Woke up on May 29thto a beautiful sunny morning with strong tailwinds. Wiped the morning dew of off the Jeep, did some correspondence, packed up and left Marion, OH for Ann Arbor, MI. One must-do stopon the way to Ann Arbor was the “OVERLAND” smokestack at the site of the original Jeep manufacturing plant in […]
We awoke on the 28th to a beautiful day. Billowing clouds sailing across the sky in the high winds. Tech Stuff About 3am on the morning of the 27tha possible reason for the erratic charging behavior struck me. I recall the service manual specifying that the resistance between the base of the voltage regulator and
Saturday, May 27th started out with sky full of broken clouds – not bad weather for the start of the 2017 Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) 2017 South Eastern National Meet. Approximately 180 vehicles had registered for the event. Unfortunately, thunderstorms were predicted for the afternoon. Not a good sign for those who brought
Blog Entry #4 May 27, 2017: Huntington, WV – AACA Meet Read More »
The morning of May 26th presented us with a warm, sunny day. A welcome respite after driving through 2 days of nearly continuous rain showers. I pulled the Jeep out of the dark, dank parking garage on onto a stretch of parking in the sun in front of the hotel and proceeded to look for
Blog Entry #3 May 26, 2017: Huntington, WV – Blenko Glass, Rose Garden Read More »
When last we talked, Jean and I were in Blacksburg, WV for our overnight stop on our way to Huntington, WV for the AACA Spring National antique car meet. When we left Blacksburg the morning of May 25, 2017, we encountered a couple of challenges. The first challenge may seem a little trite – purchasing
Blog Entry #2 May 25, 2017: Blacksburg, WV to Huntington, WV Read More »
Introduction: The high level of Jeep preparation for this trip has thus far paid off nicely. Looking back at the major trek that we took to the Western United States in 2013; it is scary just how ill prepared we were for that trip; and even less so for our trek to Mississippi in 2003.
Blog Entry #1 May 24, 2017: Cary, NC to Blacksburg, VA Read More »
Jean, Lita, and I left Blowing Rock, NC on Friday, October, 9th. It was a crisp & clear morning. The Jeep was running well and all were in good spirits. While heading south we contacted my sister Bunny and her husband Jim to suggest that we make a detour from the direct route to Cary
Blog Post #13 October 9th to 10th 2015 – Home Again! Read More »
The morning of October 8th, Jean, Lita, and I left Ashville, NC around 10:30am and headed off up the Blue Ridge Parkway toward Blowing Rock, NC. As it turned out, we were a little early for the fall color display along the Parkway. This was a mixed blessing. Sure it would have been nice to
Blog Post #12 October 8th 2015 – Ashville, NC to Mt. Mitchell Read More »
The morning of Tuesday, October 6th went very well. While waiting for the replacement tire to show up at Kenny’s, I gave the Jeep a good washing to remove the salt accumulated on the Florida peninsula the previous week. Perfect timing; while helping Jean pack the Jeep at the motel, we got a phone call from
Blog Post #11 October 6th to 7th 2015 – Clayton, GA to Fletcher, NC Read More »
10-5-15 Picnic lunch with Lita at Douglas Airport, GA On Monday, October 5th we left Lake City, FL around 10am (a little early by our standards) and continued north up the center of Florida. Our goal, Milledgeville, GA, was selected based on its achievable distance 250 miles (5 hours for us with stops). We had
Blog Post #10 October 5, 2015 – Mangled Tire and Other Good News Read More »
