GULFPORT – Drive along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast on a hot fall’s day for the first week of October, and you may additionally discover yourself double-checking your calendar to see what year it’s far. No, it’s now not 1972 or the yr your father or grandfather bought his first actual automobile. It’s nevertheless 2018 – the year of the 22nd Annual Cruisin’ the Coast occasion. Recently named America’s Best Car Show of 2018, “Cruisin’” brings heaps of car fanatics from everywhere in the international to enjoy a 30-mile-long block celebration.
What started in 1996 as a festival to rejoice in conventional automobiles, songs, and activities has become an extraordinarily expected Gulf Coast tradition. Over 8,000 vintage cars and warm-rods have been registered for the final year’s event. Over 9,000 automobiles are expected to be reported this year as soon as registration ends Saturday at noon.
Beginning Sept. 29 and ending Oct. 7, the yearly show lets in cruisers to supply spectators with an experience of nostalgia as they show off their conventional vehicles in a lineup of featured occasions that take vicinity in the nation’s sought-after seashore towns. Mississippi Today photojournalist Eric Shelton traveled on Wednesday and Thursday to some of Cruisin’ the Coast’s exact occasion locations, including Biloxi, Diamondhead, and Bay. St. Louis and Pass Christian
