Cruisin' the Tree

July 16, 2020 — The popular weekly cruise night called "Cruisin' the Tree" in Danvers, Massachusetts, seems to be surviving the coronavirus very nicely. A warm, sunny evening drew a good turnout of show cars and spectators. Located in a parking lot at the edge of Liberty Tree Mall, all the mall stores, shops and restaurants are a short walk away. I'm still avoiding stores and restaurants as much as possible until the pandamic threat lessens, so I spent just two hours in the parking lot, enough time to get all the photos I wanted, and then got out and had a late supper at home.

You can view those photos, the best variety of any show so far this season, at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/libertytree20/

Seacoast Cars & Coffee

July 12, 2020 — Seacoast Cars & Coffee, a morning show hosted by the Mall at Fox Run in Nashua, New Hampshire, featured the greatest number of cars I've seen at a show so far in this pandamic-reduced season. The show also had the widest variety seen so far. The plan was to park show cars every other space to allow for social distancing. This plan quickly fell through as the number of cars quickly exceeded expectations, and almost all side-by-side spaces were taken.

The ratio of those wearing masks to maskless was no better than 50/50. Still, as with other shows, I've found it easy to maintain safe social distancing. I just back away from the rare maskless individual who finds it necessary to get a foot from your face to talk to you.

Seacoast Cars & Coffee is held 8-11 a.m. the first Sunday of every month through October, weather permitting. You can see my photos of their first show of the season at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/seacoast/

Moo's Ice Cream

July 6, 2020 — Continuing my tour of cruise nights in this year of coronavirus when most of the big weekend shows have been canceled, I landed at Moo's Place Ice Cream in Salem, New Hampshire. Specializing in mouth-watering ice cream concoctions, Moo's did a swift business on this very warm evening. The combination of ice cream and a car show was a sure winner.

There was a good turnout of cars and spectators. A collection of antique military vehicles, an Austin converted for racing and a rare 3-door Saturn were highlights. You can view my photos at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/moos/

First Stoppe Cruise Night

July 2, 2020 — I used to include cruise nights on my itinerary, but the big weekend shows began taking up so much of my time, both the shows themselves and sorting my photos and building my web pages afterwards, that I simply didn't have time for cruise nights any more. But in this year of coronovirus, with most of the major weekend shows for the whole season canceled, I'm getting re-acquainted with cruise night, and I must admit I like what I'm seeing.

You won't find Duesenbergs, Pierce-Arrows and Packards at cruise nights, but you will find lots of GTOs , Mustangs and other muscle cars, and colorful, sometimes whimsical customs and street rods, the work of talented and creative individuals. As the name implies, most cruise nights are held for a few hours in the evening, but there are also a few morning shows. Most are held on a particular night (or morning) every week, some well into the fall.

Most recently, I attended the First Stoppe Cruise Night in Candia, New Hampshire on a 90-degree evening. The oppressive heat and humidity eventually drove me out, but until then I had accumulated over 50 photographs. You can view them at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/firststoppe/

Pontiac-Oakland Club 4th of July Cruise

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June 27, 2020 — It wasn't technically a car show, but a meeting of participants and their cars in a parking lot in Bedford, New Hampshire, before leaving on a tour of several southern New Hampshire towns. The tour was sponsored by the NorEastern Pontiac-Oakland Club and, as far as I could determine, all but two of the approximately forty cars were Pontiacs. I took advantage of the pre-tour gathering to take pictures of many of the cars, along with a video. I didn't follow the cars on the tour.

Oldest car at the event was a 1956 Pontiac. Other than that, most of the cars were '70s and later. The Pontiac-Oakland Club is dominated by muscle cars such as GTOs and Grand Ams. In the several years I've been following them, I have yet to see an Oakland.

My photos and a video of a portion of the cars exiting the parking lot can be seen at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/fourthcruise/