Dream Cruise Snapshot: 'It's Like Reliving Your Youth'

Huntington Woods couple Rick and Margaret Tripp fondly recalled growing up and cruising along Woodward Avenue as they strolled along the historic corridor Saturday during the Dream Cruise.

"It's like reliving your youth," said Margaret Tripp, who grew up in Royal Oak and attended Shrine Catholic High School.

Her husband chimed in: "You know, we were cruisers," he said. "Many of these cars are what we cruised in all up and down Woodward, stopping at the drive-ins."

Margaret Tripp teased: "Yeah, picking up chicks."

The ribbing was all in fun: The couple will celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary next Sunday and they have a lot of fond memories – of each other, and of cruising Woodward.

"My first car was a '57 Plymouth Fury," said Rick Tripp, who grew up near Eight Mile Road and Woodward in Detroit. "It was red with a silver streak in the back and a big fin.

"You'd start at 10 Mile Road and wind up at Ted's out at Square Lake. It took the whole night to do it," he said. "That's why, when you see the '80s and '90s cars and all that, they're nice. But, they're not a cruising car as far as I'm concerned."

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