Hot Rod Hatmaker Boys

So Uncle Bubba has built a T-Bucket.  He started with boxes, bits and pieces and an engine from an El Camino.    He managed to turn it into a really cool toy.  Since then he has become involved in the National T-Bucket Alliance (NTBA).  Back in June, the NTBA had an event week in the Chattanooga area.  They drove the Dragon's Tail, went over to the Jack Daniel's Distillery, spent a day driving to the Gordon Lee Mansion in Chickamauga and they came to the Mom and Dad's farm for a cookout.

Uncle Bubba's Hot Rod

Let me just tell you about the hot rods.  These were some SERIOUS hot rods.  They were loud, and custom painted and had enough chrome on them to open a store!  Some were two seaters, one was a four seater, some had roofs, most did not.

This is about half of the cars that came to the cookout.

There were flames, an engine out of a viper a pink one and one with working beer kegs. We didn't see that one in action, just took the guy's word for it...unless you can get diet coke out of a keg, we're not takers.

Anywho, Jax isn't a huge fan of the Unc Bubba's hot rod because it is so loud.  He always wants to see it, but never wants to hear it.  So I headed to the hunting department of Academy Sports and bought him some ear muffs to muffle the sound.  Then I decided I'd best go ahead and get some for Hoss since his ears are one of the few things that seem to be 100%.

Dressed and waiting on the first Hot Rods to arrive.

Jax headed to the pasture in his Gator.

When it was time to party, we got our ear muffs on and headed to the pasture.  Hoss loved them and Jax did to although by the time the evening was over, he had decided he wasn't afraid of the noise anymore.  He sure did enjoy looking at the cars and telling everyone about his Uncle Bubba's hot rod, but he didn't want to have anything to do with riding in them.  I'm ok with that since most of them don't have any form of seat belt, much less a five point harness, side curtain or any other air bags or any form of head protection.

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Hoss rode int he car with me and Daddy down to the campfire.  He's still too "bounceable" to ride that far with Jax.

It was a fun evening and not something that every 4 year old gets to experience.  We roasted hot dogs over the bonfire, made s'mores and told and heard lots of tall tales (It was a pasture full of car guys.  Let's face it, there were definitely some tall tales.).I'd say a good time was absolutely had by all!

We even had Jax's pedal Hot Rod on the table.