Kenyon, Minnesota, welcomes visitors to its recent Rose Fest.
WOULD YOU EXPECT to find roses at a car show?
I thought not.
One of many beautiful roses spotted at the car show.
But in the small southern Minnesota community of Kenyon, organizers of the Rose Fest Car Show handed out roses to early arrivals. How sweet is that?
Another rose spotted…
An unexpected surprise. A rose on a dashboard. A rose lying on a car seat. A rose on an engine.
Kenyon’s Boulevard of Roses cuts through Minnesota Highway 60. Minnesota Prairie Roots file photo.
Now I’ve been to quite a number of car shows, but never to the one in Kenyon, where roses are planted for blocks in the boulevard of Minnesota State Highway 60 running through the heart of town.
This car show impressed me. I can’t pinpoint precisely why I so enjoyed this show. But I found lots to draw my eye from the quirky to the nostalgic to the shiny and more.
Enjoy these images from the Rose Fest Car Show. And then check back tomorrow for more photos.
Loved this car.
My absolute favorite moment, and shot. This boy was so immersed in admiring trophies that he didn’t even notice me.
But Chad noticed me because I asked him to stand still so I could photograph the tattoo of his 1958 VW bus Westfalia…
…which looks like this from the front…
…and this inside, all ready for camping.
Definitely not as family-friendly as Chad’s VW bus art.
Another favorite of mine, the Roadrunner.
Every vehicle is marked, so if you’re a serious student of vintage cars (I’m not), the necessary info is right there.
I’ve never seen anything like this backward opening hood.
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