Early Iron Club Car Show - Labor Day Weekend

August 29, 2014

Well we had planned on leaving early this Friday, but it was one thing after another with getting the El Camino ready for towing the trailer, there were so many miss fortunes leading up to today we almost did not go to the car show, first the battery died the weekend before when we were supposed to get the hitch connections for lighting all wired up, then went to wash the car and the battery died, bought new battery which the install had more issues and we thought the starter was dead, finally got the car almost wired up just a few things to solder and we could not find our soldering gun, luckily Sears sold what we needed and it was finally finished this Friday making us leave later than we had originally planned.

On the way we had made it to Colorado, we were about 10 miles or so out of Alamosa when some idiot almost ran us off the road, we finally made it to Alamosa and stopped to grab a bite and get the car washed so there would be no rushing in the morning.

Just washed and ready to go

We got to the KOA and pulled out our chairs and relaxed, it was getting cool so we did not hang out outside for long, we retired to the inside of our cozy TD and watched some Star Trek on Amazon Prime.

Ready set Camp - KOA, Alamosa, CO.

The next morning we did not have to rush around as the vehicle was clean already, it would just need some detailing at the show, we got to Cole park around 8 am (as it stated they opened at 9) we expected to be able to choose a spot, well they must have been lining up at least 2 hours prior as the park was getting pretty full already, they gave a spot at first near the concessions, we did not want all those people being right on top of us all day so we drove further down, and parked and then they came over and asked if we could unhitch and place the trailer next to us, so the SilverShadow had its own respective spot in the car show and rightly so as it drew more on lookers than the El Camino did.

The show as it turns out had their best turn out ever 610 cars or 609 cars and one Teardrop, we had many inquiries people loved our little home away from home. 

Made a curtain so people would not climb in on our bed

Had the galley open for viewing,  people were so surprised to learn it has a King size bed, Sink, Stove and Fridge all in a neat little package.







So after the show we went back to the LOA to unhitch as later on that night there was a slow cruise through the town, many of the hot rods from the show attended.

Hundreds of spectators line the streets, there is a band stand on one of the streets to entertain the on lookers, it is a lot of fun crusing through this little old town.

 

The next day we checked out of the KOA and headed north to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Mosca, CO. Where the mountains meet the dunes, it is a pretty cool place, our dog loved to run around in the sand.

There was a river running through the area, well more like a stream in reality very low water levels

Our Elky looks good towing our Little Guy

All in all it was a good show and trip, first time towing for our Elky and it performed beautifully, we are looking forward to next years show....Happy Trails.