Sunday, June 19, 2016

Day Three
Evanston, WY to Loveland, CO
385 miles

Although we are driving modern cars, there is excitement and there are adventures.

Here is how our day went. We rolled out of Evanston with the wind at our backs. The extra push helped us get 10 miles to the gallon compared to 9.5 when we drive into the wind. We crossed the Continental Divide twice since we drove through the Great Divide Basin. We stopped for lunch and found a cool little restaurant called Buck's Bar & Grill. The decor and food was excellent. We then swung by the Wyoming State Penitentiary and say some cool photos, tommy guns and a working example of the traveling gallows. We gassed up and continued east on to Laramie when we learned our son was returning from Nebraska and he was traveling west and we were going to cross paths in Laramie. What are the chance? What a great Father's Day surprise for Mark. Nate couldn't stay long and nor could we, we had a friend to go back and help because their modern car was having problems. All in a day of traveling with Model A friends.

Once we got them situated, we continued onto Colorado. Wow, Colorado is wonderful!
So now, the week begins. We experience our first National Model A Ford Club of America Convention in Loveland, Colorado.

The second divide after crossing the Great Divide Basin

Beautiful Wyoming scenery

The decor at Buck's Bar & Grill in Rawlins, WY was fun to look at

More of the decor at Buck's

The Wyoming Pen

Mark behind bars

Father and son. Such a cool surprise to cross paths with Nate

Finally we arrive in Colorado

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Day Two
Winnemucca, NV to Evanston, WY
434 miles

Today was a full day of driving with some time spent in the Northeastern Nevada Museum in Elko, NV. We crossed two state borders today, Utah and Wyoming. We are working our way closer to Colorado to join the other SCVC members attending the national.

One of the 180 pieces exhibited at the NNM in Elko

A beautiful peacock

The Northeastern Nevada Museum features both art and history exhibits as well as extensive wildlife habitat dioramas.  Six different galleries occupy more than 20,000 square feet.  There is something interesting for everyone at the museum.

Ventured into Utah twice in one day. The highways are well maintained and clean.
We wish CA could get with the program.

Traveled along the salt flats.

The trains in Nevada and Utah go on and on.

The moon rising as we leave Utah.

Entering Wyoming

We reach our destination in Evanston, WY and find a Sinclair dinosaur begging to have his picture taken.

Friday, June 17, 2016

Day One
San Jose, CA to Winnemucca, NV
415 miles

This trip is a little different from our usual trips in a Model A. This trip we are pulling our 1931 Slantwindow in an enclosed trailer. Our tight schedules to return to work prevent us from making the entire trip in our A. But that's not to say our trip is without adventure of or camaraderie with our fellow chapter members.

We rolled out of San Jose, cut through the San Joaquin valley, stopped in the foothills for lunch and pie at Ikeda's, then we took off over the Donner Summit before we dropped down into Nevada. From there, we ventured through the Great Basin where we stopped in Winnemucca for the night.
We enjoyed dinner with our friends at Martin's Hotel, a Basque restaurant, were we made new friends before returning to our rooms for the night.

Although uneventful from what we know as touring in a Model A, we saw lots of beautiful scenery and wild flowers in California and Nevada, there was wild life and once we passed through Reno, we noticed how Nevada has great highways. Today's drive was uneventful by most Model A standards, but a good part of the trip to Colorado is behind us.

Beautiful clouds and open roads going over the Donner Summit

Entering into Nevada on Interstate Highway 80

Barretts, Colbecks and Innamoratos having dinner at the Martin Hotel

It is with great pleasure that we roll out our new blog with our trip to the 2016 MAFCA National Convention in Loveland, Colorado. Check in with us to hear the latest news and stories as we travel with our Model A.