tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3133055322718863302024-02-21T03:57:59.096-07:00The Bug BoysThe Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-70523568781731428792014-10-26T22:21:00.001-06:002014-10-26T22:21:58.108-06:00Changing a Chevy Silverado's 1500 HD wheel bearing/hub.Saturday I had a chance to change the hub on my friends Silverado. He failed safety inspection for his drivers side wheel bearing. It's a 4 wheel drive so the only way to change the wheel bearing is to change the whole hub. It's not a bad job to do but does require a big torque wrench a good breaker bar and a impact gun helps. Start off by jacking up the truck and supporting it with jack stands. Then remove the wheel. There is a dust cover that you need to remove to gain access to the spindle nut. I have already removed it in this picture. Here is where an impact gun comes in handy. It's takes a 36mm socket. I haven't had much trouble getting these off with an impact gun.<br />
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Loosen the nut and remove it along with the washer. This is a 1 time use nut and they are only available at the dealer so if you are going to do this job on a Sunday, make sure you pick up the nut beforehand.<br />
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now you need to remove the caliper and the caliper bracket. the hardest part of this job was removing the caliper bracket bolts. They take the most torque out of all the bolts that are removed for this job and they have thread locker installed on them from the factory.<br />
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Here are the 2 bolts for the caliper brackets. You can see the yellow thread locker on them from the factory. I had to use my biggest breaker bar with a 2 foot cheater bar to get these loosened. They are in an area that is impossible to get an impact gun into. You can see my breaker bar and cheater in the picture.<br />
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Now remove the 2 little retaining rings shown in the picture that are on the studs if yours are still there. Chances are that if your rotor has been changed they are probably not there.<br />
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Now you can remove the clips that hold the wheel speed sensor harness in place. There are 4 of them. The new hub should have all new clips so if they break, that's OK. The plug is on top of the frame rail. You can get it through the wheel well but I found it easier to unplug it from the engine compartment side.<br />
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If you look closely, you can see the plug down on the frame.<br />
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After the harness is unplugged and unhooked, move it out of your way.<br />
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It's time to remove your rotor. You can spend time beating on it trying to get it freed up from years of rust buildup, or you can just find 2 bolts that thread into the holes that GM put into the rotors and make your life easier. It pops them right off.<br />
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The hub is ready to come off now. Remove the 4 bolts in the back side of the hub and then you can remove the hub. It takes a little persuasion but it's not too bad to get off.<br />
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Make sure you can push the axle back and forth before removing the hub to make sure it's loose. You also need to protect the boots so they are not damaged while you are removing and installing the hub.<br />
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The backing plate will come off with the hub. Just make sure you put it back on when you install the new hub.<br />
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Here is the backing plate.<br />
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On 1500 HD's to 3500 silverado's there is an o ring on the hub housing. You can inspect it and make sure it's ok or you can just replace it like I did. Pick one up when your at the dealer getting the nut.<br />
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Here are the 3 parts you will need to change the hub. The hub itself, a new spindle nut, and the o ring.<br />
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I prefer moog parts so that's what I installed.<br />
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Clean up the bore of the hub and install the o ring with some lubricant. Vaseline will work.<br />
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Everything is ready to put the hub back on.<br />
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Don't forget the backing plate!<br />
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Install the hub with the 4 bolts. Torque them to 133 foot lbs. make sure the axle lines up when you install the hub.<br />
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Install the caliper bracket with some loctite on the bolts.<br />
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Here is one of the caliper bracket bolts. These 2 bolts get torqued to a whopping 221 foot lbs. for the 1500 HD up to the 3500's<br />
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Re-install the calipers. These 2 caliper bolts are torqued to 80 foot lbs. make sure you lube them up with caliper grease. It will help the calipers to move back and forth when braking.<br />
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I removed the bracket for the caliper hose so if you did also, make sure you re-install it now.<br />
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Just about done now. <br />
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I temporarily installed the wheel so I could torque the spindle nut. It gets torqued to 177 Foot lbs. Make sure you torque this nut. If you don't you can have your wheel bearing fail prematurely.<br />
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Make sure your speed sensor harness is run correctly and plugged in and then you are ready to re-install your dust cap.<br />
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Install your wheel, torque it to 140 foot lbs. and your set to go. Take it for a test spin and make sure your speed sensor is working and your done.<br />
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<br />The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-37865080643179533462014-10-19T22:43:00.002-06:002014-10-19T22:43:50.834-06:00Fixing a VW bugs odometer.My bugs speedometer worked fine but the odometer never did work when I got it. I track all my maintenance and gas mileage with my odometer so it was driving me crazy! I decided it was time to see if I could fix it. The first thing to do is open the trunk and get access to the back side of the speedometer. I had to loosen and move my fresh air box out of the way and remove a brace that covered the speedometer. This is the time to take some pictures, then take some more pictures and again take some more pictures. Unless you want to label all the wires. You can do that but I find it is faster and easier to just take a bunch of pictures from all angles so you can get all the wires hooked back up correctly. Just make sure you don't delete or forget what file you put the pictures in. Here are all my pictures. I added them all just in case someone could use them on their own project someday.<br />
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OK after you have all the wires disconnected, disconnect the speedometer cable and loosen the 2 screws that hold it in. You don't have to remove the screws, just loosen them and turn the speedometer counter clockwise to remove it. Pull it out carefully and this is what you have.<br />
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Make sure you don't loose the rubber gasket. You then need to uncrimp the bezel slightly to remove the glass. When the glass is off be careful not to damage the speedometer needle.<br />
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Next, flip the speedometer over and remove the 5 screws on the housing. Once these screws are out, ypou can remove the gas gauge. I left the vibrator hooked to the gas gauge.<br />
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I heard something rattling around in the speedometer when I was handling it and this was what I found. It's the gear for the odometer. It had busted in half and that was the reason it did not work. This is fairly common on later style bugs and it is fixable. Some people have success using super glue on their gear but mine was not so lucky. It was missing some pieces so I decided to purchase a new gear.<br />
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The screwdriver is pointing to the shaft the gear was suppose to be attached to.<br />
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Here is the parts and pieces of the speedometer.<br />
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Here is a better view of where the gear should be. It ties into the spiral gear and in turn runs the numbers of the odometer.<br />
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I purchased this gear from a guy in Canada. He makes these gears out of brass and they fit perfectly. He was great to work with and shipped it to me quickly. If you are interested in buying one, Go to www.thesamba.com and search the classifieds for brass odometer gear.<br />
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This is the way the gear goes on. It is a tight fit and it installed perfectly onto the shaft.<br />
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This is the way I pressed on my gear. It worked great, just make sure you don't press it on too far.<br />
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Make sure you align the gears before you press it on so you do not damage the spiral gear. Make sure the numbers still have slight movement and are not bound up. I suggest hooking a drill up to the speedometer and test the odometer out before you install it back in the car.<br />
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Now you just reassemble everything in the opposite order you removed it.<br />
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Before you install the glass, make sure you clean the inside of the gauge and the glass very good. If you don't it will bug you every time you see the smudges on the inside of the glass.<br />
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That's it for this speedometer. I also replaced all the light bulbs in it before I installed it back in the car.<br />
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It works great now and I can't wait until I can check out my gas mileage. Until the next post, Enjoy the awesome weather we have had lately. It's great cruising weather.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-78549880740663031332014-10-05T21:15:00.000-06:002014-10-05T21:15:11.367-06:00Where did summer go?WOW, I didn't get one post made in September. I only did one in August and 1 in July! What the heck! How did time fly by so fast? I swear my kids just got out of school for the summer. Oh well, this post will be a very brief summary of whats happened in the shop the last few months.<br />
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I was determined to get my blue bug ready for winter and it needed a few things. I installed a new axle because the old one had a ripped boot. It had been ripped for awhile and I didn't know how much dirt had got inside the bearing. I priced out the boot and they wanted 37 dollars for 1 boot. I priced a new axle and it was 50 dollars for the whole axle so I opted to just install a new axle.<br />
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I also was able to get my new to me steering wheel installed. I had a neighbor that had a 60's bug a long time ago. He had this steering wheel from it and it had been hanging in his garage for years. He said I would get more use out of it then he would so he gave it to me. I was excited and it looks so much better then the plastic stock one that was on it. Thanks Steve! It will have a good home! I finally installed a stereo in the bug. I was given this stereo also. The guy was replacing it because it didn't have an aux input for his Ipod. I could care less about that so I was happy to take it off his hands. The bug already had speakers so I just threw it in and had tunes. It will be nice to listen to some music when driving.<br />
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My Dad and I went in together on a welder. We both want window well covers made for our houses and I have many multiple uses around the shop for one. I have been having a blast messing around with it. I had to wire my garage for 220 power which I had planned on doing for years so I finally got around to doing that. I had to send the first welder back to Eastwood because it wouldn't feed the wire. They were great to work with and sent me out a new one quickly and it works awesome. I have been welding everything that is metal in my garage and so are my boys.<br />
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The garage finally has a heater in it but I still need to run the gas line, vent and thermostat which hopefully will be done before it snows.<br />
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I was sick of there never being anything on TV to watch in the garage so I got a roku for the TV. That has opened up lots of cool channels to distract me when I should be working.<br />
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My neighbor has a 2005 Honda Odyssey that had an airbag light on. I read the codes and it had flagged the L/H #3 impact sensor. That is located on the side wall in the back of the van. You need to remove the side wall to get to it.<br />
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It's the one that the yellow connector is on in the middle of the picture. It's held on by 1 torx screw. Make sure you remove the negative cable from your battery before messing with anything on the airbag system. Your going to have a bad day if an airbag goes off when you disconnect it.<br />
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Here are the sensors. If you have a 2005 to 2006 Odyssey, hope that this sensor does not go bad on you. They are 300 dollars each. Here's the crappy thing. In 2004 they did not have this sensor. In 2007 to 2014 this sensor is 30 dollars. Go figure??? We got lucky on this one because I was able to find one on Ebay for 20 dollars shipped. We were even luckier because it actually worked!<br />
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If you have an airbag or a ABS problem on your car and want to fix it yourself, you will need to invest in a scanner that will read these codes. This is a great scanner for about 200 dollars. It works like a charm.<br />
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It wasn't all fun and games this summer. We said goodbye to Lucy, the old international truck. I regret selling this truck already because it was such a good truck that was unmolested and in good shape for it's age. It went to a good home and I am sure I will see it on the road someday. The guy that bought it was going to keep it stock and just drive it.<br />
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I also changed a fuel pump and a vapor canister on my SIL Dodge neon. I didn't get any pictures of that. I did some minor tune up stuff on the bugs and on a rainy Saturday I pulled the blue bug in and did a little work on it.<br />
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I wanted to get my fresh air fan working because that helps defrost the windshield a lot faster. I pulled it off and fixed some wiring to get it blowing again. I figured it was a good time to look at my odometer also. It quit working on me so I decided to pull it out to have a look.<br />
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Take a lot of pictures or mark the wires really good when you do this so you can get everything back together like it was. The speedometer works but the odometer doesn't.<br />
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The glass is crimped onto the housing so gently pry it up to get to the gauge.<br />
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There are a few screws on the back that need to come out and the fuel gauge will also come off. I had something rattling in mine when I shook it so I had an idea something was wrong.<br />
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The screwdriver is pointing to a spot where a gear should be. Mine is missing and so this was the reason my odometer didn't work.<br />
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I shook it a little bit and the gear came out in 2 pieces. It's a common problem on the newer air cooled bugs for this gear to go bad. I found a guy in Canada that makes brass gears so I bought one and am waiting for it to arrive so I can put everything back together. I like a working odometer because I use mileage for oil changes and tune ups. I also like to check my gas mileage.<br />
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So that's about all that happened in the shop the last few months. This is the next thing on the to do list. We bought a new front door to replace the crappy one that's there. I am planning on getting it installed before the weather gets cold. Hopefully this weekend.<br />
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Here is the winter project. New fenders for the bug. These are the front ones. I am planning on getting new back ones along with front and rear bumpers. Then it's off to paint hopefully. That was why I sold the international. It's going to be a winter project though so I better get the shop heater working. Also on the winter list is to get the inside of the house painted (top priority after the front door) and get some window well covers fabricated. There never is a time where there is nothing to do! That will keep me out of trouble I guess.<br />
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So there you have it! The last few months in a nutshell. I will try to be more diligent in posting and have better quality posts in the future. Enjoy Fall while it is here.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-58566719769718840142014-08-03T22:16:00.000-06:002014-08-03T22:16:34.858-06:00Enjoying the Drive. Part 13.There are a lot of pictures in this post because its been so long since I have posted. Work has gone absolutely crazy like it always does in the summer. Anyways here are the contenders for part 13. Ellie and I caught this picture on a daddy/daughter date we were on. It was raining on and off at the time.<br />
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We saw this one in Murray. Ellie loved it because it had pink on it. She loves everything when it's pink.<br />
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This T-bird was headed north on I-15. I love these cars.<br />
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I spotted this truck coming up fast. It was awesome!<br />
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It passed me going pretty fast but I was able to get these pictures of it.<br />
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I thought this was going to be a sure winner for the contest but there are a bunch of cool cars in this post.<br />
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Here's another one I spotted behind me. I love this year of Chevy truck.<br />
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This was a decent fastback mustang. Not as cool as my friends though.<br />
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This will take you back to Mayberry and the Andy Griffith show. Someone should tell him he has a brake light out before he gets a ticket. I took this picture in Logan.<br />
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I was headed home from work when I spotted this one. I really need to clean my windows. The one big spot is actually a rock chip.<br />
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This was crossing SR-201 at 7200 west. I'm not sure if this guy was enjoying the drive but I got a smile out of it.<br />
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Early in the morning headed to work I came across this convertible Chevelle. It sounded good also.<br />
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Not driving but a good looking little convertible bug.<br />
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Headed home from work again. (It seems like that's all I've been doing lately.) This is an old hearse that had some cool exhaust on it. Either that or his exhaust was rusted out. Anyways, I wish I would of been able to take a picture of the guy driving it. He was really enjoying his drive. Ya gotta love the sticker on the back.</div>
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Vance took this picture. He gets a lot of pictures from this parking lot. It must be a good spot to see cool cars.<br />
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Another one of Vance's. He actually talked to this guy. He picked this firetruck up for 1000 dollars. Unbelievable, I would of had it in my driveway if I ran across a deal like that.<br />
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Double points for catching it driving.<br />
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Very cool!<br />
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You gotta love the General Lee. Where's Daisy? </div>
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Vance said this guy was really enjoying the drive. Trikes are cool. With the way my inner ear is messed up, I might build me a trike someday so I can sorta feel like I am on a motorcycle.<br />
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I think Vance said he saw this one on Oklahoma. I love single cabs almost as much as I like double cabs.<br />
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Me and the family were camping at bear lake and we ran across this old Ford. I had to get pictures of it so I sped up. I thought this was going to be the hands down winner of all the enjoying the ride posts. I was laughing when I watched the 2 people in it.</div>
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This was the best picture I got as we passed them. The guy was having a blast driving it. He was holding onto his hat and had a big smile on his face. The women next to him might not of been enjoying it as much. You can see how the wind was blowing pretty good. The only thing that would of made it cooler was if there was some kids in the rumble seat. Ha Ha, I envy this guy. That is one cool ride.<br />
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My father-in-law spotted this bus on his street. He had his son take a picture and send it to Dixie. This is a beautiful bus and one I have never seen before. I thought I had seen all the buses that are around in Utah so this one surprised me.</div>
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There were so many good pictures this time that I am declaring 3 photos to be the best of this post. Here they are. The ford was awesome.</div>
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The firetruck also is cool especially seeing it on the road driving.</div>
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and this bus is just plain cool.<br />
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So that's it for this time. The slate is clean now for another run of pictures if you can spot any cool cars out and about, send me some pictures and see if you can win. </div>
The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-55163642983395628582014-07-18T23:32:00.000-06:002014-07-18T23:32:55.076-06:00BOAT = "Bust Out Another Thousand"This last week we have had a boat in the shop. This is a first time for a boat and I wasn't sure it would fit in the garage. As you can see, it barely fit. I like to get projects that I am working on into the shop so then I am more motivated to get them done and out of the garage. I hate seeing projects sitting in the shop taking up space so I am more apt to go out and get them done when they are in there. It is especially motivating in the winter when Dixie is reminding me how cold it is! For some reason, my bug never really gets kicked out of the garage. It has an advantage being so small so it generally can fit in no matter what. This time things have been interesting because I have the boat pulled in as far as possible to get the garage door closed. That means if I want to get to the front of the boat I need to go out the front door of my house and if I need to get to the back of the boat I go out the door to the garage. Ha ha, it's only temporary so that makes it OK.<br />
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This is my friends boat. He bought it, took it out on the lake for the first time and it was running good. Then it wasn't running good and it was making a funny noise. He checked compression and the #3 cylinder had none. He asked if I wanted to take a look at it and I jumped at the chance to work on a boat. I am always interested in working on different things and this fit the bill. I hooked up my leak down tester and number 3 was leaking like crazy. It sounded like it was coming out the exhaust but when I pulled down the bellows I realized it wasn't coming from there. I searched some more and felt air blowing out between the combination manifold and the head. I looked closer through a mirror and found the reason.<br />
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It's a blown head gasket so I started tearing apart the engine. This boat has very good access to everything. I did some research and it looks like there are a lot of boats that require you to pull the engine to do much of anything to them. This one was not the case luckily.<br />
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The manual did say that you could pull off the combination manifold while the engine is still in the boat. I am here to tell you that you cannot do it. In this picture you can see the exhaust pipe that prevents the manifold from coming off. It is thick cast iron metal and it does not move at all. If the manifold didn't have 2 studs on it you would be able to do remove it but because of the studs the pipe is in the way. I reattached the manifold to the head and removed it along with the head as 1 unit. It weighed a ton and I think I may have gotten a hernia from lifting it off the engine.<br />
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Here is a good shot of the failed head gasket.<br />
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I am not sure why the gasket failed. The head and block are fine. It is a good thing because hopefully when all is said and done, a few gaskets are all that will be needed.<br />
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You can see the #3 cylinder and where the gasket failed.<br />
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After I checked out the head and found the valves to be in good shape and the head not warped Scot ordered some gaskets and I started putting it back together. Here I installed the combination manifold back onto the head so it can be put back onto the engine.<br />
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If you find yourself doing this kind of work, make sure your gasket sealing surfaces are spotless. It will save you from any leaks in the future.<br />
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I have a tool table in the shop and it worked great for the boat. I was able to raise it up and it fit perfectly under the back of the boat. Here I have placed the head and manifold which weigh about a ton and scooted it as close to the engine as i could.<br />
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I didn't want to mess up the new gasket trying to heft the 4 ton head onto the block so made some alignment pins to help align the head. I also took the time to get the #1 cylinder at TDC so I could adjust the valves right after I got the head installed.<br />
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Here is a close up of my alignment pin. I just bought some longer bolts and cut the head off them. It cost me 3 bucks for piece of mind knowing the head gasket was located and stayed in place while I installed the head.<br />
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It's very important to keep your push rods and head bolts in the same spots that they came out of. I find the easiest way to do this is to just get a cardboard box and label it in a way that you can make sense of it. Here are the head bolts and push rods from the engine.<br />
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Here you can see I labeled the front of the engine. It doesn't matter how you label it as long as you can read it. I wrote the number on the head bolts that pertain to the torque sequence. It makes it easy to quickly torque the bolts. This engine requires you to torque the head in a 3 step process so it ends up being a lot of torquing.<br />
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So at the end of today the engine is completely together and I am in the process of adjusting the valves. It should be running tomorrow and hopefully out on the lake soon after that. With any luck it will give years of good service for my friend.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-71228504636898296492014-06-25T22:52:00.001-06:002014-06-25T22:56:05.571-06:00Not all Air Filters are created equal!I always here people telling me that all the oil out there is bottled at the same plant and they just change the bottles so you might as well buy the cheap stuff. I also hear that all gas is the same, all grease is the same, all parts are made in China by the same company etc..... Well I call bull on all that. Here is a good example. People say it doesn't matter what air filter you buy, they are all the same so buy the cheapest one. Look at these 2 filters and see if you can notice the difference other then the one on the left being used and the one on the right being new.<br />
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The new one has many more pleats then the old one. Almost 2 to 1 more pleats.<br />
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More pleats = better filter! There really is no comparison.<br />
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The one on the left is from O'reillys Auto Parts and the one on the right is a Napa gold filter from Napa auto parts. <br />
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So, to end this rant, just remember all parts are not the same and if you are needing an air filter, buy a napa gold or a wix filter. The wix and napa gold filters are 2 dollars more then the microgard that o'reilly sells and well worth that 2 dollars. Don't even think about running an STP Air, Oil, or any other kind of filter that auto zone sells. They are not worth the box they are packaged in. OK end of rant for now. Someday I will post my findings I found on oil filters after I cut them open to examine them. They are not all created equal either!The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-73303331320979710452014-06-24T22:14:00.000-06:002014-06-24T22:14:03.538-06:00Enjoying the Drive Part 12I have been taking a much needed break from the shop for the last month enjoying the outside weather. That's the reason I haven't had much stuff to blog about as far as shop work goes. On the other hand, there's been A LOT of cool cars out on the roads and I have received a bunch of pictures from my friends so here is another installment of "Enjoying the ride". If this is the first post of my blog that you are reading I will explain what "Enjoying the ride" is all about. I have issued a challenge to find cool, unique cars, different automobiles that are out and about driving the streets. I then post all those pictures here and choose my favorite one out of the ones pictured. I give more points to the ones that are actually driving in the pictures.<br />
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I found this one at the graffiti drags at Rocky Mountain Raceway. I haven't been a huge fan of this gasser style but I have to admit they are growing on me, a lot.<br />
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More at the drags.<br />
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and yet another one,<br />
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and one more. Staggs car club sponsored the graffiti drags and I think some of these cars were from that club. I like this car a lot but I have already posted it in another post so I am not going to add this one to the contest.<br />
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I had to speed up to catch this one. Not an easy thing to do in a stock bug but I got it. I love these old wagons and would love to have one for a family car but Dixie wouldn't like it. I actually tried to talk her into letting me fix up a 1957 Chevy station wagon for her daily driver but she wouldn't hear of it. That's OK. She knows that I will buy her any car she wants and at this stage in life, it happens to be a Honda Odyssey. She lets me drive anything I want (and can afford) so it works out.<br />
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Vance found this beauty in Tooele. It looks good but needs to be lowered a bit. If you know me, I think everything can be lowered a bit even if it's lowered already. Ha Ha.<br />
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Here is another one of Vance's. Very, very cool in my book. I have a real soft spot for cars that are still on the road even when they defy all odds. Heck, most of the junk that I drive everyday fits in this category. That must be why I like them so much. This one is rough but ranks very high on my cool meter. This one takes 3rd place in the contest for this week. Vance had an old 1963? Pontiac Grand Prix that he stored at my house for awhile. I had the chance to buy it and passed. I kinda wished I would of bought it, got it running like a top and just drove that thing with the rusty, battered body as it was. It would of been a cool old car.<br />
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Ron found this one and guaranteed that it was a driver. I love the color. Orange being my favorite color! I think this was in Washington DC. I could be wrong on that one though.<br />
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Vance is quick with the camera. He found this one in Tooele also. I love the wide whitewalls.<br />
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Vance was admiring this one when his wife asked him if he was going to get a picture of it for the blog. He then remembered to get a shot. Ha Ha. If Dixie is with me I give her my phone and tell her "Quick, get a picture!" She probably gets sick of that. The heads poking out from the top in this picture cracked me up.<br />
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I saw this Jeep and had to get a picture. I think this guy is definitely enjoying his ride. It's a pretty cool Jeep with a cool roof rack and a high lift jack strapped to the hood. I should put a new windshield in my bug. You can see the huge chip in this picture.<br />
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My family and I were sitting in Arctic Circle enjoying moose track sundaes and I saw this truck pull in. I fell in love with it and as you can see in this picture Isaac did too. He wants our old international to sit as low as this one is. I think this is sitting perfect. I wouldn't even lower it any more. Ha Ha. This one is 2nd on my list of the coolest cars in this post.<br />
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I saved the best for last. I wish I could of seen this T-bird in person. Ron sent me these photos and I liked it the moment I saw them. I knew this one would be a winner. It's funny because I generally don't like this body style of thunderbird but there's just something about this one.<br />
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I think the only thing I would change about it is the wheels. Otherwise it's perfect and is the winner for this week!<br />
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That's it for this post. If you get some good shots of cool vehicles during your commutes and want to participate, post a comment and I will send you my Email address. Until next time remember, Life's too short to drive boring cars!The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-7493016478492930912014-06-06T23:34:00.000-06:002014-06-06T23:34:03.676-06:00Boys Night Out!Tonight the Olson boys went to the nostalgic drags at Rocky Mountain Raceway. It was a great day with awesome weather. Whenever we go anywhere as "just the guys" we take the bug of course. We lathered up with sun screen and drove over to the track.<br />
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This car was doing a burnout just as we crossed the track. It did pretty good but ended up getting eliminated during the night.<br />
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This photo is overlooking the oval track where some of the pits were located. There were a lot of really nice cars and trucks there.<br />
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The Ford in the far lane was driven by a 17 year old guy. He looked like he was having a ball racing.<br />
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The cool thing about this night at the drags was that all the cars or trucks had to be older then 1979. The gasser in the far lane was cool. The chopped top Chevy was cool also.<br />
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Yum, track food. For some reason the food always tastes great at the track. Steven and Isaac wolfed it down!<br />
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I took this picture to send to my Dad. We raced at this track back when I was in Junior High School and this guy was racing back then. He isn't the fastest but he's very consistent and that's what wins in bracket racing. I can't believe he is still racing. I remember being in the passenger seat with my Dad driving and racing him. His name is Brent Burrows and he had "Rusty Wrench Racing" on the side of his door.<br />
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We went to the pits and saw this Nitro Funny Car. They had 7 or 8 of them that raced throughout the night.<br />
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This one was one of the fastest of the night. I loved seeing these old school funny cars race. The fastest one we saw went 5.93 in the 1/4.<br />
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Crews were busy wrenching on their cars all over in the pits. It's nice to be able to walk right up and watch them. These guys are working on the rear brakes.<br />
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Here is a closer view of this hot rod. Isaac loved the old cop car in front of it.<br />
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It's hard to take pictures of these nitro funny cars because it takes 2 hands to take a picture and I didn't have ear plugs. I sacrificed my hearing to get some shots and take some video of them. I think my ears are still ringing. They were obnoxiously loud and I loved it!<br />
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I had just as much fun watching the old cars race also. They weren't near as fast but still fun to watch. I could picture these racing back in the 50's and 60's.<br />
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The parking lot was filled with a bunch of cool cars also. This was hands down the coolest one in the parking lot. You just gotta love those flames. I hope to build one of these customs someday.<br />
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We had a blast spending the night at the drags. Steven wasn't sure he wanted to go but he didn't want to leave when the time came. Now we just have to go when they are racing on the oval track.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-3663292308601604292014-06-01T21:55:00.000-06:002014-06-01T21:55:03.505-06:00Enjoying the Drive Part 11This is a lot of pictures for enjoying the drive. I guess it's been a month since I did it last and I have been on the road for many miles in that month so here it goes: This one doesn't really qualify because it's being towed but it deserves to be shown. Hopefully it's going to a place where the owner will get it out and drive it. This picture was taken in Wyoming.<br />
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This was cool and I could picture cruising it down the road. Unfortunately this is the only picture I was able to get. This was in South Dakota.<br />
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This truck was interesting. The body was in nice shape but it has questionable modifications on it. The back bumper looks like its from a newer car. This one was in Missouri.<br />
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I passed this Karmann Ghia as we were heading to Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas. I really like Karmann Ghia's. It was raining like crazy and so that impresses me to see it out on the road.<br />
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We passed this bus on Route 66. I can't remember which state we were in.<br />
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This vanagon passed me on I-215 as I was going home from work. It looks like it was ready for some serious camping.<br />
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I think this car was following the T Bucket that was being hauled by the flat bed. It looked and sounded good.<br />
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I have seen this T Bucket around town for a long time. Hopefully it gets some miles put on it in the future.<br />
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It's funny how many vehicles come out when the weather turns nice. I spotted this Thing as I stopped for some gas in West Valley.<br />
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Again close to home, this Lincoln was getting some gas. I think these Lincoln's are awesome. Even the four door ones are cool when they are lowered a bit and have cool wheels on them.<br />
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I took this picture for my son because he loves stuff like this and I thought it was a good fit to be posted here. I know these trucks drive really rough but maybe they are better with a camper on the back. This was in Winnemucca, Nevada.<br />
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This Hot Rod was also in Winnemucca and it was one of the coolest cars I have seen. I wish I could have gotten a better picture of it but it was gone before I could.<br />
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I think this was a husband and wife in each of these mustangs. The red one was driven by a guy and the black one was driven by a women. They were together and looked to be heading to Rocky Mountain Raceway.<br />
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They were both really clean cars. This black one looked all stock while the red one looked like it was hopped up.<br />
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My buddy sent this one. It's been a while since this one has been driven by someone enjoying the drive but it's great yard art. It reminds me of a house in Riverton that has a similar set up. I will have to get a picture of that house one of these days.<br />
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Another photo from my friend. I like this one a lot. The dog inside it is cool also!<br />
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A T-bird that is looking good. My buddy is giving me a run for the money on the contest to find the coolest car.<br />
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This picture shows how badly I need to clean my windows. This car was one of the coolest I have seen in this post but I am really partial to these cars. I think that makes me biased.<br />
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This is Vance's Uncles car. He was helping him move it and was given the choice on whether to drive this one or his uncles new truck. If your a car guy or gal, you know that that is not a very hard choice. I need to ask Vance if he did a burnout in it. I'm not sure if I could drive it and not do one. Ha Ha.<br />
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Dixie has even got into the spirit of finding different vehicles and getting pictures of them for this blog. This is her addition and it is very interesting to say the least. She has seen it a couple times around town. I think I would have to wait until the owners came out so I could see what they look like. I need to get a tour of this thing on the inside.<br />
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Dang Vance has too many connections! This one is his buddies. I like it A LOT!<br />
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We passed this t-bird in Missouri. I love this body style. I dig the colors on it also.<br />
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Nice little pickup.<br />
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and another truck.<br />
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This picture DOES NOT do this car justice. It was immaculate and being a black car of this size says a lot about how nice it was. Black is hard enough to make look good but then you add the size of this car and that adds a whole new light to how well this car was done. I watched him drive through a dip in the road and he scrapped all along it. Ha Ha, You have just got to love guys that will put this much money and time into a car and still dare to drive them. With that said, I am choosing this one the winner for post number 11 in "Enjoying the Drive".<br />
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The close runner up in this contest is Vance's Uncles Ford. If he got a picture of it doing a burnout I think it would of won but you never know. I am really biased on the winner because when I saw the car driving and heard the sound of it I was drooling all over it. Ha Ha, until next time remember, Life's too short to drive boring cars!The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-65137194081973715122014-05-28T21:42:00.001-06:002014-05-28T21:42:38.584-06:00Flagstaff, Arizona back to Utah. (The last day)Well all good things must come to an end. It was time to leave route 66 and head home to Utah. I have to admit I was really excited to see my wife and children. We took off fairly early and made it home by 5 that evening. I found this sign fitting because Flagstaff had some problems with fires while we were there. <br />
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The whole area was all smoky like this and you could smell it in the air.<br />
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The drive had some beautiful areas along the way.<br />
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This bridge goes over Glen Canyon Dam.<br />
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Lake Powell is in the distance. It looked pretty low to me.<br />
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Utah was a welcome site.<br />
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Well, after 10 days, 4867 miles, and 14 states we made it home safely to our loves ones. What a trip it has been. It was a great time to hang out with just the guys, and the best part of the trip was spending time with my Dad and seeing the town he grew up in. I learned a lot about him that I didn't know and I will always cherish the memories made along the way.<br />
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Here are our stats for the trip. The funny thing is that the max speed was done on the first day. Ha Ha.<br />
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This trip is one for the history books. We had no break downs, no deer's were hit, we didn't run out of gas and we didn't get a speeding ticket even with a license plate like this!<br />
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I need to thank my wife for taking care of the kids while I was gone and my Mom for letting my Dad go for so long. This was a once in a lifetime trip that maybe, just maybe I can take with my kids when they are my age. Ha Ha time will tell.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-53901943238683394342014-05-27T23:17:00.000-06:002014-05-27T23:17:12.926-06:00Route 66 from Elk City, OK to Flagstaff, AZ (Day 9)I had to sort through a bunch of photos I had taken from this day and I have only posted a small number of them. I am actually late posting this but the hotel in flagstaffs Internet was very slow and with this number of photos to upload I decided to wait until I was home to blog the last few days. This was the longest traveling day for our trip but one of the coolest. We left Elk City in the morning but stopped to check out the route 66 museum before leaving town. unfortunately it was closed but I took some pictures from the outside. This route 66 shield is actually the biggest on on the route.<br />
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They had a little miniature town and here is a bridge that is a replica of one on route 66 except it is scaled down.<br />
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This was a neat old store along the way.<br />
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An old mural also along the way. Many towns have murals like this painted on the walls of their buildings. I would consider this art. The stuff on the walls of buildings nowadays is just graffiti.<br />
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I can't remember the name of the town this store was in but it is the Bonebrake Hardware Store. The story goes that sometime in the 60's, the owners left this store and it hasn't been touched since. It was interesting to look inside the windows.<br />
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It looks like it was a running, functioning store and the owners left for the night but never returned. There is all kinds of things still in the store.<br />
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Here is another view from another window. The shelves on the side are full of hardware and things. You couldn't go inside but just looking inside the windows gave you an eerie feeling like you were warped back in time. It was pretty cool though.<br />
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The weather was weird throughout the day. It would be sunny, then it would be pouring down rain like you see here, and then the sun would come out again. It did that all day long.<br />
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We left Oklahoma and entered Texas.<br />
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This leaning water tower is one of the first things you see in Texas as you cross the border heading west. I guess it ended up being built like this and the owners figured it was good for people to notice it and hopefully stop. It also saved them from taking the time and money to fix it.<br />
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This cross is a newer thing on route 66 but it is the biggest in the country.<br />
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This is bug ranch. It's a spoof on Cadillac ranch. If you don't know what Cadillac ranch is just keep reading this blog and you will see it. These bugs were all buried like the Cadillac's. I had to stop to get a picture because I am into bugs.<br />
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This is the big texan. They offer a free 72 ounce steak to whoever can eat it and the other sides you get with it in under an hour. We didn't try. We like to eat but we have our limits.<br />
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We were getting close to Cadillac ranch so we stopped and bought some spray paint to paint our names on the Cadillac's. We were trying to decide what colors would show up best. We opted for blue and orange. We figured we should have a bright color and a dark color just to be safe.<br />
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Amarillo's skyline is in the distance.<br />
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This is the gift shop and RV park for Cadillac ranch. It's right off the exit of the freeway.<br />
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I had no idea the Cadillac's were so far out in the field. This is the gate to enter the field and it was raining HARD! Here my Dad is scoping out the best way to get to them. My Dad and brother made it to the grassy patch on the left of the picture before they had enough. I was gathering the spray paint and my camera. I got to the gate and saw the massive amount of mud on their shoes and started to have second thoughts. I had only brought one pair of shoes and didn't really want to have wet shoes for the rest of the day.<br />
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My Dad and Brother decided to bag it and went back. You can see their shoe prints in the mud. Ha Ha. Luckily there was a couple that had walked back and I talked with them. They had taken their shoes off and walked barefoot and their feet were pretty clean when they got back. I thought a little longer and decided I may never get another chance to do this so I ditched my shoes and socks, rolled up my pants and went out to the Cadillac's. The muddy was really slick and I am surprised I didn't fall down because I lost my balance a few years ago to a real bad inner ear infection I had but I made it. <br />
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The water on the left side of the cars was about a foot deep. It wasn't as deep on the right hand side.</div>
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They say that these cars are angled to match the angles of the pyramids in Egypt. Not sure why but I guess the artist wanted it that way.<br />
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The first Cadillac that I put my name on. I wonder how long it will take before it is all covered up.<br />
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This is proof that I did take my shoes and socks off and waded out to see them. Ha Ha.</div>
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More art/graffiti.<br />
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I had to get Olson's SpeedShop on a Cadillac!<br />
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And of course I had to put my children's names on them.<br />
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As I was getting ready to leave I met these 2 girls. They had rain ponchos on but I don't think they did much good. I talked to them for awhile and found out they were from Australia. They had came here to do the same thing we were doing, drive route 66. They had started 8 days earlier in Chicago. I asked them if they had any paint and they said they didn't think about getting any and were bummed they hadn't. I was glad to give them my 2 cans and wished them luck on their journey. We ran into them later on down the road at the midpoint of route 66 and wished them luck again. I was really surprised by how many people we met along the road doing the same thing we were. We met people from France, Australia, Canada, Ohio, and many others along the road.<br />
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Here is the last shot I got of the Cadillac's. I decided to do a panoramic shot and get them all in the picture.<br />
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This is the gift shop. They had a bunch of cool Cadillac's outside and this on was actually inside the shop. I had to get some shirts for my family here.</div>
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The bent door is a famous station along the way.<br />
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This is the official midpoint of Route 66. We ate at this cafe and I had an awesome burger there.<br />
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Standing in the middle of the road halfway between Chicago and Los Angeles.<br />
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This truck had thousands and thousands of signatures on it. I saw signatures from all over the world. It was unbelievable.<br />
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Of course we had to add ours. The picture isn't very straight but look to the right. It's there.<br />
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Here is the cafe. It is the original building restored. The owner was a happy but sort of weird feller. </div>
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The official sign. The Australian girls I met at Cadillac ranch spent about an hour taking pictures of themselves at this sign. It was quite funny to watch.<br />
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Cruising into new Mexico.<br />
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See how nice the weather is now! This VW Bus was slowly cruising along also.<br />
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The Blue Swallow Motel is another famous motel along the way. They are always booked so if you want to stay there, make sure you make reservations.<br />
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Wild clouds.<br />
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Cool plane.<br />
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This building was in Albuquerque. The freeway was completely shut down so we had to take back street through town and then get back on. This is along old route 66.</div>
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The picture is out of order but this is in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Me and a buddy broke down in this town a few years ago in a truck he bought off ebay. You win some and you lose some I guess.<br />
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A tourist trap with some cliff dwellers. I think this was in Santa Fe.<br />
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This is as we were heading into Flagstaff, Arizona. It started getting really smoky and we later found out that Flagstaff was on fire. I guess they had a controlled burn go out of control.<br />
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This is a crappy picture but this was an old hotel in Flagstaff that was on old route 66. We didn't stay in this one but we stayed at one on old route 66. There were train tracks right next to the hotel and the trains ran all night. I was so tired that I slept right through them.<br />
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That was a pretty long day of driving but there was some amazing things that we saw along the way. The next day, we head home to Utah!</div>
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These signs are the way to follow the old route 66. Some states have the mother road marked better than others. Missouri was good, Kansas only has 13 miles of Route 66 and it's not marked that well. Oklahoma is very well marked.<br />
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My Dad and I crack up when we see these signs that say "EAT" We decided it didn't sound very appetizing. They are all over the place though.<br />
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This is a great old station that turned into a tourist trap. It had some great old pumps and other antique things around it.<br />
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Another picture of this cool sign.<br />
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This is the type of stuff that was found all over route 66 back in it's heyday. Cool stuff like this is slowly going away sadly.<br />
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Down the road we pulled over to check out this great hotel. It is still in business and the owners cater to people exploring the route like we are doing. All the rooms are decorated in a 50's theme.<br />
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Another old hotel.<br />
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This market was in business until just a few years ago when the owner passed away. It was reopened by his son at some point but now sits empty and for sale.<br />
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We pulled into Springfield Missouri and there were hot rods everywhere. I couldn't believe how many there were. They were on all the streets and hotels in the area. I finally asked someone and they told me they were in town for the street rod nationals. It would of been a good show to see but we didn't have time so we hit the road and watched all the cool cars on the roads driving around. Here's some I liked.<br />
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Cool convertible Merc.<br />
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This guy scrapped as he was driving by us. It was low and really cool.<br />
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We cruised old route 66 for awhile and came across this place. It is well known in all the route 66 books. We spent about 45 minutes there looking around and talking with the owner.<br />
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More cool stuff.<br />
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I spotted this sign in the garage. I like it and think I will get one made for my shop.<br />
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The rock garage is all original. It was the coolest garage I have ever seen.<br />
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He had an old lube rack from the garage. It looks kind of scary but thats how they got the cars up back then. <br />
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This is the front of the rock garage. These rock buildings are all over route 66. I think the rocks must of been plentiful. This building was in great shape. Other rock buildings we saw were in various stages of decay.<br />
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This is Gary. He owns all the stuff in the last few pictures. He talked our ear off and never once tried to sell us something. I think he does this to talk to people and loves the road. He knew all about it and told us where to get the best food around. He was right on the food!<br />
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I took this shot to show Gary's place. This shows how many people tour route 66. We met people from all over. There was 3 women from France driving the road. There were lots of bikers along the way also.<br />
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An original bridge on route 66. We drove over it and headed west.<br />
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There are a lot of places like this all along the route. We went through old ghost towns where you can see that when the freeway came in they just got left.<br />
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This biplane was made out of an old manure spreader.<br />
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Gary drew us a map on how to get to red oaks. It isn't on route 66 but it's worth going to see. If you want to see it, ask Gary how to get there. He will let you know! This is a sign pointing the way to it.<br />
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This plane was in red oaks. It is a cool town that had a bunch of old buildings all over it.<br />
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I sent this picture to Dixie and told her if the kids start acting up, I have the solution.<br />
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More stuff at red oaks.<br />
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Another view of the manure spreader biplane.<br />
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There are cool signs all over the place.<br />
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The towns along the way all have big murals like this. This one is in Joplin.<br />
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This station was on the 13 mile stretch in Kansas. It was called 4 women's route 66 because 4 women owned it. I guess the one with the money passed away and due to legal reasons they had to change the name. This shop always had the big tow truck that is in the picture and Disney actually based tow mater off of that truck. It's funny because all the characters in that movie are based on real people along route 66. I didn't research them all and try to meet them but I was told who was who in all the different towns. I should of watched the movie before we went So I would know who they were talking about.<br />
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This is the truck. I guess there's a guy in this town that can turn his feet backwards like tow mater does with his tires and that gave Disney the idea to do that. Crazy!<br />
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Across the street was this building. It looked like it was very ornate back in the day. It was recently bought and a motorcycle museum is rumored to be going in there.<br />
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The lady in the picture is the one that owns this shop. She liked to talk to everyone and was just as excited about the road as Gary was.<br />
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Kansas had a ton of these really cool old murals on it's buildings. I absolutely love old murals like this.<br />
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A new mural in Galena Kansas.<br />
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This high riding tractor passed us in Kansas. It was the tallest tractor I have ever seen.<br />
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We came across some pretty heavy rain as we headed west.<br />
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We went past Yukon, Oklahoma. That is the birth place of Garth Brooks and they are proud of it. They even bragged about it on their water tower and named a street after him.<br />
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We didn't make it to Amarillo like I thought we would. There was just too much to see along the way. We stopped for the night in Elk City, Oklahoma which is a town that is on route 66 also. Tomorrow we are going to keep trucking south. I am looking forward to going to Cadillac ranch, and a few more spots along the way. If you make this trip, make sure you get some good maps of the old route 66 and some good books about the road. We have both and it helps a ton. I can't believe all the history relating to all the little towns all along the way. It's fun to read up on them before you get there. We should be somewhere in New Mexico by tomorrow night, unless we do too much sight seeing along the way.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-43888192551612120102014-05-22T22:14:00.001-06:002014-05-22T22:14:28.639-06:00Route 66 from the beginning! (Day 7)Leaving Holland Michigan, we went around the lake through Indiana and then into Illinois. We were met early on with traffic. Luckily it didn't last very long.<br />
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I missed the picture of Indiana but I was able to get this one for Illinois.<br />
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In the distance, you can see Chicago's skyline.<br />
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Here is Wrigley Field in Chicago.<br />
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For any baseball fans out there.<br />
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We approached Chicago and then hit traffic. The city was full of traffic but we had to get to the beginning of Route 66.<br />
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Tall, tall buildings everywhere.<br />
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This is the el train tracks. For some reason, I love the el train. The tracks are full of steel and rivets. I like that.<br />
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When route 66 was originally going this was the start of it. They have since made it a one way street and of course it's heading East. They moved the official start over a street but this is officially the start of Route 66.<br />
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This is the starting sign of Route 66 movesover a street so at least it was traveling West.<br />
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This is right after we got on route 66.<br />
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This river is dyed green every St. Patrick's day. It goes right through the city.<br />
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We followed the signs out of Chicago and into some pretty rough neighborhoods. We eventually hooked into the freeway.<br />
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Some murals along the way.<br />
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The map of Route 66 painted on a wall.<br />
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We made a stop in Pontiac Illinois and visited a route 66 museum. It was full of all kinds of memorabilia of Route 66 stuff in Illinois.<br />
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I found it funny that there was a VW bus in the museum. When I think of Route 66 I think of 50's and 60's American cars. I guess this bus was used by an artist who made pictures of scenes all up and down route 66. As you can tell, he was a hippy.<br />
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These trucks were all over the town and they were all painted differently.<br />
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This is the camper of the same artist that owned the VW bus. It was cool and an engineering marvel to boot.<br />
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My Dad at the biggest route 66 mural we have seen yet.<br />
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This looks pretty realistic but it's all painted on the wall.<br />
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More pictures of the bus. This building is in the back of the museum. It used to be the fire department, police department, jail and city hall all in one.<br />
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I wish I could paint like this.<br />
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We ran across this old car lot along the way. It was full of old cars so of course we had to stop.<br />
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We spent a few hours on the road and finally came to St. Louis! We hit it at rush hour so we didn't go up in the arch. I have been up there and if you go through St. Louis, it's worth doing.<br />
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Busch Stadium for you baseball fans again.<br />
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Meremac Caverns are well advertised along the way. It was suppose to be one of Jesse James hideouts.<br />
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We ended the day in Rolla Missouri. It is a town that is on old route 66.<br />
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Tomorrow, we head out through the rest of Missouri, a little section of Kansas, Oklahoma and possibly into Texas. It will depend on how many stops we make along the way. See you tomorrow!The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-43154282422523103692014-05-22T21:22:00.000-06:002014-05-22T21:22:20.277-06:00Back to the lower peninsula (Day 6)We finally had to leave the upper peninsula to start our trip home today. We left early in the morning and headed East for Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Soo Locks are located there so we wanted to see them. It was foggy on and off throughout the day. That's Lake Superior out there.<br />
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This is a lighthouse at Whitefish Point. The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 17 miles off shore from here. It is still a mystery on why it sank. Gordon Lightfoot sang about this ship in his song "The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". <br />
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This was the view going to Sault Ste. Marie. There is a long stretch of straight road to get there.<br />
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We arrived in Sault Ste. Marie.<br />
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We crossed this bridge to get to the locks.<br />
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This was off a ship that was scrapped. They kept this propeller to display at the locks.<br />
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We really lucked out. When we got there, they had an ore boat waiting to go into the far lock and another one was pulling up into the lock that was right by us.<br />
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The boat that is the closest to us is 608 feet. The one on the far side is the biggest boat that can go into the soo locks at 1000 feet! They were a sight to see!<br />
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Here is the Manitoba pulling forward getting ready to be lowered by the locks.<br />
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The ship is tied up and ready to be lowered.<br />
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They lowered both locks at the same time so both boats were going down. The water in the locks drop 21 feet to become level with lake Michigan. I couldn't believe how fast the boats dropped. <br />
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The gates opened and the started to leave the locks. The Manitoba was long gone before the other larger boat was even out of the locks.<br />
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This boat was built in 1966. It smoked like it was built in 1966 also. Ha Ha.<br />
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This is the back of the bigger boat. That shows you how tall it is also.<br />
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We went through a museum and looked at some information on the Edmond Fitzgerald and then hit the road. Here we are crossing the mackinac bridge. It is the link between the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula in this part of the state. Notice all the blue on the GPS. Water was on all sides of us. It would be a bad day if there was an earthquake.<br />
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The beginning.<br />
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The Middle.<br />
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and the end!<br />
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We drove on and stayed the night in Holland Michigan. It is the tulip capital of America.<br />
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Tomorrow we begin our journey home on Route 66. We will head west for the rest of our trip!<br />
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<br />The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-26918239089070462812014-05-20T18:56:00.000-06:002014-05-20T18:56:04.082-06:00More of Ishpeming (Day 5)We planned to spend the day in Ishpeming so we could visit some of my Dad's relatives and see more of the area. We started the day off by checking out the maritime museum and lighthouse in Marquette. Sadly the museum and lighthouse were not open for the season so we didn't get inside but we had a chance to walk around and see it from the outside. This is a lighthouse that they have saved for tours and the history of the town. The morning started out raining but it went away and turned out to be a nice day.<br />
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We then went to visit some relatives graves in the Ishpeming Cemetery. We had to search for quite awhile to find them but after getting their plots and the map figured out we found them.<br />
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This is my Dads uncle and grand parents.<br />
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When my Dad had visited 22 years ago he had found that his grandfather didn't have a headstone. When he got home from that trip he had one made and placed on his grave. This is the headstone.<br />
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We then searched the other side of the cemetery and found my Dad's great grandparents grave. This is it. We spent at least an hour or more searching for these graves but it was worth it in the end. I don't have a lot of family on my Dad's side buried in Utah so it was good to see these ones and know where some of my relatives are buried.<br />
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From there we went to visit the national ski hall of fame that is located in Ishpeming. This society was started in Ishpeming and they induct new people every year into it. We watched a short movie on the history of skiing and then were able to see some history of skiing that they had there.<br />
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This was a mock up of how an old ski shop would of looked like in the early days.<br />
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They had a ton of skis from all time periods. It was really interesting and amazing to see how things changed over time.<br />
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If you live in the Upper Peninsula then you know all about pasties. They are pronounced "Pass-Tee's" They have a meat and potato filling wrapped in a sort of pie dough. They are a staple up here and we went to the best place in town to get one. I have to say it was really really good. This is what they look like. Everyone eats them with ketchup here. They are good and filling and the price is very cheap. If you find yourself in the UP, you must try a pasty.<br />
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Ishpeming is a big mining town. This is an old mine shaft tower that is in the middle of town. There are 2 of these old ones and a newer one in town. The red building is a mine museum but like the lighthouse, it was not open for the season yet. We are about a week too early for everything to open up. They are just barely coming out of winter here so most things don't open until the first part of June.<br />
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They did have lots of cool stuff to look at outside though.<br />
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This is one of the old shovels that they used in the mine. I could stand inside it and not bump my head. It was about a foot thick also. This thing must weigh a bunch.<br />
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We visited my Dad's cousin last night and she told us of the big joke in Ishpeming. I guess a company came to town and wanted to install a windmill. It was a high tech new type of windmill and they wanted to install it in Ishpeming. They said it wouldn't cost a dime to the city and so they let them put it in. They installed it and were going to test it out. I guess about the whole town showed up to see this thing and so they let it go and all the blades (which the locals say were made out of tin foil) collapsed and fell off. The company said they were going to fix it and this is how it sits today. It's still not working and it looks kind of funny. When we drove into town I asked my Dad if that thing was some kind of modern art. He said he didn't know but it looked like it was. Ha Ha, I guess we know now. All the locals laugh about it and it has become the joke of the town.<br />
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We spent some time visiting more of my Dad's relatives and then checking out the little lakes that are spread throughout the area. Everyone has what they call a camp on a lake around here. They are really quite nice and I think someone could live there if they wanted to. I didn't get any pictures of them but I should of. We went back down to lake superior and they were loading an ore boat while we were there. I had to get a picture of lego man by the ore boat for my son.<br />
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Here is a panoramic picture of the boat. Notice the ice in the water. The fog kept rolling in and out as we were there also. This picture was taken just after they finished loading the ore. They have huge chutes that come down and fill the different compartments in the boat. It was neat to see and the noise of the ore pellets dropping down the chutes into the boat was impressive.<br />
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I have seen more deer up here then I have ever seen. They are everywhere.<br />
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That's how we ended the day today watching the sun drop over lake superior.<br />
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Tomorrow we will be back on the road. We are going to head over to sault ste marie tomorrow and see the soo locks. I am sure we will see more ore boats along the way. Hopefully we will see one go through the locks while we are there. Check back and see what is going through the locks when we are there.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-81328878734538840952014-05-19T21:09:00.000-06:002014-05-19T21:09:00.898-06:00Iron Mountain, Michigan to Ishpeming, Michigan (Day 4)We spent the day today driving around the the townships in the Upper Peninsula. We started by leaving Iron Mountain and we drove to Ishpeming.<br />
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Right on the outskirts of Ishpeming is Yooperland. It's a tribute to the people who live in the UP and it is owned and run by the lead singer and song writer for da yoopers. They sing the christmas song, "Rusty Chevrolet". If you don't know the song look it up on Youtube. It's pretty funny and a lot of things said in the song relate to the UP.<br />
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He had a little museum set up and this car was there. It was in pretty rough shape. My Dad knew merv and this car.<br />
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I need to build one of these for my boys to mow the yard with.<br />
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This is the king of all tricycles.<br />
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The largest chain saw in the world is right here in the UP.<br />
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They get so much snow here that everything has a plow on it. This ford was built to move some snow.<br />
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And so is this Buick. I told you everything has a plow on it.<br />
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Finally after 3 days we made it to Ishpeming.<br />
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Here is the official Ishpeming sign. Ishpeming is an old mining town. It reminds me of Park City without the resort feel that Park City has.<br />
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This is old Ish. The person the town was named after. If you have ever seen the movie "Anatomy of a Murder" this statue is shown in it. In fact the whole movie was filmed in Ishpeming when my Dad was a teenager. I think it was written by a guy that lived in Ishpeming.<br />
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This was a bank in downtown. My Dad remembers leaning against the marble in the summer when he was young because it was cool to the touch. Here over 50 years later he is doing it again.<br />
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This was the first place my Dad remembers living in. His family lived in an apartment that was the top floor of the house.<br />
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He then moved here and this is where he lived until they moved to Utah.<br />
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This is the Church my Dad attended. He started going to this church on his own when he was young.<br />
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It has a nice stained glass window in the front.<br />
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In Michigan they take football very seriously. This is where my Dad played football in High School.<br />
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The library was an awesome old building downtown. My Dad remembers hanging out here.<br />
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Main street was all torn up. The building are kept up nicely though.<br />
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This picture doesn't do this hill justice because it's pretty steep in real life. This road was not plowed in the winter and this is where all the kids would go sledding. You could sled down each side of the hills and when cars went by at the bottom they would "shack" a ride hanging on the back bumper. Sometimes your gloves stayed on the bumper of the car though it it was a tight fit.<br />
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Ishpeming is known for Suicide Hill. It is a ski jump and people have come from all over the world to jump there. I'm not sure who named it but it would make me think twice before attempting to make a jump.<br />
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Here are the jumps. I guess they light it up and every year they have a weekend of ski jumping and it ends with fireworks. The fireworks are suppose to be awesome when they reflect off the snow.<br />
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We drove over to Marquette and checked out Lake Superior. We were just in time to see this ore boat just finishing up loading ore. We waited to see if it was going out on the lake but it didn't look like it was going to move for awhile.<br />
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Here you can see the ice on lake superior. I guess 94 percent of the lake iced over this year because the winter was so cold. The coast guard just barely cut through the ice so the ore boats could come in to dock. They had to cut 8 feet thick ice to get the ore boats in. I was surprised to see how much ice was still on the lake.<br />
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The last thing we saw was the local ski resort. They had a few lifts but I guess I am spoiled by Utah's Ski resorts. Ha Ha.<br />
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It has been a great day hearing stories of my Dad's younger years in Ishpeming. He lived here until he was 15 and then ended up coming back for the time he spent in the air force. We also went and saw sawyer international airport which was previously sawyer air force base until the government closed it down. The barracks and shops are still there but in pretty rough shape. I can't wait to see more of the UP tomorrow.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-10899482289396879742014-05-18T21:12:00.004-06:002014-05-18T21:12:59.425-06:00Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Iron Mountain, Michigan (Day 3)Today was a day full of driving to go from Sioux Falls to Iron Mountain. We saw lots of farm land, lots of tractors and lots of road. We started out early and in no time we went across the Minnesota border. This is hard to see but it's the sign as you are entering into Minnesota.<br />
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The minute we got into Minnesota we started seeing wind generators again. I saw a bunch of them in Wyoming, none in South Dakota and then a bunch again in Minnesota. Here we are cruising past some. The farmers are making money from the electricity they are generating from the air and the crops they harvest underneath them. That sounds like a good idea to me.<br />
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I was surprised by how many tractors I saw out plowing the fields. I guess that farmers can't take Sundays off if the weather is right for plowing.<br />
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Minnesota is the land of 1000 lakes. This is 1 of the 1000 lakes. We had a slight slow down soon after this due to construction but it only lasted about 20 minutes and we were back to full speed.<br />
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Right close to the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin is the Mississippi river. This was the bridge that goes over the river. </div>
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I am not sure why but I was excited to see the Mississippi river again. It has been 20 years since I saw it last. I fished, rode a bike, and drove a car into this river. It was down in Missouri but it was still the Mississippi river! I am going to be able to see this river again in St. Louis on the latter part of this trip and I am excited for that. I spent many days sand bagging in Missouri to keep this river out of peoples houses. Sadly the river didn't care and all the towns I tried to help were reclaimed by it. It was sad but still an amazing sight to behold.<br />
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Right after the river we crossed the Wisconsin border.<br />
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Steven, my son gave me a Lego man to take with me for this trip as a good luck charm and so the Lego man could have an adventure of his own. I decided to get some pictures of him in various areas along the trip and send them to my son. Here Lego man is posing in front of the water tower to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. I hope to get some better pictures of him in more known areas along the way. (I seem to forget until I feel him in my pocket.)<br />
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The scenery changed drastically from rolling hills to pine and aspen trees the further we drove. The weather was beautiful with only a few drops of rain on the windshield. Tomorrow and Tuesday we are suppose to get dumped on with rain so that will make things interesting. I guess it snowed here in Michigan last Friday so hopefully it will just be rain.<br />
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After a lot of driving we finally went across the border into Michigan. Woo Hoo. We pulled into Iron Mountain, Michigan and talked about driving on to Ishpeming or Marquette. It was that time of day when the deer like to come out on the roads. We already had seen 2 on the road a little bit earlier and we got a good deal on a hotel room so we decided to stay for the night in Iron Mountain.<br />
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We went out to dinner and this mural was on the wall at the restaurant. I am not sure what the artist was trying to capture but it was a very interesting picture.<br />
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So it wasn't the most exciting day but we were able to go a lot of miles and tomorrow we will be in Ishpeming. That was the main goal on this trip, so we will be spending a few days there checking out my Dad's old stomping grounds and hearing some of his childhood stories. I am really excited to finally see Ishpeming and see the places I have heard about all my life. I have a picture in my mind about how it will be so it will be interesting to see if it's anything like how it really is. I can't wait!The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-85516997185153577612014-05-17T22:38:00.002-06:002014-05-17T22:38:57.021-06:00Custer to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Day 2)We started the day by visiting crazy horse and Mount Rushmore. We didn't pay to see crazy horse up close so this is the best shot we got. They have a long way to go before it's finished.<br />
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Mount Rushmore is a cool place to visit and I was surprised that you could get close enough to see some great views. This was from the visitors center. We took a hike that was about 1.5 miles or so and that gave even better views of all the presidents.<br />
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This was along the path as you went closer to them.<br />
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Lincoln in close up view. They say that 90 percent of the work was done with drilling and then using dynamite to remove the rock. It is really impressive how detailed each face is.<br />
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Looking up Washington's nose!<br />
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I couldn't help but think about the movies North by Northwest and National Treasure as I was looking up. There actually is a granite vault in the mountain behind Lincolns head but it is not used.<br />
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My Dad down the path. The path went to the sculptors studio and showed one of the compressors used for the air drills and chisels.<br />
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They had all of the states flags flying with the state and the date it was admitted to the union etched into the granite. Here is Utah's flag with the monument in the back ground. <br />
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and the etching.<br />
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After Mount Rushmore we went on a ride through the state park. The road was awesome with cool curves, bridges and tunnels. It would be a blast on a motorcycle.<br />
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This is the road and at this point it's basically the width of a bike trail. <br />
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Here is the first of many tunnels. You need to honk when you enter because they are only 1 lane wide.<br />
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More tunnels. I love tunnels and try to get pictures whenever I get a chance to. I had my brother take these because I was driving.<br />
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I pulled over and hiked back to meet up with these bikers and look at the view. You can't tell here but in the clearing of the trees is Mount Rushmore. I talked with these guys. They were all from Regina, Canada and down for the weekend. I have spent some cold days fixing airplanes in Regina. They were a bunch of cool guys just going on a road trip for their long weekend. I guess in Canada they celebrate their Memorial day on this weekend instead of next weekend like we do.<br />
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We came across this cabin and couldn't pass up the photo opportunity. It was for sale with 34 acres and a lodge back in the woods. I didn't see how much they wanted for it though. Most likely it was out of my price range.<br />
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We then headed to rapid city. Rapid City is actually pretty close to Mount Rushmore. I think I will fly my family to Rapid City for a weekend and let them see all the cool stuff here. <br />
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The goal for the rest of the day was to keep heading East. We had to stop and see some sights along the way though. The first one was in Wall, South Dakota. There were signs for miles advertising for Wall drugstore. If you ever pass this way it's worth stopping to see. It is the largest drug store in the world. Here I tried out my panoramic camera on my i phone for the first time. This is wall drugstore and it is a whole block long. It looks like I took a picture of a bunch of store fronts but it's 1 long store with lots of other stores inside it. It was interesting to say the least.<br />
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Here is the inside of the store. It's a lot of western stuff. I bought a book of stamps so I could send some postcards home.<br />
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This wagon was inside the store. It's a scaled down version of a real wagon. All the rods on the walls are branding irons.<br />
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On the road again. We passed by the badlands. The clouds were like this all day and the weather was beautiful.<br />
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The next stop along the way was Pioneer Auto in Murdo, South Dakota. I have checked out a bunch of car museums and auto displays but I have never seen a place like this one. It was the most unique place for cars that I have ever been to.<br />
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This is how it looks on the outside. It doesn't look like much from here but then you go in!<br />
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The first building had this cool car made from wood on a Cadillac frame. It was different but cool.<br />
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This is looking into the 2nd building. You had to literally look on the floor, walls and ceiling to see all the stuff that was in the buildings. I mean stuff was everywhere. It was a horders and pickers dream come true.<br />
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So my cameras battery died halfway through this museum and if you look at this map you can tell why. This place went on and on and EVERY building was full of rare cool cars. I need to point out that none of these buildings were very weather proof and possibly were not structurally sound. Ha Ha, I mean it, some of the cars had cat prints on them along with bird poop and lots of dust. It was like you walked into the barn finds of all barn finds. It blew my mind and left me a little bit confused also. The amount of money in these buildings is mind blowing. All the buildings on this map were full of cars and almost all of them were rare.<br />
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Here is a Diamond T pickup. I like these trucks because they came from the factory looking like the top was chopped. I love it!<br />
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I took a picture of this Harley Davidson because I could of bought one many years ago just like this one for 50 bucks and I didn't do it. This is a reminder to kick myself for not buying it.<br />
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This will show you some of the weirdness here in this place. That is a CORD stuck way in the back of this barn and yes, that is a Rolls Royce next to it. The red ford in front of them pales in comparison of what the other 2 are worth yet here they all sit. They are all on blocks of wood holding them up. It just cracked me up.<br />
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This was the last picture I got in the museum before my battery died. This car was featured in Hot Rod magazine a long time ago. Yes it has a hemi in it and 8 wheels. Very interesting!<br />
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We spent a long time looking in all the barns and then we hit the road. I remember a globe trekker talking about a corn palace in Mitchell, South Dakota so of course we had to stop and check it out. That's what happens when I am driving. I like the weird stuff that's along the roads. The outside of this building is decorated with all corn and it changes all the time. I got out my panoramic camera again so I could get all of the corn palace in the picture. It was cool and I laughed because this town had signs all over about the corn palace. They even had corn cobs on their street lamps.<br />
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I had to flip a u turn to take a picture of the side of the building. It was all corn also.<br />
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We ended the day in Sioux Falls, SD. It was a full day of sight seeing and I never knew South Dakota had so much to offer. I drove on roads I have never been on and seen sights I never thought I would see. It was a good day! Tomorrow we hit Minnesota. I hear they have the largest mall in america there but that's 1 thing that's not real high in my list to see!The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-61485754383316463552014-05-16T22:45:00.000-06:002014-05-16T22:45:09.569-06:00The road trip to rival all road trips! (Day 1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So a year or so ago I was watching a show about Route 66 on netflix and thought that it would really be cool to travel route 66 in an old car. I actually looked at 1950 through 1960's cars in Chicago. My plan was to fly to Chicago, buy a car, get it running and drive it home along route 66. I looked and realized that old cars in Chicago are very expensive for what you got. I put it on the back burner after that. I was thinking about that trip and told my Dad that we should get an old car, fix it up and drive it to Upper Peninsula Michigan. I have always wanted to see the UP because that is where my Dad is from and I have heard stories about it all my life. I thought that it would be really cool to visit it with him so I could see and hear the stories while we both had the time and means to do it. My Dad was all for it and so we started looking at old cars. We actually found a 1957 Studebaker that was in awesome shape. Well as time went by and the business of life steam rolled us, we came to the conclusion that we weren't going to get a car ready for the road trip to be made this year. We decided to go with plan B and just drive a "modern" car. It is probably the best option but it sure isn't going to be as cool as it would have been in a 1957 Studebaker. Ha Ha. </div>
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Drive to Ishpeming, Michigan on the northern route which will include Mount Rushmore, Crazy horse and everything there is to see along that route. We are then going to spend a few days in Ishpeming checking out my Dad's old stomping grounds. From there we are going to travel home along Route 66 as far west as New Mexico and possibly Arizona. Sounds like a blast huh! We have no hotel rooms booked and we have decided to pretty much travel by the seat of our pants seeing anything and everything we want to see along the way. We will stop when we are tired and eat when we are hungry. No deadlines, no itinerary that says we have to be so far by this time and this date. Just soaking in the sights and enjoying each others company. Follow along and see where we get to. </div>
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Today was the first day of the trip and it involved a lot of driving. Here my Dad and brother are loaded up and we are ready to hit the road. </div>
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We spent most of the day driving through Wyoming. Here we are at the border.<br />
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This is what happens when you really need a bathroom break and there isn't a place to stop for a few miles. We passed this corvette like it was standing still. I won't tell you how fast we were going but if you look real close at the GPS it will tell you.<br />
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Little America was a good site to see. We stopped to get out, take care of some things and to stretch our legs.<br />
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Here's a cool mustang that was getting pulled somewhere. It had Washington plates on it.<br />
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Some cool tunnels along the way.<br />
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So there isn't a whole lot in Wyoming to see. We saw lots of Trains,<br />
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lots of Wind Generators,<br />
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lots of Oil Pumps,<br />
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and also some cows. We also saw this cool old hotel in Lusk, Wyoming. The truck kinda ruined the picture but it was still cool.<br />
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So all in all we traveled through Evanston, Green River, Rawlins, Medicine Bow, Casper, Douglas, Lusk, and then hit the South Dakota border and went through Edgemont, Pringle and ended up in Custer South Dakota for the night. This is our hotel.<br />
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Tomorrow we are going to see crazy horse, mount rushmore and then start heading East again. Where we end up is anyone's guess. As long as I have wifi in the hotels I will blog about the days adventures. Check it out and see what we see along the way.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-23090722594720270762014-05-04T11:22:00.000-06:002014-05-04T11:22:08.216-06:00Road trip to Oregon for a cop car?I helped a friend retrieve a car he had purchased on EBay for a killer deal this weekend so I figured I would post the trip here. The car was located in Sweet Home Oregon. He debated about driving up there with a trailer and hauling it home or flying up there and driving it back. We opted to fly up there. We both fly for free so it ended up being a lot cheaper to do that. The way flights worked out, we ended up flying to Seattle crashing for the night and then catching the first flight to Eugene Oregon. This was the view outside the hotel window. It was amazingly quiet in the room for being this close to the airport gates.<br />
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I had to take a picture of the taxis in Seattle for Isaac. He really dislikes prius's. I told him that if he gets bad grades or acts up the only car that he will get to drive in high school will be a prius. His grades are always good!<br />
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Bright and early we hit the sky's in this Q400. I generally dislike prop airplanes but these have enough room that they aren't all that bad.<br />
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We flew over Mount St. Helen's and it reminded me of the time Dixie and I went there when I was working in Seattle. That was a fun trip.<br />
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You get a good view of the landing gear in this airplane. We only bounced once on landing. That wasn't too bad because the last time I flew on a Q400 we bounced 3 times before we were on the ground.<br />
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We had a 40 minute drive from Eugene to Sweet Home. We had to rent a car and before we hit the road we had to go to the DMV. It was a typical DMV with all the lines and weird people that always seem to be at the DMV. Ha Ha. We got a temporary permit for the car and then went to Costco for a battery. We knew we had to put a battery in it and Costco was the best deal. I could not believe how many people were in that Costco. I have never seen one that busy in my life. We were going to get some things while we were there but when we saw the crowd we decided to just get the battery and then we got the heck out of there.<br />
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This was the first time we laid eyes on the clean one owner that my buddy had purchased. <br />
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It is a 2009 Impala that spent the first part of it's life as a police car for the Sweet Home Oregon police department. It has 113,000 miles on it and it needed a battery. That was all we knew about it other then some pictures we saw on ebay. I asked the police women how long it had been decommissioned and she said it hasn't been driven since august. Ian changed the battery out while I wondered if the ethanol gas that had been in it since august would be any good.<br />
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It fired right up so that raised my hopes.<br />
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We did a quick walk around, checked the tires and the fluids and decided we needed to go to O'reilly's for some stuff.<br />
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It was a little bit low on anti freeze so we bought some at o'reillys and topped it off. We also filled up the windshield fluid, checked the air pressure on the tires, aired up the spare tire and got some fuel additive to help out the old fuel that was in it.<br />
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Ian also figured it would be a good idea to check the alternator while we were there, It was putting out 14+ amps so we were good to go.<br />
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A quick fill up of fuel and we hit the road with the impala and the rental car. We had to go back to the Eugene airport to drop off the rental. I saw this mural as we were filling up with gas and had to get a picture. Logging must be big there because we passed a ton of logging trucks along the way.<br />
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We didn't get on the road home until after 2 PM. The impala ran great other then a slight vibration between 60 to 70 miles per hour. It didn't bother us much because in Oregon the speed limit was 55, Nevada was 75 and Utah was 80. Here is our first stop for gas. I thought the garage there was awesome. Oregon is a funny state. They don't let you fill up your own gas. I guess it's an environmental issue or something. This garage is in Paisley Oregon. It was a little tiny town along the way. We decided to get gas there because there wasn't another gas station for 250 miles.<br />
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Here is the inside of the garage. It was pretty cool.<br />
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It was long into the night when we finally hit the border of Nevada which is what this photo was suppose to show. It's kind of blurry though. We couldn't believe how desolate the roads were. We passed about 6 cars the whole time from Paisley, Oregon to Winnemucca. I checked my cell phone a few times along the way and there were many places that showed no service. I was really glad we didn't break down out there. Anyways we stopped in Winnemucca for the night because we started seeing aliens out in the desert. Ha Ha.<br />
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We hit the road early the next morning. The weather was great there. Here is the main strip.<br />
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We ate at this diner and the food was really good. I would go back there anytime I am passing through and I highly recommend it if you find yourselves in Winnemucca.<br />
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The road that goes on and on. We really lucked out because the weather was perfect and we never ran into any problems with traffic.<br />
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These tunnels are just outside of Elko. This was the second tunnel we hit on our trip. The first one was back in Oregon.<br />
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Just beginning to see the salt flats.<br />
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Hitting Wendover and finally back in Utah. Woo Hoo, almost home now.<br />
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Here it is home at Ian's house. I told him if he keeps buying cop cars his neighbors will think he became a cop. It should be a good car with a little bit of cleaning. It ran great and the spot light came in handy as we were driving at night to keep an eye out for deer and other wildlife. Luckily, we didn't hit anything other then a bunch of bugs.<br />
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So 46 hours, 2 flights, 2 hotels, 4 states, 1 rental car, 1 battery, 900 driven miles, 30 gallons of gas, and 1/2 gallon of anti freeze later we were home. I deem this road trip a huge success. Ian and I have had road trip failures also. He bought a truck in Oklahoma City a few years back and we flew out there to retrieve it. That ended up with a broken down truck in tucumcari, new mexico. We ended up renting a uhaul truck, driving it to albuquerque (because there are no rental cars in tucumcari) and catching a flight home to SLC. Long story short we drove a truck and trailer back to tucumcari, loaded the truck and trailered it home. That was quite the adventure and as fun as that was, I am glad this one was a little less eventful. Check back and see what other adventures come along the way in the future!<br />
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<br />The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-83046464132486942532014-04-28T21:09:00.000-06:002014-04-28T21:17:22.606-06:00Enjoying the Drive part 10 and a little competition added to it!Spring is really bringing out some cool cars. Here are the latest drivers that have been seen on the road. This one was in Clearfield. I talked to the driver. He was a little old man and he said he drives this car everywhere, everyday. I'm glad that there are others out there like me. I think I will be driving old stuff for the rest of my life.<br />
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This one is hard to see but it is a really cool jeep. I was getting gas when it drove by and by the time I got my camera out this is the best shot I got.<br />
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I came out of Auto Zone and spotted this one in the parking lot. I usually don't like really tall wheels like these but for some reason I digged these. They fit the car nicely. I saw this car later in the day driving down the road and it looked good cruising also.<br />
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The family and I were driving in Sandy when we came across this truck. It's nice but it would be so much cooler if it was lower in the back. I like it though because it's different. In my book, different is good.<br />
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If you look hard in the mirror, you will see an SS Chevelle. This car pulled up in back of me today as I was driving home from the library. It was mint!<br />
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Driving home from work I managed to catch up to and pass this corvette on SR-201. The guy was enjoying the sunshine with his window down and the T-tops removed. It's not my favorite year for a corvette but I would drive it if I was given the chance.<br />
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Those are the cars I found and was able to get pictures of since my last post about enjoying the drive. These next pictures are from my friend Vance who is addicted to cars just as much as I am. He sends me pictures for this blog all the time as he travels around. He spotted this one in Magna Utah. I have seen this van for years just off main street in Magna and I always wish it was mine. It's in great shape.<br />
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The next three pictures were taken in California. Vance ran into all 3 in less then 10 minutes as he was out for a morning run. You really have to love California cars! I like everything about this one.<br />
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The good weather brings out the Corvette owners.<br />
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I saved the best for last! This is by far my favorite picture of all the cars that were spotted in this post. It sits perfect, I like the white walls, and I love the colors on it.<br />
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So as I write this, I think I will add something more to the posts on "Enjoying the drive". I am going to pick my favorite one for each post from now on. So send me your pictures as you come across cool cars in your travels. See if you can win the best of the week as I post them. Some of the rules are No car show pictures (unless you catch them being driven to the car show), No pictures of cars in garages or museums. The object of the game is to find cars that are being driven so more consideration will be given if you get a photo of the car actually going down the road. So, for the first one it looks like you win Vance. You better watch out now though because I am on the hunt for the coolest cars out there!The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-70009907986689070312014-04-13T21:21:00.003-06:002014-04-13T21:21:48.644-06:00It's was a nice day for a car show.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
On Saturday the weather was awesome. I had the kids for the day so we decided to go to a car show up in clearfield. It turned out to be a really good car show. Here Isaac is checking out the hemi in a super bee. </div>
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I fell in love with this falcon. I like falcons but I I have never had one catch my eye like this one did. It was sitting perfect and the wheels were cool. I didn't really take a very good picture of it but I admired it for quite awhile.<br />
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Ellie found the stuffed Kermit the frog and ran over to give it a hug. Steven and Isaac drooled all over the army truck in the back ground.<br />
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This truck was all made by hand. It was interesting.<br />
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I caught a picture of this car as it was driving up. I have seen this one before and it's one of my favorites.<br />
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When I saw this Trans Am I had flash backs of high school. I owned one that looked just like it. Mine was white also and it had a 455 with a 4 speed just like this one. I loved that car and I had a lot of good times in it. I also won a lot of races in it. It was screaming fast and I had put nitrous on it to boot.<br />
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Mine didn't have the bird on the hood but I had the little 455 on the shaker. That was the only indication that it was fast.<br />
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I had to take a picture of this Opel because I almost bought one when I was in my early teens. They are cool little cars. The one I was going to buy was orange just like this one. I didn't buy it because I was worried it would have been hard to get parts for. It would be a fun car to drive around in though.<br />
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I wish I could get my old international to sit like this ford does.<br />
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This car was great. The metal work was inspiring, you had to really study this car to see all the cool stuff that was done to it.<br />
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The headlights were made out of some old pistons.<br />
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I hope that with time my metal working skills will be this good.<br />
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These 2 carbs were on an old Chevy truck. I think it would be cool to fit dual carbs on the international.<br />
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I took the next 2 pictures for Dixie. She loves camaro's and these 2 were top notch.<br />
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It was a good day for a car show. We had time later that day to get Steven on the little 80cc Yamaha we acquired and he rode it all over the yard for awhile. It was fun to see him riding it. I am having spring fever really bad right now. I am expecting the weather to turn cold again for one last time but hopefully I am wrong. This show was motivating for me to get the international up and running. Hopefully this summer that will happen. The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-33211350167142213782014-04-06T15:31:00.003-06:002014-04-06T15:31:51.988-06:00Spring Break Camping.We decided on a whim to go camping on Thursday. There is not a lot of options when you have no reservations when camping in Utah. I have always loved antelope island and so we decided to go there. You can usually get a spot there unless they have some event going that weekend. We just drove up and got a spot that day so it worked out perfectly. The weather wasn't the best. The wind was a little bit chilly and it was in the lower 30's at night but it didn't rain on us and the wind was minimal. The heater kicked on a few times in the night but overall it was a great trip. This was the view from our campsite. You can see for miles on all sides of the island.<br />
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The first day we set up camp and then went to the visitor center on the island. There is a lot to look at in the visitor center and you can learn all about the history of the island, the wildlife and the vegetation that grows there and other interesting facts. Ellie found a statue of a buffalo that was just her size.<br />
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Standing by it wasn't enough for her so she climbed on top of it.<br />
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There are hiking trails all over the island that range from easy to difficult. Here we are checking out some of them trying to decide which ones to take.<br />
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We took a hike on the north west side of the island. I couldn't believe how jagged the rocks were on this part of the island. They all had little alcoves in them and it made me wonder what kind of critters sleep in them at night. We hiked up and over the rocks and enjoyed the nice weather.<br />
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I was glad that it wasn't too windy. A couple years ago Steven, Isaac and myself camped out on the island and I have never had a night that was as windy as that one. This trip the winds were very light.<br />
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Off in the distance on the left side of the picture is egg island. It is all rocks out there and it is covered with birds. You can see and hear them from where we were. I guess every spring the birds come back and lay their eggs there. It is a good spot because there are no predators that can get to them. Dixie is looking beautiful as ever in this picture.<br />
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Isaac likes to climb around on the rocks. He had to retrieve his water bottle a few times because it kept falling out of his pocket.<br />
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We drove over to the other side of the island and decided to take a hike there. Here Isaac is getting ready to go. The weather was looking a little bit iffy when we started this hike.<br />
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Halfway there! Ellie walked the whole way there. She just kept going and going.<br />
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We stopped for a few water breaks along the way. The views were really spectacular.<br />
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I thought we might get caught in this storm that looked like it was coming our way but it turned and went off to the east. We never even felt a rain drop.<br />
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Enjoying the end of the road.<br />
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That night we ate dinner, played games and roasted marshmallows. The next morning we went to the Garr ranch on the east side of the island. It was a working ranch up until the 80's. A lot of the buildings are still there and they let you tour them on a self guided tour. We wanted to check out this old Dodge truck but this buffalo wandered into the area so we kept our distance. A guy that works on the ranch said that this buffalo likes to come here and eat the grass. <br />
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The ranch is cool because they let you climb on everything and encourage you to touch everything. Here Steven is on an old Case tractor. It looks like it is still running. I would have loved to take it for a spin around the ranch. Ha Ha.<br />
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Steven, Isaac and Ellie lassoed the horse a few times and then they decided to ride it.<br />
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It was a successful 1st camping trip for the year. Hopefully we will get a bunch more in this summer. It was nice to get out and enjoy some time together before school starts up again for the boys.<br />
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<br />The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-49408911402274992212014-03-30T18:41:00.001-06:002014-03-30T18:41:56.029-06:00Enjoying the Drive part 9.It's time for another installment of Enjoying the drive. I took this picture as I was driving. This truck was in excellent shape. It looked like they were out driving it to haul something. The paint was immaculate! This is one of my favorite body styles of Chevy trucks. I might be biased because growing up my Dad had a 72 Chevy. I didn't appreciate it back then like I do now.<br />
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I ran by this one in a parking lot and took a trip around the lot to go back and snap a photo. It's a little rough but would be fun to drive.<br />
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I'm not sure how much this dude is enjoying the drive but I was amazed at his engineering ability to keep all this junk in the back of that truck. It was actually a hazard. That's why I am driving to the far left of him. The good thing was that he was only 1 mile from the dump exit so the drivers behind him would be safe.<br />
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The next 2 pictures came from My friend Ron. He sends me pictures when He comes across cool old cars. This old MG looks like a ton of fun to drive. If I ever came across a good deal on one, I would buy it in a heartbeat.<br />
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I have never owned a British car before but I have always liked them.<br />
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The next pictures came from my friend Vance. This Studebaker is very cool. It's in really great shape for the age. I estimate it's probably a 49 to 52ish? I love the visor on it.<br />
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I have always loved the back ends on Studebaker's. I think they are cool looking.<br />
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Well, that's it for now. I have once again missed a bunch of cool cars during my drives because of my slow reactions but I will keep trying to get them in pictures. They should be coming out of storage now that the weather is turning nice.The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313305532271886330.post-49942917185703218452014-03-25T22:27:00.000-06:002014-03-25T22:27:14.254-06:00Breaking in the Bug!To break Ed's new engine in, I drove him to St. George and back for the annual Mini Indy trip for my work. This year a buddy of mine that's a pilot for Skywest went with me to help out on the tech team. Here is the beginning of the road trip. There is something cool about driving a 45 year old car across the state of Utah! <br />
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Vance lives in Stansbury Park so I picked him up and we drove the back roads on the west side of I-15 to get to St. George. We took a detour and hit Eureka to see Porter Rockwell's cabin that was moved there from his property. Here it is. It was cool to see and it is amazing how they were built back then. Eureka is a cool old mining town. I had never been there so I enjoyed checking it out.<br />
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While we were looking at the cabin, a guy across the street kept looking at us. He yelled at us and asked if we wanted to see the inside of the cabin. We of course said yes and so He said he had to get the keys and to look at the car he had inside this old building while he went to get them.<br />
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This is what we saw inside the building. It's a 1928 Studebaker. It was in great shape for it's age and he told us all about the car and the town. He actually owned a bunch of buildings along main street. He had mentioned that he owned the topless bar down the road and we both rolled our eyes. The funny thing was that as we drove out of town we saw his topless bar. It was an actual bar that had no roof on it. Ha Ha, it was then that we laughed like crazy.<br />
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This was a huge pulley that was once used to lift miners in and out of the mines. I can't remember the name of it but it was huge and very cool.<br />
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We stopped at Delta and hit this Mexican restaurant. I had cheese enchiladas and they were great. I always hit this restaurant on my way to St. George.<br />
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We made it to St. George and had fun fixing go karts for a few days. While we were down there we had some time to hit a ghost town that was just outside of Leed's Utah. It is called Silver Reef and was an old silver mine back in the day.<br />
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Here is some of the old buildings. These ones were rebuilt. <br />
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The views were spectacular. The weather was just as good down there also.<br />
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More photos from Silver Reef.<br />
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Here are some of the old remnants from the silver mine.<br />
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Up on the side of the hill is the remains of a foundation from the mill.<br />
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More old remains from the buildings.<br />
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If you look closely at the hill in the background you can see part of an old uranium mine. We drove Ed up that hill and almost got stuck. It was a dirt road and at one point I thought we would need to lift the front of the car to get it unstuck. I guess a lowered bug isn't the best car to go 4 wheeling in.<br />
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You can see the dirt line on the bottom of the front fender in this picture. Ha Ha, we didn't get stuck though.<br />
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We came across an old protestant cemetery. There were some old headstones dating back to the early 1800's.<br />
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Looking back at Ed from the cemetery.<br />
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Found some old cool buildings in Leeds also.<br />
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We headed home on Saturday. We decided to take highway 89. That is a lot more scenic then the route we took down. We crossed over to it at Cedar City on route 14. I have tried to take this road the last couple years but it has always been closed. It was finally open this year so that's the way we went. It is quite a climb at some spots and we saw a lot of snow along the way but Ed drove great. Here is a wall of ice we saw along the way.<br />
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Climbing higher!<br />
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This is the summit and the view was awesome!<br />
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You can see for miles.<br />
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I saw this cool RV on the road home. I had to stop and get a picture. I think if I had it I would get rid of the RV part and make it a car hauler. I love the old Cab Over trucks.<br />
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I didn't have a picture of Ed in Panguitch so I stopped for a one.<br />
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We had all sorts of weather. It was windy, sunny, and we saw rain turn to sleet at one point along the drive.<br />
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All in all, it was a great trip. Ed ran like a top without so much as a hiccup. That made all the work beforehand worth it. When all was said and done, we traveled 716 miles, burned 22 gallons of gas, a 1/2 a quart of oil (which was at the beginning of the trip,after the rings seated it didn't lose any) and we averaged 32.4 miles to the gallon. It looks like we can look forward to driving many more miles this summer and enjoying every minute of it! The Bug Boyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675481376420076712noreply@blogger.com0