Halloween comes early to Cruise The Bay

Calling All Rodders,

Monday Night again brought local cruisers down to the Bayfront in Erie, PA. Tonight's show was sponsored by Hoffman Glass and the theme of the party was Halloween Night.



Cruisers enjoying the festivities!



We even had the dogs coming dressed for the occasion!

Cars filled the Park n Ride and participant's enjoyed the festivities and came adorned in their costumes for the costume contest. 


Baby's came from the pumpkin patch!



Victorian ladies roamed the park!








Santa was there enjoying his vacation!



They all came to have fun... Many others roamed the area bringing Halloween early to the Cruise the Bay event!

Some cruisers decorated their cars for the event. No matter what Monday night you come down this is the kind a family fun you will find there. Always a theme and fun playful contests and awesome cars to see. The season is almost over but you still have a few Monday nights to enjoy. Remember we do not have a show on Labor Day but we will be there again Sept 12, 2011 and you might even get a glimpse at Marilyn Monroe that night! Come on down to the Bayfront Park n Ride in Erie, Pa for the next Cruise the Bay event! See ya there!

Dream Cruise 2011 Detroit Michigan

Calling All Rodders,

World's Most Popular Car Cruise and largest one-day automotive event. Annually the 3rd Saturday of August on Woodward Avenue just north of Detroit in Michigan. Rain or shine.

This year was no exception, the show was held and the weather held off for the first part of the day. Around 5pm they were hit with a down pour and the show was shut down for a little bit. As crews handled down lines and a couple of small fires in the area cause by high winds and lighting.

But that didn't dampen the spirits of those cruisers who came from miles in all directions to enjoy the show. This show stretches for miles up and down Woodward Ave. Each town along the way has there own event going on with entertainment. This year we went for two days and still didn't see even half of what is out there. It is well worth the drive to go, if you get a chance next year plan to attend.

Waterford Tool & Machine sponsored tonight's Cruise the Bay

Calling All Rodders,

Another great night at "Cruise the Bay" in Erie PA. Tonight's show was sponsored by Jim & Jan Schillings from Waterford Tool & Machine. Jim wanted to try something different tonight so his theme was a car show. Judging done by the participants. from the looks of things all went well. Winners are ...

1948-and older...Mike Zboyovski 1930 Ford, Wattsburg
1949-1963........Dale Matha 1957 Chevy Bellair, Erie
1964-1973........Ken & Connie Everall 1969 Olds, Erie
1974-1985........Fred & Eileen Smith 1980 Ford Pinto, Erie
1986-1999........Riley Barricklow 1995 Chevy, Erie
2000-2011........James Ryan 2009 Dodge Challanger, Waterford


If you haven't made it down to the Bayfront Park N Ride yet this summer you still have a few weeks to join us...Come on down and join in the fun you won't be sorry!
See ya at the next car event!

Guinness World Records longest Jeep Parade, Butler PA

Calling All Rodders

Today's adventure took us to Butler, PA. Friends of ours own a 1959 Jeep Willys at 10 am this morning we left with them to go to Butler PA. There we found 1200 Jeeps of every Year, Make and Model making their way to the Butler Community College.

Why? You may ask...
Because the was a jeep parade going on there trying to become a Guinness World Records Longest Jeep Parade at the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival!

Once there we were lined up according to decades, and registration began...at 1pm.
We unloaded the trailer dropped off the Jeep then ran our trailer to the other side of town and took a shuttle back up to the College to be part of the 6pm Parade. This process was slow and took most of the afternoon but we laughed and had fun along the way the town was filled with jeeps everywhere!

Promptly at 10 to 6 we lined up and began the 3 mile parade route thru down town Butler. Once we reach the downtown area we all were parked along the streets were 100's of spectators lined the streets to see the parade and enjoy the Jeep show.

1200 Jeeps registered for the show, they figure the had at least 1500 Jeeps come thru town I believe the event was a success. It was awesome to see that many Jeeps in on place the were from 1938 to 2012.

We had a great time and want to thank our friends Pat & Beth for inviting us along!

Cruise the Bay Aug 8-2011

Calling All Rodders,

We tell you all the time to join us at the Bayfront Park & Ride on Monday Nights in the summer. Well, tonight we want to show you why....

This is a great family outing, Mom... gets dinner out we have the Weenie Wagon or the Tasty Twist supplying dinner for us each Monday night...Dad ...gets to see all the great cars and motors...the Kids... get to particapate in the great fun and game themes of the evening.

Tonight's theme was drag racing,complete with our own green starter flag women "Kora". Now this is not your typical drag racing this is done on car creepers, one rider, one pusher!
Tonight we had participents of all ages. I believe our youngest drag racer ever in the history of the "Cruise the Bay Drags" is Madaline 3 years old and excited to go. So excited that she popped right off backwards as the race stared but she held on tight and rode the race out. A natural at drag racing, John Force would have been proud!





We had 7 teams we names like Crash & Burn, Go-1st, Red Devils,Cobras, Hit it, Factory Riders, and Wheelies. The two man team runs the course, a whopping 18 feet!
Each eliminating the other until one team is left and declared the winner and receives their trophies. Tonight's winners are Dan & Andrew of the Red devils!
All in good fun and entertainment. And this is just one of the shows this year. You never know what fun games and competitions they will come up with next. Come on down and join the fun and see what you are missing! See ya at the next car event!