Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup

All right...first real post. Late last year I got my dream car...a 2005 Mustang GT. A friend of mine at work (and fellow Mustang enthusiast) told me about a big event called the Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup (http://www.rmmr.org) that is held every year. To make a long story short, I signed up for the Show n' Shine competition, not being much of a racer myself.

So we went, after washing and waxing the car. It was a beautiful trip out to Steamboat Springs...some of the most beautiful scenery in this part of the country. We stayed at the Steamboat Grand (http://www.steamboatgrand.com), which was really amazing. The organizers put on a nice hospitality dinner, and after that we returned to the parking garage to clean off bug guts and do a little finishing work. This is where my wife made all the difference--she really dug in and cleaned the car like it has never been cleaned before.

So the next day we got up early and drove to the Meadows lot for staging, since there were over 400 cars in the show. It was really cool in fact...we were a bit early, so we waited until our class came up. When they flipped it down, we hurried and ended up first in line for staging.


As a function of being first in line, we also got to lead the group of 05 Mustangs to the show area. After we parked, we once again started to clean. After we got to a satisfying level of cleanliness (or at least to where we were tired and out of towels), we sat back and watched the people come by.

It was a long day...about 8 hours of sitting in the sun. We got judged, and we watched them pick at things like water spots under the taillights. I didn't think we'd get anything, so I convinced myself that I'd just stay at the awards ceremony until they called our class and then leave. WE WON! Well, it's not like we were number one out of a million...they gave out awards to the top 40% from each class, which amounted to 4 awards in ours. But we were up against some pretty stiff competition, so we feel good about it. I have to say it's all due to Meredith's persistence...I would have given up way earlier.

Well that's it. I'm sure it was riveting entertainment, but I enjoyed it. Maybe I'll post up some more pictures of the event later.