OCCA Labor Day Cruise

Posted by pikesan on Sep 28, 2008 in Shows & Events | 4 comments

Story by Devin Squire
(Devin’s all Ford Garage)

Well, I just got back from the “Orange County Crusin’ Assoc.’s “Great Labor Day Cruise” in Costa Mesa, California. The weather was great, 80 degrees at the warmest & the 60’s at night. We go there a couple of days early to enjoy some vacation time in southern California. We will spend a day just cruising Pacific Coast Highway, from Huntington Beach down to Laguna Beach, stopping at some of the Surf shops, or stopping at one of the many eateries to get some fish tacos….(Wahoo’s shrimp tacos…mmmmm). Once in a while, I’ll actually take one of my surfboards out in the water & try to surf…key word here is “try”.

OK, now back to the car show.

The car show itself is on Saturday & Sunday, & Monday being the day they hand out awards & trophys. Some of us actually start lining our cars up in the parking lot at the fairgrounds on Friday, so we can be the early birds in to get a good parking spot.

The Embassy Suites in Santa Ana, is the host hotel, & you can see a lot of cool cars just hangin’ around their parking lot. My wife & I spent most of Friday just hangin out there & watching Hotrods come & go to get they’re registrations.

Here’s a short video showing some of the cars coming & going
at the hotel, and a few at the car show.

One of the fun things about this show, is you can cruise the fairgrounds. They have it so you can cruise around & show off your ride & check out the other stuff you might not see. Of course, there’s some big motor rods, you can hear before you see them.

Here’s some of Devin’s Pics from the Orange County Crusin’ Assoc.’s “Great Labor Day Cruise” show