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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Bears and Bad Weather
May 29: Vancouver to Quesnel. We left Vancouver in light rain and fog. From what I gather this is rather typical although everyone (make that locals) says it is unusually cold. I didn’t bring clothes for all this cold but … Continue reading
Leg 2 begins
May 28: Arrived Vancouver yesterday, the end of Leg 1. Tomorrow we start the second leg from here to Anchorage. This is the part we really came to drive. Last evening we had a farewell/ welcome dinner. We will miss friends … Continue reading
A book award and a blind Garmin
May 26:A day off in Osoyoos, BC. From our Canadian vantage point, we can look across Osoyoos lake and see the U.S. The good news: We had an email waiting. Our novel, The Long Road to Paris has just received another … Continue reading
Left Behind
May 24:We’re sitting in our hotel room in Kalispell, Montana. Our forced day off. We’ve talked to the VW restoration shop and we are still hoping Stewball will be ready later this afternoon. It was a strange feeling to see … Continue reading
Our engine is being pulled
May 23: Day 16. We are in Kalispell, MT, and the car is at the last antique VW repair place we know of before 2000 miles to Alaska. We took the car in for a routine service, and they found an oil … Continue reading
Posted in Antique car rally
Tagged air-cooled VW, Endurorally, synthetic motor oil, Trans-American Challenge, vapor lock
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Moving Fast
Day 14: Now in Montana. Since I last wrote we have covered Utah, a bit of Idaho, Wyoming and now in Montana. Leaving Provo, we had no choice but to run the gravel roads. We decided since we had to … Continue reading
Posted in Antique car rally
Tagged Grand Teton, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Montana, Wyoming
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Stewball doesn’t like….
Alistar and his Rolls Royce 1. Weather hot enough to fry an egg on the “bonnet”. 2. High altitudes 3. Ethanol 4. All of the above. Day 12: Alternate title: Too pooped to pump Page, Arizona to Provo, Utah. We … Continue reading
Save the Road Warrior
May 18: Day off. Time to catch up. So, to back up. On Wednesday on our run from Colorado Springs to Durango, we crossed three mountain passes, each 11,000 ft. OK, the last one was only 10, 018, but the first … Continue reading
Two days, four states
May 15: I must write today because we have covered so much territory that I can’t even keep up. Usually I post a photo of the flower in Stewball‘s bud vase, but this seemed more appropriate for today. Since we … Continue reading
Posted in Antique car rally, book promotion
Tagged Arkansas, Bat Masterson, Colorado, Dodge, Dodge City Kansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, trans-, Trans-American Challenge, Wyatt Earp
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Good and Bad- All in one day.
May 13: Mother’s day driving from Memphis to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This was a great drive and a special one for us since we met with CD White, a reporter in Eureka Springs. She is writing several different articles on the back … Continue reading