Travels Continue

TRAVELS CONTINUE
Well we are back on land after the week cruise to Alaska. Some photos below finish off the Model A convention then join us on the travels south. ETA Friday, August 20th.
Watch the Thousand Oaks Acorn for this photo taken durng the Grand Tour in Vancouver, BC. The field of A's behind us is only a small portion of the 3-400 gathered at the convention. All makes and models, 6 countries represented, USA, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia and Norway.

Once again Jim is having more fun than he can imagine. He and Judy are dressed for the fashion tea. Judy and Carol have purchased books of patterns and the standards. Dave, the crazy fool bought a suit, tie and undies.

I think Jim was trying to get a "get out of jail card free" in case any problems occurred during the drive. These are the real deal Mounties. Not at all the same images my fantasies have been about.

This picture illustrates how we all feel by the last day of convention. No idea who these lades are. The closing banguet was a bit dull so no pictures of that event.

Sorry no pictures of the Alaskan cruise. Seen one tree seen them all and somewhat true for glaciers. We'll do a picture show at a club meeting in more detail.

On Saturday, August 14th we loaded back into cars and joined our Model A Times group to head to Ellensburg Washington, USA. The traffic thru customs at the border took 1 1/2 hours. ugh.

We took 99 south thru Washington and had mountain climbs of over 5000 ft but always long, slow ones. Sites along the way included Mount Rainier, Mt Hood and others, plus project car opportunities such as the ones above.

Sunday's drive was the same as Saturday except we entered Oregon. About 70 miles north of Bend, our destination for the night, Jim's car started vapor locking. Tried a few simple fixes then determined that the fuel pump would have to be replaced. Thanks Larry for sending one to us earlier and making this possible.

Of course the Model A Calvary arrived in force. Seriously, Model A Times owner John Lavoy does a great job of having parts, and providing the trouble truck. He sleeps later in the mornings then the rest of us and is the last truck out.

This is Judy Hamiilton exploring a side road while Jim and Dave debated the fix in the picture above. It turned out to be a road to nowhere.

Each evening the real fun begins. This is Dave and John Lavoy, Model A Times delivering the chilled Washington State beer and wine at the drivers meeting. John brings local beers and wines, so we have had Washington beer, Alaskan beer, and Oregon beer/wine.

Tomorrow we leave the group and travel over to the coast of Oregon to begin our journey down the 101. Hope the beer and wine continues. Some debate continues as to which route we will take.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog to find out.

Jim, Judy, Dave and their publicist Carol