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Leaving my town of Driver, after it was swallowed up by a tornado was
hard, however I decided to embark of a 4,500 mile journey to retrieve a
1957 Chevrolet truck and a 1941 Dodge panel truck
Some people are crazy, some people are insane, I am both of those.
Enclosed are some pictures of the trip to Utah and back via the 1957
and the 41 strapped down on the old farm truck which would not cruise
past 45 miles an hour... We rode the train from VA to Fort Morgan CO
which took 48 hours, then picked up the 1957 in Windsor CO. Drove it to
Denver to work on it, then to Grantsville Utah, and loaded the 1941
Dodge one the back of the 1957 with a crane. We Stopped back in Denver and
then proceeded to cross the country with my newly found machines.
Climbing the nations mountains with the 57 was an uncomfortably awesome
experience. Night time driving was mandatory until I reached VA line
early Monday morning at 12:30 am and rested at a rest stop there. The
worst part of the trip was driving nonstop from Columbia Missouri to VA
state line. It to me 30 + hours, and again became aware of mountains
as it was an 800 mile venture to the VA state line. I averaged 28 miles
an hour during that gruesome leg of the trip... With more than 8 free
tows between phone insurance and AAA, I was not looking forward to the
face on the tow truck driver should I break down O:)
I am full of lots of insanely crazy stories and thank God for and prayerfully safe trip, my friends, Jim
who helped me get there and back unscathed but very greasy, Paul, Joe,
& Dave in Denver, who helped me mechanically mastermind the venture,
and for Master Card who funded the operation :O) !
May God Bless you as he has blessed me : )
when I returned I was so glad to see my dog
Maya and no more gas
stations.!
