A Hundred Steps

/ Pat

There was a car show in Fort Meyers at the Jet Blue baseball park – where the Boston Red Sox team do their Spring training. J loves car shows and especially swap meets – he needs some parts for a car he needs to fix up. After graciously going places with me, like the Everglades, it was only fair that I go with him.

This is what I saw within the first 100 steps from our car in the parking lot –

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Elephant Ears always sound sooooo good but luckily we had just had a nice, big, healthy breakfast and I wasn’t hungry. And I didn’t stop at 100 steps either, I had over 4,000 before I left. We both agreed it was a really good show.

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I enjoyed looking at the cars and especially trying out the new monopod I bought for my camera. I was pleased because it provides a bit more stability than hand-holding a camera, but is also easy to carry around and use in crowded places.

I haven’t been pleased with most photos I previously took of old cars. I approached this as practice and with a journalistic open mind – attempting to show the wide range of cars that were brought and shown off by their owners. As I edited them and asked J to identify his favorites, I realized that I have a whole lot of bias and I like it that way. I was pulled to some cars because they triggered something inside, either from my past or maybe an “excitement” that says it would be fun right now. Here is a gallery of my favorites with comments.

J owned one something like this when we were first dating. He lived a mile or two away and I could here his car almost until he got home. If I close my eyes I can still hear this sweet sound.
Don’t you think I would look hot in a red Corvette convertible?
I finally arrived, felt all grown up, when we bought our first station wagon.
J bought a “66 Mustang convertible a few years ago. I loved it, J didn’t.
Remember root beer drive-ins? What a fun date.
This door was saying hop in and drive me away. These small pick-ups speak to the part of my personality that has always been “can-do”. If a man can do it, so can I (except pee standing up).
J’s dad owned a Chevy like this and would let J borrow it for special occasions, like the prom.
No comment.
If I can’t have that red Corvette, a VW Bug would be a good alternative, don’t you think?
This makes me smile. I can see me driving this to pick up friends at the airport – with the meter runing.
We had a pretzel and lemonade before starting home.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week was to take a photo within 100 steps. I did that but just couldn’t stop myself from walking a few more and taking a few more fun fotos. You can check out more by clicking:

http://ceenphotography.com/2014/01/28/cees-fun-foto-challenge-walk-100-steps-or-less-and-take-new-photos/

24 thoughts on “A Hundred Steps”

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  2. such beautiful old cars! even though today’s may be more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly, they certainly aren’t made the way those old ones were anymore. thanks for sharing!

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  9. Ah, the VW Bug, as you call them in the US…..my first two cars were VW Beetles (as we call them here!)… I love the sound of that air-cooled engine to this day.

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    • I grew up down the road from Detroit during the years when we could hardly wait until the new models came out every year. Motown and all that stuff. šŸ™‚ And of course I married a man who lives cars. Thanks, Tom.

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