Classic Car Show--Covington, Georgia

(Scan of my event tee shirt)
It's that time of the year! Fall! Let me say that again as it sounds to me as the perfect weather season of the year--FALL!!! Many things and events happen during fall here in the south. Two that come first to mind are: Craft shows --especially for you women; and Car Shows for us men--and women!!
Having said that, each year my sweet wife Carol and I usually attend a few car shows and try not to miss the 250 + cars at the Classic Car Show held on the square in Covington, Georgia. This was their 18th year in a row.
The weather was perfect at a mild 68 and very sunny. Did I mention perfect sunshine? Perfect for using the Polarizing filter on my trustee Nikon D40 Digital SLR camera. Notice how blue the sky is!
The car show is held the first week-end of October each year. This year we noticed two things. More cars for sale than ever in previous years. Yea, there's always a few up for grabs where the owner may be looking to upgrade. This year however, there was more of a sense of "urgency" to sale and many, many more on the old auction block. The other thing noticed was there were less number of cars. Even with a local Chevrolet dealership taking up 8-10 spaces to market new 2010-2011 cars including the new Camaro, there were at least 20-30 spaces vacant. Both issues may be a direct influence of the struggling US economy.
On a bright note, a local jewelry store just happened to be open allowing us to stop, browse, and check on a security chain for Carol's Pandora bracelet that was back ordered. To our surprise, the shop owner just happened to find one where others had overlooked. Voila--we all were happy--especially Tutz as she will add the chain once we return home!
After a couple hours of enjoying many "Kodak" moments--a few are below, we left the show and ate a great (but somewhat expensive $30) lunch at Longhorn. As creatures of habit--we ordered our usual--Tutz gets the kid's portion of shrimp with baked potato and I my usual chicken tenders with rice and steamed veggies--all was good but way too much--as we brought several chicken tenders home for my evening salad and a shrimp with the bread Carol loves!
What a fun day. Me, my lovely wife, muscle cars, great fall weather, and good eats! Hard to beat but we'll keep trying--LOL!

In the shop where we buy Pandora charms and accessories.

BTW--this car produces 703 horsepower at rear wheels!

Covington, Georgia old Courthouse on the Square

Carol loves the Camaro

One of my favorite muscle cars--Olds 442.

Beautiful black Chevelle SS with 454

Beautiful black Camaro--either black or red--no other colors--LOL.