TOUR UPDATE (at last)

Sorry for the wait, we literially didn’t have internet access from nebraska to virginia. we are currently waiting on some pictures to get emailed and we are going to start updating today with all the footage and stories we accumulated from colorado to chicago to toledo to home.

 The next morning in Fort Morgan, Co we were rewarded with our very first flat tire. courtesty of a screw evan picked up the day before. but we brought spares for a reason and switched it out. finiances got tight and we missed a bank deposite so we stayed and extra day in Fort Morgan and caught up on some sleep…it certianly wasn’t the scenery drawing us in.

We scoped out a few different places that might have a tube and the facility to repair it and checked out this place on a local recommendation..i don’t think they were a good choice. they “fixed it” with a 30 dollar tube, (free labor). but left the offending screw in the carcass and put a heinous brass bent valve tube in. wow that’s horrible. don’t go here if you find  yourself in northeastern Colorado.

But we continued on our journey and muscled through the less interesting terrian out in Nebraska and Iowa. we did have the highest temperature day in these states, as the heat soared to 106 degrees.  we just kept nailing down our milage (about 300-350 per day) until we hit Illinios. Our next stop was at the residence of Stephen Robinsion.

First of all we can’t thank Stephen and his wife enough for opening up their home to us. we were fully expecting to just bed down in our tents in their yard or something. we would have been satisfied with that, but they surpassed out expectations by making us a great meal, providing beds to sleep in and we got the tour of the jeeps he had in his garage. including an FC170 and his project (i think 51′) CJ3a. he’s also got a CJ7 in storage with some sweet plans for that as well. Our pass through their area couldn’t have worked out better for the road weary travelers that we were.

The next moring we were off to the big city. our first major destination since we arrived in Moab only 6 days earlier. Again the Robinsions’ generousity showed as they made some food for the road and provided us with ice to keep it cool. btw those sandwiches were great and i ate them for the next two days. thanks again.

many of these shots are from the 95/96th floor of the Hancock tower in the restaurant that showcases the skyline.

more updates soon.

thanks for staying posted

 

-Paul