And so it begins...
July 26 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 86 °F
On Saturday morning, we piled in the van and began the 8 hour trek to Dry Ridge, Kentucky. Brian and Zach managed to engineer a cargo roof rack on top of our van. We bought it used but we didn'tRead more















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Thule racks of Sweden 🇸🇪 wants $127 for 4 of these, hardware mounting kit - and couldn't get them to me in time. I spent some time and $26 at Tractor and Fleet, and over-engineered my own (& Zach labor too).
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We were so hungry, waiting until Columbus, OH to eat, we forgot to photo these Wisconsin's hearty meals! I bought a WI Swiss Melt burger for the road (only 1/2 made it to the road, in this Culver's bag). Recommended WI cuisine, and Columbus, OH being as far East as they come, ... so far. WI,... yes, we got ice cream at the end, of course.
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I got Zach and I started very early Sat, to load the roof cargo carrier and luggage. That, in part because I was torn on the AM of the day. The Ritchie Boys family reunion was at Fort Ritchie, Cascade, MD today. German-Jewish immigrants pre-WW2 that our military used for intelligence, culture learning/language skills and non-violent interrogation of German soldier/POW's. 60 min special on them, info only revealed 55-60 yrs. later!