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[Clif]

Sounds like the trip so far is going well. Hope you and Geoff are having a blast. 

By the way, pardon my ignorance, but what kind of mileage does a 1930 Model A get?

[Pappy]

Really good mileage if you are towing it. 
 
Just joking around, Greg.

[Paul5097]

Greg,
 
The crop you saw is most likely sorghum and is used here in Colorado as cattle feed.

Eastern Colorado is just an extension of Kansas, as you have seen by now. From I-25 west is where you get into the Rocky Mountains. If you take I-80 across southern Wyoming, expect more of the same: flat, barren, and wind farms. but probably more trucks. It's pretty flat until you get into Utah.

Have a safe trip.

[Cheater]

Methinks the GPS is hooked up to the VW to pull in to McD's... Maybe they are a sponsor... LOL...

BTW Nebraska is worse.

I wish on the sponsorship.

BTW my best man says he prefers driving across North & South Dakota and Nebraska to Kansas.
 

Your son doesn't have a phone with a data plan?

He doesn't have a phone of any kind right now nor does he have a car. At 34, he's a world-class late bloomer, I'm afraid.
 

Regardless, if you eat at a fast food place, it better be at least an In-N-Out Burger. LOL.

That's been a little difficult to do so far, as that chain only has locations in places we haven't been traveling through.


 

I thought that they were very easily hacked... supposed to have McRibs soon.

My Apple stuff protects me.

And the McRib sandwich is now a product the company features in various markets for limited times, because if they added it to the full US menu, I have been told that the pork industry couldn't supply the necessary demand for pork meat.

Same thing happened when McD's added the cherry pie in the early '60s... the cherry industry couldn't meet the demand for cherries and the company had to pull that product off the menu for a time.
 
Just to illustrate, last I heard McD's takes 8% of the US potato crop for their fries.
 
McRib was in the Atlanta market for a while twice over the last couple of years. I like 'em...

[Cheater]

The crop you saw is most likely sorghum and is used here in Colorado as cattle feed.

Thanks for that, Paul. I saw lots of rolled hay or other forage feed but was not sure it was laying in fields where the unknown crop had been.

[Cheater]

Since you almost became a train guy, stop in at the Union Pacific shops in Cheyenne, Wyoming. A few months ago the railroad towed a Big Boy to their steam shop there from CA to restore back to running condition. It's number is 4014.

That's an excellent suggestion, Doug.

I do know that they're restoring 4014 to service, as it has made a big splash in the steam train world.

Dunno if we can make a stop there happen, but we'll certainly put it into the mix of possibilities. I remember very clearly seeing the Big Boy at the Henry Ford museum many years ago.

[Cheater]

What? Forget to pack your Depends?

 
Ha-ha, Dennis. I'll have you know I have a world-class bladder that can go nearly all day without draining, if I stay away from the brewskis. It got close on FUEL a couple times...
 

Where are the pics?

 
Too busy running like a bat outa hell to stop and take pics... and of what? Two not very attractive guys and a white VW Rabbit? I'll get the camera going on the return voyage...

[Cheater]

By the way, pardon my ignorance, but what kind of mileage does a 1930 Model A get?

 
The jury is still out. Heard reports recently of 12 MPG on a 1930 coupe and other Model A guys say they can get 19 MPG on long trips. If I can achieve 15 MPG from my new car, I'll be happy.

[Dennis David]

I'll be taking a road trip next year to Le Mans. You've inspired me to consider the same thing report-wise.

[Zippity]

But with more photos, eh?  

[MattD]

I saw in a previous post that you got a new distributor cam and that you saw the same item fit a '32 B and a Model A.  

The B four-cylinder motor was the same as the Model A except it had a balanced crankshaft. All the external stuff is the same. The B motors are in demand for guys that drive their Model As as they are not only smoother, they can run 5 mph or more faster the the unbalanced stock A motors.    

Your posts are bringing back lots of memories of the A Models I had before I became a hot rodder!

[MSwiss]

Greg,

Best thing that could happen to you (and the Slotbloggers) is you walking into an AT&T store and tell the guy in there the pteradactyl flew off with your phone and you need to go 21st Century.

[Bill from NH]

Do you have an empty gas can or two with you? Are you a member of AAA or some other auto club that'll provide roadside assistance should it be needed?

[Cheater]

Mike,

It may actually happen soon, but absolutely not with AT&T.

What's kept me away from a smartphone has been the cost of cellular access, but recently there's company that's brought the cost down substantially.

We'll see when I get back, if I have any money left...

[MSwiss]

You need it now.

It would make documenting your trip ten times easier.

[Ecurie Martini]

"The Parts That Fall Off This Car Are Of The Finest British Manufacture".

I think the original source for this was Al Capp in a Li'l Abner cartoon, spoken by a British detective that somehow found his way to Dogpatch
 
EM

[Samiam]

I'll be taking a road trip next year to Le Mans. You've inspired me to consider the same thing report-wise.

There's a ROAD to Le Mans?

[JohnnySlotcar]

Greg,

Try Consumer Cellular through AARP. My bill is half of what it used to be!

[Phil Hackett]

Greg, I know you don't have the time but...
 
It would be fun to retrace the route Kowalski took on his way from Denver to San Francisco... without the ending, of course. I have been through Goldfield (where SuperSoul broadcast from) on Highway 95. Very picturesque drive.

[Cheater]

The add-on we're thinking is, on the way back, to go south from Denver to Colorado Springs, to leave the A somewhere safe, and to drive up and down Pikes Peak in the Rabbit.

It's too soon and too far from home to attempt it in the A, but I'd love to make the climb, even if they did pave the entire road a year or so ago.

Looked real hard at riding the Durango & Silverton and Cumbers & Toltec scenic railways, but they're simply too far away from our return route.

[Dennis David]

There is after you land in Zurich. ;-) Now back to Greg's trip. So maybe you'll take a crack at Seb Loeb's time at the Peak?

[ShootinSparks]

So far, I'm not impressed with the complete lack of photos. I don't feel like we're getting our money's worth.  
 
At least take a shot of a random hipster cowboy or cowgirl working the register at the gas station or some old pickup filling up next to you. There's gotta be something photo-worthy.
 
Hot babe in a phone booth? Buzzard sitting on a fence? A pink '66 Mustang convertible sitting out front of a place selling used tires.
 
It's the little things... the simple things... the stupid and goofy things... that make a travelogue interesting and fun.  
 
I know you can do it. Heh heh. 
 
One mo' time... "Westward Ho!!!!"

[Zippity]

Yeah - what he said.
 
Its kinda like watching your favourite TV show in the middle of a power cut.

[Cheater]

Tough crowd!

OK, I'll get the camera clicking today.

[Zippity]

Thanks, Greg.