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t’s hard to believe that we’re
in 2015! As a little kid, I
remember a game in school
where we’d talk about what
I it was going to be like in
the year 2000. Flying cars were
going to be the next level after
the Aries K car-remember? Lee
Iacocca really let me down.
The exact opposite has been
trending in cars since 2000. This was so
totally evident at the greatest car show in Texas this year, the
Lone Star Round Up! This was the 14th annual celebration
of car culture, and man was it a doozey. Over the two day
event there were more pre-'63 cars than you could shake
a stick at (not that you’d want to do that). Thousands and
thousands of rusty crusty survivors and rebuilt hopped-up
hotrods fi ll the grounds outside of Austin for two days. LSRU really is
more than a car show. It is a lifestyle show full of music, threads, beer,
dames….and (my favorite) minibike races.
This year was a touch different for me. Typically I race around for 48 hours
and snap every shot I can, in a feverish race to gain as much material as
I can. However this year I decided to be a vendor and hock my photos,
canvases, shirts, stickers and whatnot. The
Travis County Expo Center has a wonderful air
conditioned building for many great artists….I
was NOT in there. I was in the outdoor barn with
the bumpers and old parts.
Ever hour or so my galfriend would let me sneak
out and make the rounds. SO I would hurriedly run
around, getting what I could, grab her a soda and a
dawg and hustle back. On the fi rst night, the skies
opened up about 4 o’clock. We covered up the
booth and skedaddled into a MONSOON. On the
way to the hotel more than a foot of rain came
down, and we saw a new BMW hydroplane
off the highway in front of us. The power
went out at our hotel and terror
ensued as Austin washed out.
The second night, as the
show was winding down,
Zeus once again lashed
out. We packed up only
to get caught in blinding
rain that fl ooded the city,
sideways monster hail,
and what we were sure
was a tornado. Absolute
fury from the skies!

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