{"id":28145,"date":"2024-10-03T06:32:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=28145"},"modified":"2024-12-19T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T01:40:05","slug":"28145","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=28145","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-2024-Parade-General-Coverage-Concours-Etc-Selects-20240709_0110S.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-2024-Parade-General-Coverage-Concours-Etc-Selects-20240709_0110S.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-2024-Parade-General-Coverage-Concours-Etc-Selects-20240709_0110S.jpg 560w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-2024-Parade-General-Coverage-Concours-Etc-Selects-20240709_0110S-330x249.jpg 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/randywells-2024-Parade-General-Coverage-Concours-Etc-Selects-20240709_0110S-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 85vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>As I prepare to receive the October issue of Porsche Club of America&#8217;s national magazine <em>Panorama<\/em>, I&#8217;d like to give you a taste of what I experienced at their annual Parade event as an assigned photographer and writer. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My first stop in Birmingham, Alabama was to find a restaurant serving a catfish sandwich. The perfectly cooked morsel was served on a freshly baked bun at a hip brewery just a mile away from PCA\u2019s headquarters for Parade week week. Everyone at the eatery looked happy. I was smiling after my first bite of the moist serving too, and came back the next day.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that Alabama is known for its culinary delights, like southern barbecue, crab claws, fried green tomatoes, seafood gumbo, shrimp and grits, okra, and pecan pie. However, no visit to the South would be complete without a stop at the travel station named Buc-ee\u2019s. With a beaver mascot, 120 gas pumps and several versions of pork sandwiches, this 53,000 sq. ft convenience store was an experience to behold. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the 2024 Porsche Parade is not just about dining. Please see my words and images covering the people and cars that attended soon. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pca.org\/panorama\/\">PCA Panorama Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Buc-ees-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Buc-ees-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Buc-ees-Logo.png 570w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Buc-ees-Logo-330x186.png 330w, https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Buc-ees-Logo-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 85vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA As I prepare to receive the October issue of Porsche Club of America&#8217;s national magazine Panorama, I&#8217;d like to give you a taste of what I experienced at their annual Parade event as an assigned photographer and writer. &#8220;My first stop in Birmingham, Alabama was to find a restaurant serving a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=28145\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28145"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28443,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28145\/revisions\/28443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}