This weekend is the 25th annual Pumpkinfest over in Port Elgin. 60,000 people attend the judging, carnival, and events such as underwater pumpkin carving (by scuba in Lake Huron!). A new world record squash came in at 1486.6 pounds. The heaviest pumpkin was 1657.6 pounds --- didn't beat the world record of 1810 pounds but still a lot of pie!
But the real draw for me is the Cinderella's Carriage (she arrived in a pumpkin, get it?) Car Show. The limit is 800 cars but since this is the last main event of the classic car season many cars get turned away. I think we were #786! There's always something I've never seen --- this time it was a 1964 Barracuda station wagon with a big V8 and stick shift (that's a muscle car looking like a mom's car). Plus great colour combos, creative licence plates, and nostalgic cars my dad might have built on the line at Chrysler Windsor. But no matter what event I attend, the Best-In-Show always turns out to be a 1964 1/2 red Mustang convertible. Go figure.
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