My father was back in the hospital this past week so for the first time since Memorial Day weekend, I didn't make it to any car shows.
I did, however, manage to break away for a few hours on Thursday evening to attend the Der Dutchman end of season banquet.
More than 200 people pre-registered for the banquet so there weren't very many empty chairs.
Wayne Nisly got the evening started by sharing some facts about this year's cruise-ins.
- Wayne's database has accumulated the names of 1013 people who have registered a vehicle a least once during the past three years.
- The total number of people to register in 2019 was 2341.
- There were 341 first-timers this season.
- There were four rainy evenings, but only two cancellations.
- It was estimated that 84 lbs of bratwurst, 300 hot dogs, 600 hamburgers, and 115 gallons of ice cream were consumed during the season.
- On June 29, the restaurant held its first-ever coffee and donut cruise-in.
- Four times this year the cruise-in registered more than 200 vehicles.