Greetings fellow Oldsmobilers! Where was our summer? At least here in Edmonton anyway. Records rainfalls in June and July sure took away our valued sunny warm days. At least we've been seeing some decent weather in September, but sadly now we're not far away from putting our cars away for the winter. I know many of you were fortunate to have better conditions in your local areas than we had here.

We had another great Rocket Round Up at Hildebrand Motors in Olds again this year. Look for the recap section on the show in this edition’s newsletter. I want to thank all that helped out with it. Even the little things that helped. It is greatly appreciated.

Living in St. Albert I'm usually taking part in the week long Rock'N August car and music festival here all week. This year was no different. I did one of the community cruises that led up to the week's festivities and it was really great. Of course, the weather messed up a few events, as per the course for this year. The Saturday show and shine in Lions Park had to be moved to the parking of the Servus Place recreation centre. Many people were disappointed with this announcement, but the day turned out really well. The sun was gloriously shining, and there was a massive amount of attendance on that Saturday.

My garage has been plagued with a 63 Super 88 with a fuel leak that has not yet been fixed. This needs to become a priority so I can park my daily driver in the garage for winter. It frustrates me that my motivation to work on my cars isn't where it should be some days.

When I do finally get going it's such a joy to be working on them. Even if it's not going the way you want it to. The weather definitely didn't help this year, when you don't want to drive anyway because the roads are always wet. What do you do to motivate yourself to work on your car? Do you set a specific time, just squeeze in bits when you can, ask someone to come and help so it commits you to the task at hand?

I will be taking my Starfire out as much as possible for some fall cruising. Since I got it tuned back up again it sure is back to driving fantastic! I'd like to get some well-timed photos this year with colorful leaves in the background. Enjoy your fall, and let's hope for a delayed start to winter so we can cruise a bit more!