xackley
TJ Enthusiast
In the mid 80s, me my wife and boy hopped in my 1969 buick electra 225 and drove to California from upstate NY.
No prep, just load and go. We had 1 problem, while riding around in Hollywood the fuel pump went from leaking to full failure.
I bought a fuel pump, and could not get the old one off. The auto parts store made a call to a chain garage and lined up someone to swap them out. While we at a lunch of Chinese assorted, the buick was up and ready for the road.
On the way there I was on a dead line for starting a boiler job. Made it to Amorila TX in 25 hours, when my wife demanded I sleep. Then drove up to the Grand Canyon, gambled $3.00 in Vegas, and got to Redondo Beach almost on time.
The ride back took a lot longer, the plan was my wife would drive days, and I would drive nights. But I would drive an hour our 2 and pull over. My wife woke the first night with a startle to see me asleep with roaring semis, then realized we were at a rest area.
In my old age, we travel for the pleasure mostly on the US State and county roads to get to see the real world. It takes a lot more time, but we see a lot more of the real world. And waking up to Free range cows in a Nation Forest campground is a real pleasure.
No prep, just load and go. We had 1 problem, while riding around in Hollywood the fuel pump went from leaking to full failure.
I bought a fuel pump, and could not get the old one off. The auto parts store made a call to a chain garage and lined up someone to swap them out. While we at a lunch of Chinese assorted, the buick was up and ready for the road.
On the way there I was on a dead line for starting a boiler job. Made it to Amorila TX in 25 hours, when my wife demanded I sleep. Then drove up to the Grand Canyon, gambled $3.00 in Vegas, and got to Redondo Beach almost on time.
The ride back took a lot longer, the plan was my wife would drive days, and I would drive nights. But I would drive an hour our 2 and pull over. My wife woke the first night with a startle to see me asleep with roaring semis, then realized we were at a rest area.
In my old age, we travel for the pleasure mostly on the US State and county roads to get to see the real world. It takes a lot more time, but we see a lot more of the real world. And waking up to Free range cows in a Nation Forest campground is a real pleasure.