Not too long ago I was 21 yrs old and got married. Next thing I knew I had a car payment, mortgage on that little dream house and two kids. So the years came and just as fast were gone. One day I woke up to find out I was 57 yrs old. The two kids were gone and I found myself all alone. What's a guy to do? Will buy a Corvette of coarse.

The fisrt Corvette I ever saw was in 1958 at Hults Chevrolet, Madison, Wis. I remember I was in about 7th grade and had to peddle my bike about 4 miles just to sit in that beautiful car. Back then we called them roadsters, now we call them convertables. But that car was for ever burned into my mind never to leave. Now here I was 57 yrs old and if I didn't get a Corvette now I knew I never would.

Since a clean and driveable 1958 Corvette would have been worth it's weight in gold I settled for a beautiful 1995 Coupe. All black with 300 H.P. and 6-speed manual transmission. It might not keep up with the 500 H.P. Corvettes of today but none the less this baby gets up and goes. I finally had my "dream car" and to say the least I wasn't disappointed.

This car has been a blast on trips like the Black Hills and Durango, CO. Then there are all the car shows you can go to and lots of places have cruse nights where lots of people just drive up to show and see cars. Last weekend I went to one of Wisconsins top race tracks, Road America, and had a blast watching race cars do there thing out on the track and then got to walk thru the pits to see the race cars "up close and personal".

So what's the point of all this rambling . Don't ever give up on a dream . Whether it's that dream car or a dream of getting the college degree you never got. Don't let life end with a "I wished I had done that". I know that my wife died too young and with too many things left undone. Don't let that happen to you. As Nike says, "just do it"!!

Save the wave!

Tom