Friday night Julian asked, “So what are the plans for the weekend?” I told him to look at the weekend section of the paper for inspiration. As it happened, the Greenwood Car Show was on Saturday. We’ve gone to this several times while we’ve lived here. In the interest of domestic tranquility, I acquiesced.
Somehow the Greenwood Car Show always falls on the first hot weekend of the summer, and this year was no exception. The cars were lined up for nearly 25 blocks along Greenwood Avenue. Entrepreneurs were making good money selling bottled water, lemonade, and snacks. Most of the cars were American-made. Several folks showed off their home-rigged electric vehicles. There was also a contingent of Soviet-era cars, made by Gaz and Lada. Not as many 1964 Chevy Impala low-riders as there were last year. The most unique car we saw was a 1931 American-made Rolls Royce limousine. Julian was a bit disappointed in the variety of cars this year. Maybe the entry fee was raised.
Today I decided to take Flash to church. I did not ride the whole way there, as I thought it would be socially incorrect to show up seriously sweaty. I took the bus from the Kenmore Park and Ride to the old neighborhood and rode from there. I was missing a granny gear big time. I had to walk five blocks up NE 75th Street rather than ride. Luckily, the ride home is mostly downhill. Flash got to go down one of my favorite streets in Northeast Seattle. It’s heavily forested with few houses. You half expect Hobbits to come out and greet you. Although the temperature was climbing fast, the Burke-Gilman trail was shaded in spots. I was passing men half my age as if they were standing still – always a good ego boost. The “your speed” sign near Log Boom Park in Kenmore clocked me almost at the speed limit for that stretch of the trail. So Kenmore isn’t making enough money from nabbing auto speeders???
Next weekend it’s road trip time, this time to Vancouver for the Canada Day Sesquicentennial festivities. We’ll be on this side of the border for July 4. Fireworks are definitely in our future.
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