2013 Hot Rod Revolution: Last Call

I’m badly bogged down and I think I know the reason: I’ve been at it so long – in the belly of the beast, as it were – that I’ve lost all functional contact with any kind of sense of humor. And where I come from, they call that condition “insanity.” My only hope now is the Revolution. The good news, and perhaps the only good news, is that it’s just around the corner. My savior is a mere ten days away. Or maybe it’s the final nail in my coffin that I await? There’s just no way to be certain. No way at all.

The only thing I do know is that in ten days something absolutely beautiful is going to happen again. It’s a small car show full of casual and traditional hot rods built to be driven and not parked. But we are gonna park them anyway… around a picturesque setting in the old mill town of Gruene, Texas. And we will be right on the river so that if duty calls, we can walk on water.

Of course, Gruene is right smack dab in the middle of what most Texans call “God’s Country.” And you’d be prudent to take advantage of that. In fact, if I were you guys I’d plan to meet somewhere around the Nutty Brown Cafe on the far west side of Austin (say at 8am) and then drive down to Gruene taking a route only a local would know. But wait, you are damned tourist with no never mind for back country roads – how in the hell would you figure the appropriate route? You wouldn’t. So, I did it for you.

Just follow this map and drive like hell. You’ll be glad you did as in my opinion, there is no finer example of asphalt in all of Texas.

And that’s that. I wish time could fly a little faster for once and I could warp straight into the 23rd, but I’m stuck here waiting to find my sanity on this keyboard and failing miserably. I imagine I’ll continue to do so until it’s time… Speaking of time, there isn’t much left if you plan on registering your car for this show. It is a pre-registration show only… and we still have a little room left. So stop dragging your damned feet and get registered now. You don’t have much longer hee or hawe.