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Bob and I are getting many requests to do a program of our O-2-O trip and am putting a slide and video show of about an hours worth of video and pictures. I have a picture of the closing banquet with the Scotts as well as the descendants of the Shawmut driver, but don't seem to have their names. Anyone out there remember. It was a woman and her daughter and son. Believe their surname started with a "P". They ceremoniously shook hands at the banquet. Getting anxious to see some at Hershey in a fe… Continue

DAY 26: Didn't do a blog post for day 26 because it was a very busy evening arriving at the Snoqualmie Summit Lodge. This is at the peak elevation of the Snoqualmie Pass (3900') and the climb was not too difficult. After dinner we were treated to live music by a 20 piece band which featured early 1900s music like Scott Joplin and old time favorite songs which I enjoy. The first one I recognized was " The Connecticut 2nd Regiment Footguard's March" which was Bob Steele's theme song. I thought I h… Continue

We set off about 7:00 AM on a relatively short run to our destination in Yakima, about 165 miles total. The car is running well in preservation mode (about 30 MPH) to insure we DRIVE it across the finish line on Sunday. But we seem to be loosing more than normal amounts of oil. Will check pan bolts when we arrive at the hotel. We had a late morning stop at Stokes Burger Ranch in Sunnyside, WA and were treated to "French Fried Asparagus". Bill Stokes is a cattle rancher (50 head) and resturanteur… Continue

No time for a blog entry on day 23 as we had a very long day (mileage and travel time) in traversing from Twin Falls to Ontario. On day 24 we set off at 7:10 AM in cool temperatures which didn't rise significantly until noon. An alternate 40 mile route was taken for part of the day and it proved to be the most enjoyable of the tour so far for both Bob and me. The lightly traveled road followed a stream which cut through the 4000' buttes and peaks with picturesque scenes and wildlife throughout.… Continue

We set out at 7:20 AM from Pocatello and after 202 miles (per the GPS) we arrived at Twin Falls, ID at 4:30 PM. This is the first run with our borrowed 1912 engine installed and we are taking it quite easy, but it performed flawlessly! Glad of that. We WILL make it to Seattle!
One highlight of today's run was our lunch stop in a little burg with population of 504. The tiny diner with one cook/cashier (Sue) was overwhelmed as 40 or so of us stopped for a burger, fries and a coke. But our ladies p… Continue