So just to add something to our grand plans we have a couple of things that we can do this weekend. Then we have word of a few things for the next weekend that can be added to the things we already have.
We can go to Bailey's Campground to the Dom Santoro Car Show or we can go to the Hodgman's Father's fun Day Cruise In .
Now I've seen the Dom Santoro thing advertised for many years and have yet to find anybody that will admit to being there as a participant or a spectator. So that tells me...
Hodgman's could prove to be a good time with our weather predicted to be dam near perfect and the pressure of being a trophy whore off for the weekend. Just kickin it with your buds ought to be fun. Besides you can watch the trophy whore crowd go through withdrawals from not having their fix of $25.00 Cheap Ass Trophies.
Rumor has it that Tim up at Past Gas & Ancient Oil in Sumner is doing something on Dad's Day but I haven't nailed down anything other than rumor.
The following weekend we have way to many choices on Saturday and Sunday. I'll touch on them briefly now with more details next week.
Windham, Togus, Rod Run, and now word has come that Shaw's Ridge is added to the mix. That's Saturday. Then you get Harrison or Dover Foxcroft on Sunday.
6/14/12
6/10/12
Nancy Sinatra
Name the song and win absolutely nothing.
So I went for a walk and a car show broke out.
In Cumberland, I think, maybe. Walked far enough to think I was on fucking Pluto.
My choice was the Farmers Assoc. Show put on at the Cumberland Fairgrounds. for once a show at that venue that didn't entail mud and rain. However it did entail a shit load of walking and that was just to get to the bathroom.
The weather was great and smiles all around the place seemed to make it a great show and where it was their first real chance to get a bunch of cars without rain I won't beat them up. Let's just say they need to work on some things.
I had fun, we had fun, we walked a mile to the bathroom and back. Next year will be better, hopefully, maybe, we wish.
Added at 2:39PM Monday
Evidently I missed the best part to a show that needs work, that being the awards ceremony. This coupled with the other items in need of fixin' are probably the ingredients for the recipe that will kill this show.
To Bad I Had Fun
So I went for a walk and a car show broke out.
In Cumberland, I think, maybe. Walked far enough to think I was on fucking Pluto.
My choice was the Farmers Assoc. Show put on at the Cumberland Fairgrounds. for once a show at that venue that didn't entail mud and rain. However it did entail a shit load of walking and that was just to get to the bathroom.
The weather was great and smiles all around the place seemed to make it a great show and where it was their first real chance to get a bunch of cars without rain I won't beat them up. Let's just say they need to work on some things.
I had fun, we had fun, we walked a mile to the bathroom and back. Next year will be better, hopefully, maybe, we wish.
Added at 2:39PM Monday
Evidently I missed the best part to a show that needs work, that being the awards ceremony. This coupled with the other items in need of fixin' are probably the ingredients for the recipe that will kill this show.
To Bad I Had Fun
6/6/12
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe
As the waters receded they revealed some of the worst roads in Maine. Potholes that were filled are no longer, drainage ditches that couldn't handle the flow are now collapsed. Some roads are under repair and some will be closed for some time. So pick your route and be prepared for detours
That's the bad news. Now for the good news. We can choose which show we want to go to this weekend. We can also Cruise down to Biddeford on Saturday to enjoy the Maine Coastal Cruisers Monthly Cruise Night.
We have the venerable Bridgton Show, which is one of the few shows that actually has a rain date and they moved it off the mountain last year. The field chosen is more than adequate to hold their show. But with all this rain that means it is also adequate to hold water and if memory serves me there is a giant drainage pool at the far end of the field, now known as the town wash station. The other unfortunate thing is the rain date steps on a date chosen by the Cumberland Farmer Club. The thing I learned early in life was to never step on farmers toes, they have usually been stepping in shit.
The Cumberland Sho-n-Shine, I've been told will not be held on the track at the Cumberland Fairgrounds but the surrounding areas. Evidently a lesson was learned when Boney Beagle put on their clusterfuck in the rain and it turned into a mud run. They got rained out last year so the Sympathy vote goes to them.
I'm thinking that the new guy on the block may be getting my attention and that Bridgton with all its charm and ambiance is going to be second fiddle.
6/3/12
And the Phone Rings
So like any normal person I answer it, only to hear gurgling sounds from the other end. As I say hello, a stream of water shoots out of the phone as if I were in a Three Stooges episode.
As you know the weather is a tad bit damp, causing many of you to forgo the Car Shows planned for the weekend. So as you watch reruns of "Worlds Dumbest White Trash Stunts with Power Tools" or perhaps the "All American Fat Bastard BBQ" competition you may want to think about polishing your boating skills. Maybe buy some crab and reenact your favorite episode of Deadliest Catch or better still, yank out most of your teeth and play Swamp People.
Next weekend we can take the U.S. Coast Guard Boater Safety Course, or start to actually think that Noah has been reincarnated as is laughing at all us heathens. The sump pump keeps me grounded enough for me to realize that there is more to the breast stroke than foreplay.
An article in today's paper was an article on Pirates and some upcoming events in Maine that will include them. You could play Shipwreck in my back yard. The Spanish Armada could float its ships up my street. Oh look a duck.
Just don't answer the phone.
As you know the weather is a tad bit damp, causing many of you to forgo the Car Shows planned for the weekend. So as you watch reruns of "Worlds Dumbest White Trash Stunts with Power Tools" or perhaps the "All American Fat Bastard BBQ" competition you may want to think about polishing your boating skills. Maybe buy some crab and reenact your favorite episode of Deadliest Catch or better still, yank out most of your teeth and play Swamp People.
Next weekend we can take the U.S. Coast Guard Boater Safety Course, or start to actually think that Noah has been reincarnated as is laughing at all us heathens. The sump pump keeps me grounded enough for me to realize that there is more to the breast stroke than foreplay.
An article in today's paper was an article on Pirates and some upcoming events in Maine that will include them. You could play Shipwreck in my back yard. The Spanish Armada could float its ships up my street. Oh look a duck.
Just don't answer the phone.
6/2/12
Meanwhile Back at the Swamp
For those that actually give a shit the Bridgton show has been raindated to the 10th of June, same swampy area, same format. The benefit show in Hallowell is still on as far as I know,but Scuba Gear and Pontoons may be more in fashion than wax and polish.
For those that actually do give a shit June 10th is same date as the Cumberland Show. So it just goes to Show us one thing. Gun shot wounds to the feet are more prevalent in Bridgton in June than at any other place or time in the state.
On another note, has anybody heard a murmur from the crew that put on the Belgrade Show. Although much maligned on its judging and especially the length of time we spent there it was still a Show. I haven't heard from or even seen the organizer, but then again there really hasn't been that many events this year.
For those that actually do give a shit June 10th is same date as the Cumberland Show. So it just goes to Show us one thing. Gun shot wounds to the feet are more prevalent in Bridgton in June than at any other place or time in the state.
On another note, has anybody heard a murmur from the crew that put on the Belgrade Show. Although much maligned on its judging and especially the length of time we spent there it was still a Show. I haven't heard from or even seen the organizer, but then again there really hasn't been that many events this year.
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