10,300 mile Park-to-Park Trek

We did a complete rebuild of the original F-134 4 cylinder engine as part of our original restoration in 1976 (more details on this type of engine in the future).  It turned out pretty well, providing us 53,000 miles of relatively trouble free performance over the next 36 years as we drove the Jeep station

1950 Willys-Overland Jeep Station Wagon – 2012 History of our Jeep Engine:           134 cu. in. 4 Cylinder “F” head 72 hp @ 4,000 rpm Transmission:       3 Speed Column Shift 2 Wheel Drive with electronically Actuated Overdrive           7 days to the start of out

 Finally got on the road at 10:30am today.  With all the personal and company organization to do in preparation for the trek, Jean and I actually did not start packing for the 2 month trek until this am.  Several folks asked if we had a list of things to do in preparation for the trip. 

Disaster turned Adventure It is the wee hours of the morning of the 20th of August, and it is only now that I have settled down well enough to reflect on the events the past four days. While cruising at our usual mind-bending speed of 55mph down a 4-lane stretch of open road in eastern

After discovering and repairing the loose ignition wire on Monday, August 19th, I set off to the local shop to replace the muffler that we had blown out the previous Friday evening (access Entry #5 if you would like the whole gruesome story).  The muffler replacement started with a reciprocating saw massacre of my exhaust

Saturday August, 24, 2013 As previously reported, we reached Denver, Colorado the evening of August 23rd.  Following the suggestion of Lee Whiteley, the fellow who, with his wife Jane, documented the original Park to Park Tour in their book The Playground Trail, we stayed on the southeast side of Denver; out of the inner city

Got up early and went out to the Jeep at our lodgings in Thermopolis to see if I could find the source of an annoying intermittent stumble in the engine at idle.  30 minutes later I was no closer than when I started.  The Jeep was otherwise running relatively well, so I buttoned things up

We left our cabin west of Cody, Wyoming and traveled 30 miles further west to the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park and then south down the eastern side of the lower loop road toward Grand Teton National Park. As we proceeded southward through Grand Teton National Park we could see the Teton mountains off

Explored Grand Teton National Park with our daughter’s family on September 1st and 2nd.  On Sunday, September 1st we drove up to Jenny Lake, a 1-1/2 mile diameter lake bounded by the moraines left by the last glacial period.  Its waters are crystal clear and around 65 degrees F.  We first attempted to follow a