East Coast 2017

syyskuuta - lokakuuta 2017

31-päiväinen seikkaillu — Dave Lue lisää

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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- Jaa
- 13.9.2017 klo 19.43
- 🌙 19 °C
- Korkeus: 922 ft
- Yhdysvallat Wisconsin City of Madison Burke 43.13099, -89.3053943°7’52” N 89°18’19” W
Supper in Madison
13. syyskuuta 2017, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
We left home early afternoon, have filled the gas tank twice and need gas again. We stopped at Subway to eat and have another 30 miles to go to our motel in Janesville, WI. The trees are already gaining color. We had a nice drive.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- Lisää toivelistallePoista toivelistalta
- Jaa
- 13.9.2017 klo 20.58
- 🌙 17 °C
- Korkeus: 899 ft
- Yhdysvallat Wisconsin Rock County Anderson 42.72327, -88.9931442°43’24” N 88°59’35” W
End of day one
13. syyskuuta 2017, Yhdysvallat ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
We checked into a Quality Inn. The last 30 miles was with headlights; we both agreed not to do that again!
Since we started out later today than we had planned, we wanted to make it far enough south to be able to get through Chicago during the middle of the day.
I mounted radial tires on '35 Ford spoked wheels for this trip. The ride is much smoother...which makes driving a long distance less tiring. I am looking forward to tomorrow's drive.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 14.9.2017 klo 17.47
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Korkeus: 600 ft
- Yhdysvallat Indiana Township of Portage Dons Mobile Home Park Harbor Oaks Park 41.60149, -87.2217541°36’5” N 87°13’18” W
Päivä 1
Day at the Dunes
14. syyskuuta 2017, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
The day started out with a fog advisory so we delayed our start. When the fog started to dissipate the car would not start due to the damp conditions. After drying wires under the hood, it finally struggled to life. We set out to pass through Chicago and encountered patient drivers. People gave us lots of room. The drive was pleasant. We visited the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore near Gary, Indiana. Nice beaches and large sand dunes...kind of like it's name suggests. We are staying in Benton Harbor this evening. Tomorrow we drive to Kalamazoo...and may stop at the Gilmore Car Museum while on the road.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 15.9.2017 klo 12.56
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Korkeus: 961 ft
- Yhdysvallat Michigan Barry County Turners Corner Bullhead Lake 42.44044, -85.4209542°26’26” N 85°25’15” W
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Friday stop at the Gilmore
15. syyskuuta 2017, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
We traveled to the Gilmore to view the Model A Museum; we figured the museum would be very crowded tomorrow. Lots to see. More to follow....
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 16.9.2017 klo 12.39
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Korkeus: 919 ft
- Yhdysvallat Michigan Barry County Turners Corner 42.43927, -85.4198942°26’21” N 85°25’12” W
Päivä 3
Model A Day at the Gilmore
16. syyskuuta 2017, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
I left the Hotel early to help Mark Moran park vendors on the grounds surrounding the Model A Museum; the last one arrived around 9:30. Glad to help out.
There is good attendance today but not so crowded that is hard to see the exhibits. I found a 2nd mirror for my '31 SW restoration at the swap meet that matches what I have. I want one on the passenger side also so it was a good find.
The tandem axle Woodie was a "one only" factory produced chassis. Every time I passed it, someone was on their knees checking out how they did it. I did too...
More photos from the museum and a couple very rare cars.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 17.9.2017 klo 13.29
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Korkeus: 584 ft
- Yhdysvallat Michigan Muskegon Hartshorn Municipal Marina 43.23049, -86.262343°13’50” N 86°15’44” W
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Muskegon Irish Music Festival
17. syyskuuta 2017, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We have traveled to Muskegon to take in an Irish music festival with 8 stages, 22 bands and local youth groups performing. The Mona Shore fiddlers, a group of over 20 young performers, were awesome.
The festival is held at Heritage Landing in Downtown Muskegon.
We also visited the Hackley and Hume Mansions, two lumbermen in partnership in the 1880's. The two families were early benefactors of Muskegon and many of the streets and public buildings bear their names.
We finished the day by traveling to Lansing and as we drove we noticed the trees are really starting to show color. We spotted dark skies and a rainbow when we were 18 miles from Lansing. We drove through 5 miles of heavy rain but the driver did not get too wet. The passenger did not fare as well!Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 18.9.2017 klo 12.24
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Korkeus: 584 ft
- Yhdysvallat Michigan Dearborn 42.31426, -83.1620642°18’51” N 83°9’43” W
Päivä 5
Ford Rouge Factory Tour and The Museum
18. syyskuuta 2017, Yhdysvallat ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Ford builds only F150 pickups at the Rouge. Unfortunately there are no photos allowed in the production area. They are currently building the 2018 model year. Lots of automation but still many auto workers doing the light assembly work.
We spent the rest of the day in the Henry Ford Museum which Mr. Ford dedicated in 1928 in an effort of preserving technology changes by displaying items and machines of different eras.
Notable photos: The bus Rosa Parks made her civil rights stand in and the Oscar Mayer Weiner mobile.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 19.9.2017 klo 19.18
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Korkeus: 623 ft
- Kanada Ontario Lambton County Sarnia 42.98854, -82.399842°59’19” N 82°23’59” W
Päivä 6
Ford's Greenfield Village
19. syyskuuta 2017, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We spent most of the day in Greenfield Village visiting areas we missed last time we were here. There really is more than you can see in one day. There was occasional light rain during the day and there were no crowds. The exhibit personnel were able to spend lots of time with us answering our questions. Great lunch at Eagle's Tavern and rides on a 1913 Carousel, 1927 Model T Touring, 1930 AA Bus, horse drawn bus and a recently restored coal fired locomotive.
We finished our day in Dearborn with a stop at Edsel and Eleanor's mansion on Shoreline Drive. We arrived too late for the last tour but they let us drive in and take some photos. Great staff at all the attractions we visited today. We finished the day by driving north to Salania, just across the border, in Canada.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 20.9.2017 klo 12.30
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Korkeus: 653 ft
- Kanada Ontario Hampton Heights 43.21391, -79.8456343°12’50” N 79°50’44” W
Päivä 7
Traveling to Niagara Falls
20. syyskuuta 2017, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We traveled from Sarnia, Ontario to Niagara, Ontario today. Lots of grapes in the fields and wineries as we neared Niagara. This part of Canada is known for sweeter wines but we did not stop as Jean was on a mission to get to the Falls area and check things out at Niagara-on-the-Lake. This area is described as "Historic Old Town". The old buildings are very picturesque but they are all filled with little shops. I started taking photos of the buildings and beautiful boulevards covered with flowers and Jean vanished?
I parked the car in front of the Prince of Wales Hotel and took some photos of the Model A with the flowered boulevard and the hotel in the background. Included in the photos are some of the inside of the hotel.Lue lisää
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Matkaaja East Coast 2017
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- 21.9.2017 klo 12.07
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Korkeus: 548 ft
- Kanada Ontario Niagara Falls 43.08582, -79.076343°5’9” N 79°4’35” W
Päivä 8
The Falls (Getting Wet!) & Butterflies?
21. syyskuuta 2017, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Jean booked a bus tour that includes the major view points of the Falls. We started with "Journey behind the Falls" which takes one down over 150 feet below the top of the Falls to observation points. The roar of the water as it hits bottom drowns out all conversation. Next stop was down from the Falls to observe "Class 6 rapids". Then a stop in an enclosed tropical environment to view over 2000 butterflies. What a butterfly exhibit has to do with a tour of the Falls, I don't know but it was interesting. Last, was a boat ride to the base of the Falls to get a close (wet) view. Jean was able to get a couple great video clips from the boat. We finished day by walking down to a good viewing point of the Falls when they were illuminated with colored lights.Lue lisää
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