Man? What a great weekend it was!
The 4th Annual Glamrock’s Lotuspalooza Run happened this year! A convoy of Lotus meeting in Lake County Indiana and traveling down to Carmel, IN for the Artomobilia show. A car show so large, there are multiple car shows within this car show. Lotuspalooza (80+ Lotus all along one street), along with PorschePalooza, and BmwPalooza. Plus street after street of classics, muscles, exotics, imports, classic imports and everything in between.
Had 12 in the convoy this year. And if you know Lotus, insane to see 12 running together. We owned the Hwy!
Arrived, checked in, parked, and enjoyed the day!
The difference this year, was that I planned a drive for Sunday. We rocked the Indiana Nurburgring! Man o man were those roads awesome! 8 of us just rocking the twisties I didn’t know existed in my home state! Mrs. Glam was not happy to hear she would be playing navigator. I was like, “babe! I can’t read directions, work the walkie, and drive roads I never drove before. I need your help!” Fortunately, my bride rocks and relented to my ask. And she crushed it! She blew me away! She absolutely became a huge participant in this great 4 hour run. To the point she was scooted up in the seat, phone in left, right hand death grip on the A-Pillar, filming! LOL! I’m soooo lucky! Here’s some vid to show these great roads. 2nd vid is sooo twisty (for Indiana).
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And this pic sums up the weekend. Amazing!
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Topanga Canyon Road, over Mulholland and onto Old Topanga Canyon Road and on to, eventually, undercarriage scraping to hike Red Rock Canyon State Park.
I also recently had the pleasure of completing a road in the Santa Cruz Mountains that I'd chickened out on a few years back. I'd U-turned at a tiny cliff turn-out and said, "This isn't the right time for me to do this. I'll come back another time." And I done it!
This Wabash College alumnus is quite familiar with Indiana country roads, and I've enjoyed all my encounters with Indiana people; politics be damned.
On edit: I've got to post this "flash on" I encountered on a San Francisco East Bay twisty turn. You're past it before you realize what you've seen. I won't tell you how many u-turns I had to make before I could get some safe clear shots. 
How many accidents that must have caused!
Eventually, I’m getting out to Cali to carve me some canyons!
And more fun than you ever knew, canyons in the Rockies on the way. I have pointers for you if interested.
The plural for Lotus is Lotus. Yeah, no shit. But I’m brand loyal after buying this thing so….
Canyon carving eh? I don't want to scare you but I used to do that at 80K lbs! On mountains though we called it "canyon running". All you need is a righteous machine, of any size, and a mountain pass can turn into a playground!
"Always take the inside!"
And keep it between the mayo and the mustard!
I feel privileged a friend let me sit in his Europa. That was decades ago and I thought it was so cool that the window was a little over a foot tall but had a power button on the console.
More recently at a British car show a dealer let me try on an Elise. I was surprised how well it fit me. "Just add lightness".
Either one would be a joy to drive but I'll get by with my Triumph. We've been together for 25 years.
