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.All Trips / Car Culture / Nevada / North America / Southwestern USA
Cruise Night, Carson City
I spotted this collection of classic cars while recently visiting the Reno area. We were driving down the main road in Carson City (S. Carson St) when we saw dozens of beautiful cars in this lot and, of course, had to turn off and see what was going on.
Turns out this was the weekly Cruise Night gathering of a local car club. I’d long known that the favorable climate of Nevada helped prevent the deterioration of cars and that certainly was on display.
There were lots of beautiful cars and many people stopped to study and enjoy them. Here’s a part of what we saw that day:
(Click on thumbnails to enlarge, right arrow to advance slideshow)
Tagged cars, Carson City, collectible cars
.All Trips / Alberta / Car Culture / Central Canada / North America
Classic Steel — a visit to the Rolling Sculpture Car Show, Canmore
Happy Canada Day, eh? Today is Canada’s 150th birthday and across the country people are celebrating in a big way. It’s not everyday a country reaches that age and there is good reason to celebrate, because Canada is a great place to live! There’s a “suggestion” from the Canadian government that a certain percentage of media be “Canadian Content”, so here is our piece of Canadian content for today.
I wonder if there is anything more Canadian than spending a pleasant summer day enjoying classic cars with the beautiful Alberta Rocky Mountains as a backdrop? Probably so, but those things likely would be a lot less fun.
Summers in Canada, or for that matter any place that has cold snowy winters, are …
Tagged Alberta, Canmore, cars, collectible cars
