ESTEVAN — The weather didn't deter hundreds of people from turning out for the River Bottom Rods and Rides Car Show on June 7 at the Hidden Valley Golf and RV Resort.
Hidden Valley owner Brad Dutton said approximately 100 vehicles entered the show and shine. A large crowd turned out to view the vehicles, and he said the Outram-Madigan 4-H Club did a great job of cooking hamburgers.
"Overall I think it was another success. It wasn't as roaring as last year, but a lot of nice units come out. There's a lot of people who put a lot of work into these things. It's an outing. People get to wander around and be social, and they get to see units that generally hide away in people's garages and shops," Dutton said in an interview with SaskToday.
Vehicles from every continent were on display, he said. Exhibitors from Manitoba and North Dakota joined their counterparts from Saskatchewan. Dutton noted one person from Minot had a "homemade truck" that was assembled. A club came down from Regina for the John Dyck Show and Shine at the Estevan Comprehensive School on June 6 and stayed around for the event at Hidden Valley.
He noted the weather looked pretty bad early in the morning of the show. The Estevan area received some rain early in the day, but the skies cleared and people needed to converge under a large tent for cover just once. Even though the winds were strong throughout the day, trees at Hidden Valley provided some relief, and Dutton said the grass surface was better for the vehicles than a gravel parking lot..
"These gearheads … they come out," he said.
Dutton believes the exhibitors should be "very proud" of the vehicles they brought.
All of the volunteers did a great job, he said, and the show couldn't have happened without them.
Hidden Valley took over the show from T&T Rods last year. Dutton said he found a sign from approximately 35 years ago that shows a car show used to be held annually at Hidden Valley, back when the attraction was still known as Tee One Up. The show was at T&T Rods for 20 years, and Dutton believes it has come full circle.
