The Chronicles of Andy's Truck Show Addiction
Andy’s Choice Awards, Onaway Big Rig Truck Show, May 2022One Show, Two Awards After each event that features an Andy’s Choice Award I attempt to explain a little history and the process I’ve come to use with Andy to accurately capture his choice. Please remember I’m not a writer in my attempts to tell these …
….AND THE WINNER OF THE MANTON 2021 ANDY’S CHOICE AWARD IS . . . . . DRUM ROLL LARRY PARR 👏👏👏👏👏👏 (If that was all you wanted to know you are excused now! LOL) Because nothing has been normal in this past year of Covid, keeping in line with these crazy times this is the …
Tuesday was a day of simple joy, the kind that engaged all the senses. A slight breeze carried light-hearted energy and not the offensive odors as has been the norm for this farming area lately! (If you have experienced it you would know its absence was something to be thankful for!) Freshly washed trucks gleamed …
2018 was our fifth adventure selecting the Andy’s Choice Truck at the Manton Mi Truck Show and thankfully each year is getting easier. Recently Andy has been able to demonstrate his knowledge of vehicles because he had the right people around to interpret his actions. A week or two prior to this show he found …
Anyone who knows Andy knows he a man of few words! Because of his seemingly quiet nature, I’m asked a variety of questions relating to his memory and what he knows. While I know he has a very good memory by his actions and reactions it is harder for me to know exactly what he …
I can honestly say publishing has not been a goal of mine; yet here we are with two published coloring books! When things are meant to be everything falls into place almost effortlessly! My intention with these books is to honor those truck families who have and continue to make an ongoing difference in Andy’s life …
I don’t like winter. I don’t like being cold, I don’t like driving in snow and I don’t like the wind, which at my house is a lot! On top of that, winters can be somewhat challenging for Andy and me with and all that indoor time for an outdoor kind of guy and few …
There he was, on his bike about a block away. He was on the same sidewalk of the summer tree-lined street as I was. My eight-year old conscience told me it was wrong but I crossed the street to avoid him anyway. He was the only kid in town who rode a three wheeled bike …