winners were exactly that - real winners.

The weather was OK, though the wind was rather chilly - a portent of things to come. A lot of our friends from Maine were there, and gave a good accounting. They represented our state rather well.

As you may have noticed, the HotKarz homepage has a new feature - links to a few special "candid camera" pix. Though this season is over, you can expect to see more of this when the new season arrives. A light-hearted look at this wonderful hobby. And when the camera catches you off-guard, don't say you were not warned :o)

We will be adding yet another new feature next year called "Profiles". With each car show or cruise we attend, we will attempt to interview a car buff, and feature him/her on the HotKarz site for that week. In this way, we will all have a chance to get to know others of "our kind". I would like to hear if you think this is a good idea. vote in our "poll" on this page, yet another new feature I figured out how to use. There will be new polls periodically, so HotKarz can truly represent what you, the folks, want.

My wife Robin, daughter Criss and myself want to take a moment to thank each and every person we have met this year, and with whom we have shared some fine moments. We thank you, we appreciate you, and if we do not see you again until next year, we will truly miss you. But we can, and will, try to keep in touch via this blog and the HotKarz site.

Until then, do take care, and God bless you.