Yes, the time has come for me to do it all again!
To meet up with some of the members here again, to see
the country and enjoy life in general. I have to tell you
that I love driving around the USA (and Canada) and I hope
this isn't my last trip.
To begin with, I've bought another Dodge B350. This one
has had the roof raised and is a full campervan, so I can
live in luxury as I travel. Those here who've read the
narrative I've done of my previous trips (
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/members-rides/426498-ride-along-with-me.html
) will understand that for the most part I won't be letting
the grass grow under my feet.
However, there is one difference. During my last trip we
had an 'adoption ceremony' in which I 'adopted' three young
ladies as my daughters. It's a long story how that came
about, but it did and we are very close at times and each of
them has something they're struggling over now. Two of them
are in Arkansas and the other in Oklahoma, so I intend that
my path will cross their general vicinity twice during a
sort of figure-8 drive and I will spend four or five days
each time with them.
But I'm being generous with my time too. This trip will
be the longest America-only trip I've made, beginning on
September 1 and ending on November 18. September 2 I will
pick up my campervan in Central Oregon and the only firm
plan is to head to Vancouver Island, Kamloops, Jasper and
back down to Spokane before heading across to Yellowstone.
This van - pic attached - is a 1990 model and has
upgrades throughout compared to my last one. It has
throttle-body fuel injection in place of a carby on the 360,
an A528 instead of the old 727 and at the rear it has a Dana
60 axle instead of the 9¼. It's a bit rough around the edges
but it should be good for the trip and to bring back to
Australia to sell.
There are people I met during my 2014 trip (ten years
ago, really?) who I'd like to visit again, and some I missed
out on seeing and what to make a point of doing so this
time. I will be going on a very broad trip but not including
the extreme South-East. North Carolina and West Virginia
will probably be my limits there.
I let a few people down last time, I hope I don't this
time... Derrick Brown I missed out on seeing, Jason Rhoades
was another, Eric Sturgis, Rob Orsini. Gary Pavlovich and
Gary H.
Let's see if we can do better this time... looking
forward to responses.
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