2,050 mile Trek to West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan in 2017
Blog Entry #1 May 24, 2017: Cary, NC to Blacksburg, VA
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 …
Blog Entry #2 May 25, 2017: Blacksburg, WV to Huntington, WV
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 …
Blog Entry #3 May 26, 2017: Huntington, WV – Blenko Glass, Rose Garden
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 …
Blog Entry #4 May 27, 2017: Huntington, WV – AACA Meet
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 …
Blog Entry #5 May 28, 2017: Huntington, WV to Marion, OH;Hopewell Mounds, Chillicothe, OH
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 …
Blog Entry #6 May 29, 2017: Marion, OH to Ann Arbor, MI; OVERLAND smoke stack, Dundee Park
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 …
Blog Entry #7 May 30, 2017: Ann Arbor – Howell, MI – Thermofil 25 year reunion
Fellow Thermofil alumna and successful plastics business entrepreneur, Don, arranged a once-in-a-lifetime (my lifetime anyway) opportunity at his business for the members of our prior company to get reacquainted over lunch. In August, 1969 I …
Blog Entry #8 May 31, 2017: Ann Arbor, Lavonia, & Saline, MI
By coincidence, on the day that we left Cary, NC on this trek, there arose a need to visit a potential supplier in Lavonia, MI (30 miles from Ann Arbor) for a client. Since that …
Blog Entry #9 June 1, 2017: Ann Arbor to Ada, Ohio; lunch on the banks of the Maumee River
Mid-morning of June 1st Jean and I repacked the Jeep and headed out from Ann Arbor, MI on the 3 hour, 125 mile back road journey from Ann Arbor, MI to Ada, OH for my …
Post Entry #10 June 2-3, 2017: ONU 50th Reunion Celebration, Ada, Ohio
The Morning of June 2nd, Jean and I drove the Jeep 20 miles up to Riverdale High School where she taught Spanish and Physical Education to fund our last 2 years at Ohio Northern University. …
Blog Entry #11 June 4, 2017: Ada, OH to Dayton, OH – stop at Mid-Ohio Raceway
In my efforts to entice the members of the engineering Class of 1967 to come to the 50th ONU reunion, I learned that Jack, one of my close mechanical engineering classmates now living in Missouri, …
Blog Entry #12 June 5, 2017: National Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH – Highland, OH
June 5, 2017: Photos taken at the National Air Force Museum, Dayton, OH Monday, June 5th, Jean and I re-packed the Jeep and headed off to the National Air Force Museum, four miles from our …
Blog Entry #13 June 6, 2017: Highland, OH – Cumberland Gap, KY
Jean and I figured it would be a real stretch (for the Jeep and ourselves) to reach our intended temporary base camp in Blowing Rock, NC from Highland, OH. So, we selected the Cumberland Gap …
Blog Entry #14 June 7, 2017: Cumberland Gap, VA – Blowing Rock, NC – Grandfather Mountain, NC
The morning of June 7th we drove through the tunnel that passes under the actual Cumberland Gap from Kentucky to Tennessee and proceeded south to Grandfather Mountain in the northwest corner of North Carolina. It …
Blog Entry #15 June 8-9, 2017: Blowing Rock, NC to Cary, NC; NC Transportation Museum
At Jean’s suggestion, we decided to extend our stay in Blowing Rock, NC through June 8th rather than immediately making the run to our home in Cary, NC some 5 hours away. This worked out …