It seems like every time I get up in the morning, I look outside (to get the weather report) and I didn't expect to see it so foggy and drizzly because of how nice it has been. Most of the time when it's foggy early, it seems to burn off later in the morning but this time it didn't. Then again I should know better to think that because the old saying is, "if you don't like the weather around here, just wait an hour".

As we were on our way to the show, things got a little interesting that morning. What I mean is, the road to San Jacinto is a four lane road which goes through a canyon (two lanes in each direction) and once we were off the freeway, you need to turn left and this is where the four lane road begins. There are two stop lights before you actually enter the canyon and once we had stopped at the first one, the traffic was very heavy for this time of day and we had to stay in the left lane. I like to cruise in the right lane as much as I can and once we were on our way, we would end up moving over to the right so people could pass if they wanted. Besides, we were in no big hurry and going a little slower on this foggy morning would be the best plan.

I could tell that the fog was much worse now and one of the reasons for this is because the elevation is slightly higher over here. As you leave the first stop light, you end up going over a bridge that leads you to the second light, but I couldn't see it till we were right in front of it (yeah, there was that much fog). It's funny because when you finally see the light, the first thing you do is look in the rear view mirror to see if the car behind you is going to stop or not. Or is it just me that does that?

Now that we're on our way and still stuck in the left lane, it's about a six or seven mile ride through the canyon till you're through it. And this area is known for it's head-on collisions because for the first couple of miles, all there is between you and the on coming traffic is a double-yellow line. Well it must have been a few months since we've been down this road because now there's a four foot concrete wall between the lanes. This is good news because now you're protected from oncoming traffic (except for turn lanes) all the way through the canyon. As we settled in for our cruise to the show, I noticed that Larry was getting very transparent because now the fog was getting worse. About a minute later, I saw him moving over to his right and the first thing I thought of was that he had an opening so he could change lanes. And I've been looking for an opening so I could change lanes too, but there was still cars next to me, so on we went.

Looking at what Larry was doing just didn't make since because from what I could see, a car was still next to him, but he kept getting closer and closer to this other guy. Now I didn't know if he was having trouble with his car or if he didn't see the other driver. Then I saw his brake lights and got off the gas myself and started to hit my brakes. But why?

Well it all became very clear (through all the dense fog) what Larry was finally doing. He was trying to avoid a mattress and box springs that someone left there for us to get around which had taken up about 75% of our lane. And he's also trying not to hit the car next to him. With all this going on, I still don't have a clue what he was doing or what lied ahead for me. Once Larry was around all the broken pieces of wood, metal and foam, it was my turn to do some driving. With a quick glance out the window to see if I could change lanes, all I could see was a white car (I couldn't even tell you what it was) so I had two choices, trade paint with the car next to me, or get as close to him as possible and hit some of the broken box springs.

After moving over the maximum amount that I felt comfortable with, I was bracing for impact because all I could see was a huge pile of debris along with some long pieces of wood sticking out that I didn't think I could get around. Well...I was right, I didn't clear everything but it could have been worse. I ended up hitting what looked like a 1 X 2 piece of wood, but thankfully only the tires seem hit it. I could just picture it flying up into the underside of the car once the front tire hit it but it didn't. And I heard was "clunk-clunk" and that was it. Needless to say, the next few minutes were very tedious and my senses were working overtime wondering if there was any damage.

About ten minutes later we arrived at the show and I was ready to get out and check out the car. Once we parked, I looked the things over and couldn't find anything wrong. Hot damn, I guess I dodged a bullet!!

Once Larry and I wiped off our cars (like everyone else was doing because of the foggy weather), it was time to buy some raffle and 50/50 tickets and enjoy the show.

I didn't expect to see that many people show up but I was wrong because about 45 to 50 cars were their and even more trickled in as the day went on. In other words, it was a decent turnout so let's get started.

This El Camino was beautiful and was a car that I've never seen before. It had really nice paint and some really cool graphics on top of the hood.
 

The power comes by way of a big block Chevy which was super clean. Also notice the pin striping on the fender wells.
 

The cowl induction hood was functional and had some awesome looking graphics on it.
 

This 56 Ford pickup is very nice which had a small block Chevy with an automatic transmission, and it's for sale.
 

This T bucket makes most of the shows over in the Hemet area and the owner, Rex, is caught here taking a break. He has some serious go fast parts in that small block Chevy too.