This past Saturday Vivid was represented at Super Tuner Night in Virgina Beach. The show was what the Car Show / Club World is all about. From “Out of this World” cars to the Hottest Models around, S.T.N. had it all. Although I was the only one who shown, V.I. was still represented by me, Wendy, Mike B., Matt, & Tony D. Our journey began as we headed down to Virgina Beach at 7 p.m. Knowing our trip was going to be long, we hung in there for the ride. On our way down we got to see nothing but highway for 5 hrs. The traffic into Virgina to Kings Dominion was sickening. Though for some it was a good thing. There seem to be a large amount of hot chics driving down and stuck in traffic as well. So it was fun for somebody giving shout outs. When all the traffic finally dispensed, we were rolling again. Finally at 12:45, we arrived in Virgina Beach only to find out our hotel room was given away. After a minor argument we were placed in a room in the hotel next door only to discover it was a dump. There were holes in the floor, a tarp for a shower curtain, no towels, falling wall paper, no a.c., & 1 bed! Luckily the couch folded out to a bed, Thank God! The room also was only good for 1 night, so we had to find another hotel for Saturday night. In the morning we ransacked the continental breakfast as we usually do on traveling shows and hit up the car wash. From the car wash we made it to the Pavilion only to discover they lost my registration. So far this trip has been a nightmare. After settling the situation, I got to roll in. As I was setting up, one of the attendees made me move the position of my car 5 times, I guess he just couldn’t make up his mind what he wanted. So when I finally got set up, we all got together to get some grub at a seafood buffet since the show didn’t start for another 3 hours. There we drank about 20 pitchers of iced tea and ate the buffet empty. After our meal we went to the new hotel, La Playa. A decent hotel for now. Thinking of something to do, we went down to the rides to see what they had. They had nothing. It was like a low budget local carnival & a $25 per person ride on the SkyScraper. So we decided to pass. I realized I should get back to the Pavilion, so the others dropped me off and went out. There I discovered I missed judging. So I went on a tear to find a judge to get judged. No way I went all the way down there not even to get judged. I finally found one in a crowd of about 20,000 people. It was intense. Models, Cars, Exhibits, Dance Contests, etc. For all who missed it, you missed out on a lot. About 11 p.m. they finally gave out awards. Even though I came back empty handed, it was an interesting day. Knowing we had to haul it back the next morning for the Sudden show, we went back to the hotel for some sleep. Even after waking up late and getting on the road 1.5 hours later than I liked to, we made it home for the Sudden show, which will be in another article. In closing, I like to thank all who went for support and see you all in the next one.

Mel Grupp
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