Broadening Whose Horizons?

There was a hot rod show at the coast this weekend, and of course we were there. We went in the morning to check out the cars, and again in the afternoon to watch the cruise, or as Toe calls it, the "car parade." I am finding I have a much greater interest in cars in general now that I have a boy who so passionately loves them. I found myself commenting on bumpers, chrome, engines, models, and other details. I'm no afficianado by any stretch of the imagination, but I actually have an appreciation now, which is something.

Toe, of course, was in heaven.

One of his favorites turned out to be a really old Honda owned by a friend of ours. It was not part of the car show, but the appeal was that it was Toe's size.

One of my favorites was a 1920's style pick up truck where the bed of the pick up lifted like a dump truck. Very stylish, but very functional.

During the "car parade," Toe gave a running commentary along with lots of car noises. We both had a blast. As you can see, Piglet joined us. Apparently Piglet loves cars too.

To Toe, these older cars come in a variety of categories defined by the movie Cars.
There are "Lizzie cars," (anything that looks remotely like a 1920's roadster or Model T) "Flo cars," (1950's- ish, especially the Bel Airs), "Ramone cars" (Chevy Impalas and anything that sort of shape), "Sheriff cars," "Doc Hudson cars," and so on. The good news is, I can keep up with categories like that.

And as the cars drove past, I paid much more attention than normal to the brands, makes, and models. I am sure as time goes by, I will probably need to know these things. When I had a kid, I was prepared for tea parties and hikes in the woods. I'm glad to be adding car shows to my repertoire.