Thunderstorms, floods and tornados did not show up to spoil my day at British Car Field Day. Rather, it was a calamitous fault with my camera, a Canon Powershot S70. It just stopped. There I was, taking photos, looking through the viewfinder, click the shutter and nothing. It was just dead. Batteries were exchanged, buttons pushed, nooks and crannies examined, but still the camera was lifeless. If anyone has any recommendations, please feel free to email me. If you’d like to help repair/replace the camera, Bessie and I would be eternally grateful. Donate…

Fortunately, I happened to have a backup camera, if you can call it that. My Samsung SCH-U520 was able to capture the vintage cars, after I fixed a fault with the memory card (dust). If you’ve ever used a camera phone, you’ll know how difficult it can be. The megapixels are low, the display inaccurate to true photo dimensions and the lcd screen is barely legible in the sunlight. Considering these point & shoot limitations, the photos turned out adequately. View Photos…

British Car Field Day was a marvelous show as always. The number of classic Minis was extraordinary. There was even a Mini Traveller hiding on the outskirts of the show. Oddly enough, a Kaiser Darrin showed up. I had a marvelous time meeting with so many British car enthusiasts and friends of Bessie.

Bessie got decked out as the Rocket Ship, RS Vroom Stick, for Halloween this year. Jenny and I did some adult-supervision for Bessie as Witches. Together, we drove out to the Solid Gold McDonald’s for “food, folks and fun.” Instead, we got turned away for some bizarre reason. Were we too young, too pretty, too many, too British? So, the MINIs met in a corner by themselves and had their own party. By the time we got included, Jenny and I were disillusioned and continued our evening elsewhere with Noodles & Company for dinner and Guitar Hero III for entertainment. View Photos…

It was a marvelous weekend for a drive through the Wisconsin countryside. The show had wonderful weather as well and Bessie even got to park in the shade. We all enjoyed seeing the other cars and one van that showed up for International Alley at the Iola Old Car Show. As we walked about the show grounds, I tried to take some fun shots of the other attendees and even some of the swap meet. Hope to see you there next year!