Summer Road Trip

Something we look forward to each year is the traditional "summer road trip". It may be an elusive fantasy, but sometimes it actually happens. We often think of loading up the car for that summer vacation, to the mountains, the beach, or some other fun place. For me and my wife, it was a yearly trip to Yellowstone National Park, and it was a tradition for many years. In recent years, we haven't been making that yearly trip, and we have been missing that get-a-way. This summer, we were making plans to make that Yellowstone trip again, but it just hasn't worked out like we had planned, other issues got in the way. We're still hoping we can work it in next month.
Being a "car guy", the road trip means something more to me than simply getting away on vacation. I enjoy the drive, and especially when I can make the trip in a car I enjoy driving. A car that has great performance and handling abilities makes the trip very rewarding for me. I am lucky that both our cars fall into that category. The Mustang has more performance and handling abilities, but the Charger has a little more room and ride comfort on the long trips. Everything is a trade off it seems.
Even if our Yellowstone trip doesn't work out this summer, we have another trip in the planning stages to visit family anyway, so we will be hitting the road, one way or another.
The road is calling me, summer road trip, here we come. See you on the road.
Car enthusiasts who may be interested can check out my book, and read sample pages by following this link: Grab Some Gears

My favorite summer road trip vehicle, my 2015 Mustang GT, in the beautiful Zion National Park, Utah.

Racing in the Street

Readers of this blog, along with many followers of my Twitter page, know that I was a street racer for over 40 years. Many are also familiar with the book I wrote; "Grab Some Gears - 40 Years of Street Racing" all about many of my experiences with that, and the legal form, of drag racing.
Sometime in the mid 1980's, my little brother sent me a copy of the song; "Racing in the Street" by Bruce Springsteen. That song really hit home with me and became my adopted "theme song" from then on. I ran across it again today while going through some songs on You Tube, and it brought back a lot of old memories.
That got me remembering a lot of my old street racing buddies, some of whom are no longer with us. A couple of them that I was very close to; my nephew Rob Fetter, and my friend Steve Boothe, I miss very much. We shared our love of cars and drag racing for many years. I think of them often, especially when I'm at a car show or around a bunch of "car guys". Rest in peace my friends.
Anyone interested can check out my book, or read sample pages by following this link; "Grab Some Gears" 

My book cover.