Although the skies where a bit dark on this Sunday morning and the weather reports where calling for rain all afternoon and into the night we still made the trip out to Ft. Smallwood. As the club registered their cars and parked in our spots we kept wondering about the rain. It began to look like it was going to clear up and be a nice day. As the day went on there where a few activities that we found ourselves in the middle of. Bikini contest was one of the most interesting. Not so much for the girls that where dancing around but the fact that as soon as we got up to the stage the skies opened up and it began to pour. Everyone was soaking wet, there wasn’t a dry place to be found. Not to mention that this was a beach and that means a lot of sand. Wet-sand and wet-bodies don’t mix. After making it back to the tent we all decided that we could fit 10 people under the tent along w/ others from different car clubs in exchange for some “sustenance.”

The judging moved along faster then we had expected and the show ended early due to rain. But you know even though we where all soaked we just couldn’t bear to get any more wet. So before the awards started VI took it upon themselves to carry the EZ-UP tent to the awards. By this time the rain had stopped and we looked like idiots, although many people thought it was a good idea.

As the awards went on, and on, and on we finally got to (Derrick’s, Tara’s, and Tony’s). Yes they were all in the same class! Tony got 2nd and Tara first. We then realized it wasn’t a complete rain out after all. The day was long, wet, and sandy but in the long run it wasn’t that bad of a day. Taking home 2 trophies and learned that “sustenance” isn’t worth being stuck under a tent with 10 people.

Jessica Lemmon