Non-DeLorean Eventful Year

Since my son was born last September, I have done little to nothing with my DeLorean. Priorities change very quickly when kids arrive as there always seems to be something to do. We haven't been in any parades and we only have participated in one car show this year in my home town. Here's my adorable son sitting in the car at the show:

Unfortunately, during that one show, the canopy that I had set up for shade got ripped off of the ground by an out-of-nowhere gust of wind and blew it into the 1941 Ford parked next to me and put two small dings on it.

I felt so horrible, but at the same time, was grateful that the canopy didn't damage my car, even though it did hit both of our cars. I snapped a pic of the two cars as the show was about to end:

 

My auto insurance, both daily driver and collector car, wouldn't cover the damage to his car because none of my cars caused the damage. The cost to repair the damage was $1,200 because the trunk and rear quarter needed to be removed, repaired, then painted in addition to the pin striping being redone on his trunk. 

The guy's insurance ended up covering the damage and he asked me to pay his deductible, which was $500. That was one expensive car show!

I have rarely driven the DeLorean since 2013 as it is only a two seater and my family now consists of more than two people. In addition to the new member of our family, we also moved into our newly built house in 2013 and this year we finally did our own landscaping, sprinkling system, curbing, and grass. That was a multi-month project that didn't allow for any car time.

I have also been traveling much more frequently for work than in years past. I have seen some pretty neat things in my travels:

Milwaukee:

Las Vegas multiple times:

Dallas multiple times:

 

Houston:

San Antonio:

Honolulu: 

Austin multiple times:

Detroit multiple times:

And many other places that weren't interesting enough to take even one picture. Travel should be slowing down this fall, so I may have time to spend with the DeLorean. After all, it is just a car and not my #1 priority.  Hopefully more to come soon.