I
was beyond excited about attending this event
for two reasons: Firstly, because it was whilst
attending Hot August Nights back in 2012 that
I bought my trailer “Rosie the Riveted” from
the Salvation Army store across the road from
the swap meet right there in Reno. Secondly, because
Hot August Nights is one of my favorite car shows ever
and having vintage trailers in the program this year for
the first time made an already awesome event just a
thousand times more awesome.
My sister on the Fly friend Mary and I had a great road
trip down to Nevada from Oregon and it was fun traveling
with someone else with an older car as well. We stopped
overnight at Susanville so we had an easy drive into
Reno on the Tuesday. We rolled into the surprisingly
verdant and lush Rancho San Rafael Regional Park at
around 11am where our very friendly camp hosts Sherry
and Brad Pearce checked us in. After that we were free
to choose our own spaces overlooking rolling hills, yet
we were only a couple of minutes from downtown Reno!
It was perfect!
With our first parade appearance through the streets
of nearby Sparks being held on that Tuesday evening,
most of us held off on setting up and decorating too
much until after we got back from the parade, but that
didn’t stop the public from pouring in hoping to get a
glimpse of these curious time capsules of ours from the
minute we rolled in until the day we left. Even though
the advertised “Open Days” were supposed to be only
from 10am – 4pm Wednesday to Saturday, our biggest
challenge was getting any time to ourselves with the
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