White75
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- Sep 21, 2007
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- Location
- Kingwood (Houston) TX
- Corvette
- '75 L48 Auto White, '78 L82 4-spd SA
It's September and my wife Christi finally got her first ride in the vette this year.
Why did it take so long you might ask...
Well for the winter and most of the spring, the vette was getting a new interior. By the time most everything was done and it was driveable, my wife was 7 months pregnant with our first future Corvette driver who was born just before Memorial Day. That wouldn't be much fun considering she could barely get in and out of a normal car or SUV.
Once Sydney was born, well there went most of any spare time we had (not complaining, she's a real sweetie). Plus it was so hot this summer that the vette stayed in the garage a lot, except for a few trips that I took just to keep her in shape.
Well luckily I was able to leave work early on Friday to start the holiday weekend early and Christi was working from home. Sydney was still in day care so it was just us. For once, the weather was only in the low 90's with a nice breeze and cloudy sky so I proposed a Sonic run to take advantage of the nice weather and freedom from the little one so we popped over to Sonic for some ice cream and the usual Route 44 Cherry-Limeade. It was a perfect cruise and even got a wave from a C6 owner!
The drink run wasn't enough and since we were near a baby clothes store we decided to run over there to see what they had. While we were there we created a new corvette enthusiast that was about 5 years old. He was just gawking at the vette as his mom was trying to get him into their minivan and once he saw us getting into it was asking questions about it. He asked us if it was fast and refused to get into the van until he heard it so we obliged and he had a grin from ear to ear. It was totally worth it and got in a few good revs of the engine, even Christi was getting a kick out of it.
We enjoyed the rest of our drink as we cruised on back home. It was a good time. Now we're going to have to coerce Christi's mom to babysit Saturday evenings so we can go to some of the cruise ins now the temperatures are cooler.
Why did it take so long you might ask...
Well for the winter and most of the spring, the vette was getting a new interior. By the time most everything was done and it was driveable, my wife was 7 months pregnant with our first future Corvette driver who was born just before Memorial Day. That wouldn't be much fun considering she could barely get in and out of a normal car or SUV.
Once Sydney was born, well there went most of any spare time we had (not complaining, she's a real sweetie). Plus it was so hot this summer that the vette stayed in the garage a lot, except for a few trips that I took just to keep her in shape.
Well luckily I was able to leave work early on Friday to start the holiday weekend early and Christi was working from home. Sydney was still in day care so it was just us. For once, the weather was only in the low 90's with a nice breeze and cloudy sky so I proposed a Sonic run to take advantage of the nice weather and freedom from the little one so we popped over to Sonic for some ice cream and the usual Route 44 Cherry-Limeade. It was a perfect cruise and even got a wave from a C6 owner!
The drink run wasn't enough and since we were near a baby clothes store we decided to run over there to see what they had. While we were there we created a new corvette enthusiast that was about 5 years old. He was just gawking at the vette as his mom was trying to get him into their minivan and once he saw us getting into it was asking questions about it. He asked us if it was fast and refused to get into the van until he heard it so we obliged and he had a grin from ear to ear. It was totally worth it and got in a few good revs of the engine, even Christi was getting a kick out of it.
We enjoyed the rest of our drink as we cruised on back home. It was a good time. Now we're going to have to coerce Christi's mom to babysit Saturday evenings so we can go to some of the cruise ins now the temperatures are cooler.
Jane Ann
