Happy little turnout at the Gladstone monthly cruise

Gladstone, Mo., is the site of one of the lesser-known car cruises out there, but it has an advantage that the others can't claim.  On the last Sunday of the month throughout the summer, the Cowtown T's hosts this event in the parking lot of the Gladstone HyVee. 
 

But what draws me in is the Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe that is located inside the adjoining gas station.  Those loose-meat burgers have been around since the 1920s, but I never could understand why they didn't take off more.  I'd rather eat those than a normal McDonald's or Burger King any day.

The Sunday Gladstone Cruise was a tasty way to cap off a long, hot weekend

After spending a whole weekend in the heat, we decided to cap it off with, what else, another car cruise.

This was the monthly gathering at the Hy Vee grocery store in Gladstone, Mo. The event is hosted by the Cowtown T’s car club, and they tend to have a hit-or-miss success rate with this one. We’ve been to this cruise when they had virtually no cars, and we’ve been here when they had way too many cars to fit in the limited space provided in this busy parking lot. But this weekend’s event was among the best yet, with plenty of nice cars, and just enough parking spots that they were mostly full, but there were a couple left here and there for al little breathing room.