The Digital Adventures of Dogmo & Angel: 10/02/2005

Saturday, October 08, 2005

3rd Annual Darlington Co Sweet Potato Festival Car Show

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Well, we went over to Darlington to see the car show at the Sweet Potato Festival. Yes, we have a festival to showcase all the things you can do with a sweet potato. Would you believe ice cream, fudge, candy, chips, fries, pie, bread and cake....all made from (you guessed it) sweet potatos. At most local restaurants, you can get a baked one instead of a regular baked potato with your dinner.
Anyway, there was a neat variety of new and classic cars. One nice man even let me sit in his new corvette. Nice, but long, and expensive. He wanted to take my picture, but I told him I stay away from that end of the lense. We talked with him for a long time about how much he loves that vette. Made me wish my MR2 was in a condition to be anything other than embarrassing if put on display in such a show. (But i'm working on it.)
The turnout was good considering, it was cloudy and looked like it was going to rain any minute all day long. But we had a good time, and saw some cool cars! Thanks to everyone who took the time to come out to the show! Mosr pictures posted below. Feel free to comment.
Dogmo & Angel

Classic Black Camaro....this car is NOT a daily driver.

and I thought Comets were only seen in the sky at night...

Nice....cept there were corvette and truck emblems used on the interior doors.

I loved this color. Nice metalic, not white, not tan, but warm, oyster shell is more like it.

awesome paint detail on this engine, even the Edelbrock name was purple.

Old......

and New.

My GrandPa Mitchell worked for Fisher Body. This door frame caught my eye.

Cool old Fire pump wagon. They towed it off with a golf cart!

Wonder if it sounds as sexy as it looks?

Look at that shine!

Friday, October 07, 2005

Junior Achievement Economics in Mr Andrews class.

Well Thursday was my last Junior Achievement session for this term. Mr. Andrews had a great group of students at Hartsville High School. I visited the class once a week for about 45 minutes, to bring a real world view to the lessons they were learning. We talked about auto loans, credit cards, interest rates, budgets, insurance, taxes, salaries, real estate mortgages, bankruptcy, and investing. I enjoy sharing my experiences (good and bad) with the students. Junior Achievement was an important influence in my life when I was in high school. I feel it is my duty and priviledge to "pay it forward" and volunteer for JA today. I have volunteered for JA in Hamilton OH, Ft. Myers FL, and here in Hartsville, teaching most every grade level.
Thanks to JA of Columbia for offering all grade level programs in Darlington. Also Thank You to Mr. Andrews for making it such a joy to give back to the community and the student through JA. And lastly, thanks to the students for asking good questions, listening, and not sleeping (much). I hope my presence was valuble in some small way! Shoudl you wish to learn more about becoming a JA volunteer, please email me at UCmba97@aol.com Until next term.....Let their success be your inspiration.

Angel

My last JA visit. Thanks for not falling aslepp, well most of you anyway!

Great Students in Mr. Andrews' JA class.

Monday, October 03, 2005

Myrtle Beach Fall Rally, Sep 30 - Oct 2

Well, what a weekend! Friday night we rode over to the beach, ate dinner (at Thorney's) and checked into the hotel. The party was already in full swing, and the bikes were cruisin the strip. Saturday morning, we went to the Golden Corral Buffet where the MB Star Riders chapter hosted a meet & greet. There were lots of bikes, raffle prizes, and friendly folks. All the SC Chapter presidents were there, and Stone Mtn GA members made the trip north. Beaufort SC will be signing their charter soon, and they joined in the fun. After breakfast, we went to Barefoot Landing to see some of the custom choppers. Afterwards we cruised around, rode by the Hog Pics photographer (www.hogpics.com), and then found Burrito Moe's for lunch in Garden City. After followed a rest at the hotel, and then watching all the bikes cruise by from the balcony. Later we walked down the street to Friendly's for some ice cream. We hung out for the rest of the evening with Star Riders in front of the hotel. The cops stopped and asked me not to sit on the sidewalk (it was a great angle for taking pictures). Sleeping was a challenge with all the bikes cruising by, but who needs sleep! Sunday we slept late, cruised to the Harley dealership to look at the vendors. We sae Tina the MotoLight lady (www.motolight.com) and Triumph the wonder Lab. These are the best lights for bikes that I have ever seen. We won a set at the FJR EOM (see below on this blog). After lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise (try the chocolate nachos for dessert), we headed towards home. Just in time, the nascar race at Talladega had just started. What a weekend! Time for a nascar nap! Angel

Welcome to Myrtle Beach Fall Bike Rally. We arrived Friday evening, Sept 30. This was the street view from our balcony. The Ocean was across the street.