Car show hustles into Creede over the weekend

CREEDE— Saturday bloomed bright and clear— a perfect fall day in Colorado, and the Main Street in Creede was bustling with bright colored cars of all makes and models. More than 80 vehicles made their way to Creede over the weekend for the Ninth Annual Cruisin’ the Canyon Car show. The area surrounding Creede was alight with fall trees, just on the brink of change with vibrant golds, reds and oranges adding to the already perfect conditions and bringing a crowd of more than 500 people to the area to view the fall colors and the fantastic vintage cars.
The show kicked off Saturday morning with the annual fly-in breakfast hosted by the San Luis Valley Pilots’ Association. The association sends out invitations throughout the year to pilots all over the state for them to come to Creede during the car show. Vehicle owners gather at the Mineral County Airport for a delicious breakfast with the pilot that is provided by the association and spend the morning looking at planes, while the pilots take their turn looking at the vintage hotrods. The two groups also take the opportunity to photograph the vehicles with the planes which results in some very interesting photographs.
After the breakfast vehicle owners made their way up to Main Street where they lined the sides of the road and prepared for the day of wandering guests. Vicki Kulyk met each owner at the top of Main Street near the courthouse for registration while handing out a list of about 15 local shops in and around downtown to each contestant when they registered their vehicles for the car show. If each shop was visited by participants and initialed by shop owners or staff, they would be entered into a drawing to win a gift basket full of goodies from local businesses.
The car show was originally brought to Creede by Nick and Vicki Kulyk. For the past nine years and in partnership with the Creede and Mineral County Chamber of Commerce, they have brought a fun, colorful weekend to the slow season between the busy summer holiday and when the hunters venture back into town. Funds raised during the show are donated to the chamber to help with future projects as well as operating costs. The show helps keep the chamber open and running even in the off season in Creede, when prior to the funding from the show, it would close during winter months.
“We had several participants this year that had never been to the show before and every one of them had a great time and promised to come back in the future,” said Kulyk. The combination of fall hanging heavily on the air and the day full of old bebop music provided by the chamber, the end result was nothing short of fantastic.
This year’s best of show winner was Jim and Judie Hunt from Littleton, Colo. With their 1935 Ford Tudor. Kulyk stated that the list of the other winning vehicles will be ready for publication by next week.


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