2,450 mile Trek to Biloxi, Mississippi

Figure 1: Map of 2004 Trek to Biloxi, Mississippi “Better not wait too long” was the wry suggestion from Millie, the wife of the original owner of our ’50 model Jeep station wagon when I called her at their home in Biloxi, Mississippi to let her know that we were planning a trip from our […]

OK, trip time.  Was there any doubt as to what had to be done?  In December of 2003, we began preparations for a March, 2004 trip to Biloxi, Mississippi.  The Jeep had been pretty thoroughly rebuilt (notice, I refrain from the use of the word restored in deference to my purist compatriots) in the late

Thanks to Jean’s navigating ability and investigative skills, the trip to Biloxi, Mississippi and back was punctuated with numerous side trips, ranging from the historically mundane (speak for yourself, Dan) to the death defyingly harrowing (speaking for both of us).  A round trip that is calculated by MapQuest to be just under 2,000 miles, took

We arrived in Biloxi, Mississippi on March 25, 2004, 6 days and 1,076 miles after our departure from Cary, North Carolina.  Mixed feelings of anticipation and apprehension were overridden with the slow realization that we had actually made it to Biloxi to fulfill our pilgrimage.  After calling Millie and Jake to let them know that

The morning of March 27th, I brought the Jeep in for service at TORRICELLI MOTORS INC.’s modest one-man auto repair facility. I had brought with me from North Carolina a photocopy of the original 1950 Owners Service Policy in hopes of finding Sadler Motor Sales, the Willys-Overland dealership that issued the Policy.  Jokingly, I had

Jeep inspection and maintenance having been completed, Jean and I headed off for a guided tour of bayou country east of New Orleans.  That evening, on our way back to Biloxi, I could not resist pulling into a well-aged junk yard that I had spotted on the way to bayou country to see if there