The pickup is a 1981 F-100 and I love it. A.M. only radio is a little strange, like tuning into the twilight zone, but it is a fine ride with me dog riding shotgun. Got the topper on yesterday and now it is ready for winter. No 4WD, so I have the back end loaded with sand bags and a section of railroad iron... snow time in a month or less.
1700 miles in a couple of days is too much road for an old bear. Feeling beat up, I am. Steve hid out in his camper for a couple days resting up and headed out for Vancouver yesterday morning for another 2,000 mile jaunt. I'm glad to stay put. He figures 3 1/2 - 4 days to get there. Drive safely, my friend.
Steve got to see his son in Vermont and I saw my son & daughter & grand kids in the Baltimore area, visited with Tinsmith (Dan & wife Jackie) and also removed items from my 1951 Spartan trailer while doing some repair/ maintenance work on it. Also saw my brother briefly in Iowa while picking up me spiffy new to me truck. So it was a good trip.
Here's hoping that next year at bicycle camp the road trips are limited to what a couple of old farts can manage on their tri-cars... like a ride up to the lake for a swim or down the road to a neighbor's for a fish fry. My kind of road trips.
I'll upload some photos from Tinsmith's shop showing some photos of him making up a copper tool box for my Indian Hiawatha tri-car. Turned out great! Thank you, sir! If I can manage to figure out how to upload the photos from a chromebook they will be on my Indian Hiawatha thread.
Road trips are good, especially getting home again.
SB