Monthly Burger Run #4

For the fourth installment of the Monthly Burger Run (June 2019) we traveled south on Interstate 5 to Encinitas to the In-N-Out Burger store there.


Our “June Gloom” (coastal cloudiness) continued leaving us with midday overcast skies. This store has a smaller parking lot than some of the other places we have visited, but we managed to get all our cars in a line and good seating inside the restaurant.

 Two long-time friends were there – Mike Reeves and Jeff Smith. Over the years, I had heard their respective stories about the Dads, highlighting the way they inherited their love of cars from their fathers. Each of them talked of Pre-WWII Fords and other cars, and even woodies. Suddenly the thought occurred to me that perhaps their fathers knew each other. At lunch, when I introduced that idea, all three of us were pleasantly surprised to discover that they did! Jeff’s dad was Mike’s Dad’s insurance guy. A fun discussion followed in which Jeff and Mike traded stories of their fathers, their favorite cars, and what happened to them.


Jeff always comes in his beautiful 2002 Corvette; Mike brings a different car to each event – this time he brought a 1955 Chevy.

Nancy’s Mom, Jan, joined us for this outing and we treated her to a cheese burger – she was very happy!


Mike taught me something new on this trip – “Spread”. I had never realized that you could order extra In-N-Out sauce in a tube. I tried it on my fires – this addition will now be a standard part of future Burger Runs!

Pictured below are the cars and the group. It was nice to have Steve and Virginia White join us for the first time – we are trying to convince Steve to get a 49 Merc!

From left to right: Virginia and Steve White, Jeff Smith, Don Kingery, Mike and Barbara Reees, Cary, Jan Paul (Nany's Mom).  In attendance but not in the picture: Nan and Shirley Kingery!