Thank you Dan, it was a pop up blocker, I disabled
it and now it works fine. Our trip was magnificent, what a country, 33
days and 8,036 miles later. Up to N.Carolina to visit a friend, over the
Smoky Mtns. thru Indianapolis to Chicago, Across to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy
Horse Mtn. in South Dakota then to Butte, Montana to visit My wife'
sister. Saw Antelope, Deer, Bison, Elk, Mtn. Goats, Prairie Dogs, Road
Runners (the kind with feet) Black Bear, Grizzlies, Coyotes, Wolves, Eagles and
believe it or not in Texas we say about 15 Camels grazing in a field.
Visited some relatives in Bozeman, Montana that were original settlers in
1860. Then we headed south and took a tour of the Yellowstone National
Park Caldura. It's a volcano 35 miles across. the tour around the Caldura is 200
miles long and takes a full day. It's mind boggling beautiful, saw old faithful
and many other geysers. Then thru the Grand Teton Mountains to Salt Lake
City then to the Grand Canyon. In 1950 my dad got his first NEW car, a 1950
Chevrolet Fleetline, I was 13 yrs. old,. we went west and saw the Grand Canyon.
After we left the Grand Canyon we went to Flagstaff, Arizona and got on Route 66
all the way to Santa Fe, New Mexico where my Daughter lives. Along the way
we say the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, the big Asteroid Crater in
Arizona, it's 800 feet deep and a mile across. We went back to
Albuquerque, New Mexico for the Hot Air Balloon Festival. What a sight
that was, we went back the next day for a Car Show. There was a 59
Plymouth four door there that was a nice restorable 50 footer that had factory
air conditioning. After 7 days in Santa Fe we took off and went thru
Dallas to visit an old friend in Houston, Texas. Then to New Orleans to
visit my Sister and my wife's brother. We moved to Florida from New Orleans in
1961. After we left New Orleans I went to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi where I was
born to witness the damage from Katrina, There was a lot of damage but
surprisingly the house I was raised in, only 3 country blocks from the beach
survived. Everything on the beach was obliterated. We left there and
stayed in Tallahassee then home to West Palm Beach.
We drove our 2002 Ford E-150 Traveler
Van, what a magnificent Van, I never once got stiff or tired on the whole
trip. Anyway, we call it our "trip of a life time". Any further
trips will be less than 2000 miles and we will be taking a 59 Plymouth Sport
Fury.
Thanks for listening
Dick Koch.
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