The First 2010 Car Show...

Mileage: 88,004

It seems the first car show that pops up every year that I want to enter in is the one at my old high school.  The 11th Annual Thomas Jefferson High School Car Show was held on Saturday, May 22nd.  If you remember last year, this was the very first car show I have EVER attended with the Trans Am.  This year, my brother and sister-in-law would not be attending, they had a wedding to go to later in the day and didn't have time to get their GTO ready.  I spent the evening before the show getting the Trans Am cleaned and detailed.  It was more just dusty.  The weather looked like it was going to be OK this year, much warmer than the 40 degree temperatures from last year.  It didn't appear rain was going to be an issue, most of the precipitation was going to be well north of us.

The morning of the show was very nice.  Some clouds, but the temperatures were a huge improvement over last year.  Dad and I got the car there right away in the morning, and then Shannon, Mom, Maeve, and Will (who is attending his first car show!) all joined us later.  I was able to take the T-Tops off this year and even display one of the replica dealer window stickers (the white paper on the windshield) I had made.  I enjoyed talking with a few strangers about the car, the dealer window sticker, and listening to other "Trans Am" stories.  We all had a chance to look at some of the other cars and get a couple snacks.  We then started noticing how the clouds were getting darker and not moving away like they were supposed to.  Some vehicles started to leave, then some more, then a few others.  The announcer said that we had thunderstorms moving toward our location and that they would have to mail the results to the winners, and that we should all leave.  Dad and I had about enough time to get the T-Tops on the car and get inside and then the rain started pouring.  It was a hard rain for almost 30 minutes straight.  I only had a short drive home, and installed new wipers on the Trans Am last year, so we did just fine in the rain.

I don't seem to have the best lucky so far with car shows.  Hopefully the next couple I go to this year, the weather will be a little nicer.  I still haven't heard anything on whether I won or not, but I think my year will be 2011!