Don’t know about the rest of y’all but thanks to the recent seemingly non-stop lines of thunderstorms and rain have turned the front yard of the estate into a lush green paradise. I might – emphasize, MIGHT – be able to get out there and actually mow tomorrow afternoon if everything dries out.

Fortunately, the last two weekends had near perfect weather, clear for the most part and semi-reasonable/unseasonable coolish temperatures. On the personal side, two weekends ago brought a run to Kansas City with the Bride of Morganstein to help the stepdaughter of Morganstein and her husband move into their new home on the east side of town, all part of his recent (and her pending) job change. In and around assisting my son-in-law with the stuffing of a 17-foot Penske rental truck with all of their earthly possessions (and requisite unloading of said possessions at their new hillside schloss), I did the regular patrol activities and watched for LBCs. Sad to say, didn’t see any Triumphs from the KC club or other Brit cars, but then again, I was rather preoccupied and only working a few specific parts of KCMO.

However, on Sunday’s RTB on I-70, we saw three mid-50s Hudsons heading westbound in formation, all in outstanding condition. Don’t know if there was a show or some other sort of gathering of the Hudson faithful somewhat east of KC but they sure were impressive.

AND, this last weekend, thanks to Ing. Karl of SLTOA, we managed to round up a fair number of cars for a pop-up/impromptu drive from lunch to dinner. The group included a section of section of Spitfires, the prez’s TR7, a BMW motorcycle and BMW Z4, plus the new Kia chase/photo vehicle. Other than an unexpected side trip up one dirt/gravel road (and then back down again), the team worked up a great route, starting at the Blumenhof Winery near Dutzlow, up to the Daniel Boone home and then down to Washington for dinner. Great fun and great job on the part of Karl and others to set it up.

Recognizing that we’re one week from the August meeting and roughly five weeks from ABCCS, the calendar’s still pretty full. But we really should do more of these “ya’ll come!” drives while we still have time. Fortunately, we have a couple of excursions setting up for October and November, details to follow.