It turns out they were having an all Ford car show out front sponsored by the SVT Cobra Club.
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2. The dash of this Saleen foxbody was signed by Steve Saleen.
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5. 50's themed Crown Victoria complete with window mounted fast food tray. The glass roof on this thing was really cool.
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8. A beautiful blue Ford GT. Wasn't expecting to see one of these here.
9. Moving on to the inside of the museum, they had an old Alfa Romeo 8c...
10. ...along with a new one.
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14. Moving upstairs to their more permanant exhibit...
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16. Charles Lindbergh's personal car.
17. A race car from the early 80's. The body is from a VW Rabbit.
18. Around 200,000 miles with the original stainless steel body.
19. ...and back downstairs.
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I got to see my dream car in real life. An Iso Grifo Coupe, this one was from 1969. In my opinion, it's one of the most beautiful cars ever produced. This was one of 13 made that year with the Chevy 327.
24. The Metallic flake in the paint was so fine that it almost looked pearlecent from a distance.
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28. Later, I found an old paper mill.
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32. Went by this nice house. The little hutch for the firewood on the side of the garage is cool.
33. From my bike ride on the first day of the trip.
Saratoga is a beautiful town. I'm told it used to be better before the people from NYC started coming, unfortunately. You can tell that it's gotten a bit more pretentious over the past few years, but it's still a great place. Beautiful scenery and architecture. Tons of history and things to do. Most people here are healthy and active. The roads are nice and mostly flat. Good for bike riding or walking. It's really a nice place to be. There's not a "bad" part of town that I'm aware of. Some parts aren't as nice as others but you can be comfortable pretty much anywhere. I hope it stays this way.
The water here is great. The main reason for Saratoga even being here is because of the mineral springs. The building that now houses the auto museum used to be the bottling plant. They also have mineral springs scattered about the park where you can get either mineral water or fresh water straight from the ground.
Thanks.
I wish I had gotten a picture of the plaque.
