10,300 mile Park-to-Park Trek
Blog Entry #1 August 4, 2013 – Introduction to our Park-to-Park Trek
Introduction: In 1920, the National Park Service, the Nation Park-to-Park Highway Association and the American Automobile Association jointly sponsored a tour following the route of an envisioned a Part-to-Park highway linking the twelve National Parks …
Blog Entry #2 August 7, 2013 – Engine Preparations
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, …
Blog entry #3 August 8, 2013 – History of our Jeep
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 …
Blog entry #4 August 15, 2013 – On the road; Cary, NC to Johnson City, TN
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 …
Blog Entry #5 August 16-18, 2013 -Disaster turned Adventure
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 …
Blog Entry #6 August 19 to 23, 2013 – On the Road Again! Kentucky to Colorado
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 …
Blog Entry #7 August 24 to 27, 2013 – Start of Park-to-Park tour; Denver to Thermopolis
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 …
Blog entry #8 August 28 to 30, 2013 – Thermopolis to Yellowstone
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 …
Blog Entry #9 August 31, 2013 – Grand Tetons National Park
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 …
Blog Entry #10 September 1 & 2, 2013 – Grand Tetons National Park (continued)
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 …
Blog Entry #11 – on to Yellowstone National Park
Good Morning! It is 6:30am Sunday morning (for those of you that are looking after my soul, Jean took me to Mass last evening) and I am trying to sum up the three days that …
Blog Entry #12 September 3-6, 2013 – Lodging in West Yellowstone, MT
Been a busy last few days for Jean and me taking in many of the experiences at Yellowstone National Park with our daughter Jeanette, her husband Mark and their three pre-teen boys. We will get …
Blog Entry #13 September 6-8, 2013 – Yellowstone to Glacier National Park
Jean and I in the jeep and our daughter Jeanette and her family in their van all left our lodging outside of the town of West Yellowstone mid-morning on September 6th. Our paths diverged less …
Blog Entry #14 September 6, 2013 – Going-to-the-Sun Road & meeting Laurie
Pulled ourselves together the morning of September 9th, had a hardy breakfast at St. Mary Lodge on the eastern side of Glacier National Park, and headed for the Going-to-the-Sun Road which traverses the Park in …
Blog Entry #15 September 10, 11, 2013 – Libby, MT to Packwood (Mt. Rainer), WA
On September 10th we awoke to another beautiful morning. With the exception of a couple of short-lived thunderstorms in mountainous areas, we have only experienced one day of sporadic light rain in the last month …
Blog Entry #16 September 12, 2013 – Entering Mt. Rainer National Park
On September 12, 2013, Jeff, a fellow Old Willys Forum member and resident of Puyallup, WA, made the 1 ½ hour drive over to our lodging in Packwood, WA in his nearly as-original early 1950 …
Blog Entry #17 September 13 to 16, 2013 -Lacey, WA & Corvallis, Oregon
We arrived at the Lacey, Washington home of Herb & Barbara (former neighbors in Cary, NC) the afternoon of September 12, 2013 and had a nice meal with them after relaxing around the fire pit …
Blog Entry #18 September 17, 18, 2013 – Crater Lake National Park
Jean and I spent the night of September 17th in lodgings affiliated with the historic Prospect Hotel in Prospect, Oregon about 50 miles from the southeast entrance to Crater Lake National Park. Constructed in the 1880’s, …
Blog Entry #19 September 19, 2013 – Lava Beds National Monument, Glass Mountain
We left Prospect, Oregon mid-morning on September 19th on our trek toward our next stop big stop, Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California. A couple that met on a few occasions in the Crater …
Blog Entry #20 September 20, 2013 – Lassen Volcanic National Park
Honestly, we had not heard of Lassen Volcanic National Park before it was brought to our attention as one of the stops on the 1920 Part-to-Park Tour; and we are pleased that it was. Ironically, …