High six! Our first 6000 miles!

artwork from Edge of Speed.

thanks again steve (aka Dr. Chop.)

243 more this week!

Miles... and Miles...

Muffler man??

Brothers ocean city

274 more miles... give or take

based on my friends at google maps. I did 274 more miles today.

I love this car..

Machungine Cruise night.. July 17, 2010

Quite a crowd this evening.. yet I had the lone woodie wagon at the event.

photos..

Slow down

I need to remember to take my time more often..

my return trip from toms river was somewhat hastened because I was planning to meet up with my friend brian who would ride along to a car show this evening in machungie, pa.

BUT I HAD to stop for a drink at a rest area along the jersey turnpike

as i climbed out of the woodie an older lady seated at a table yelled out..
"what year is that?" i quickly replied "1940" in a manner which I hoped would indicate I wasnt interested in a lengthy conversation..

her reply.." same year I was born."

I missed a golden oppertunity to take her photo..

two models from 1940 in one place.. something that becomes increasingly more rare each day.

Toms river seaport society boat show

had a good time at the toms river seaport society this morning.. somewhat disappointed wiht the number of wooden boats at the show, seemed to be fewer than in years past.. still in love with the venue..

answered alot of questions about the woodie. had a few kids crawl in for photos.. in all a great day..

made one mistake..

just a short drive.

rethinking our trip.. considering something bigger next year.

Out of gas..

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Went to a parade, to watch the people

and apparently I wasn the only guy with that idea..

Woodie on Pine Creek

randomness..

Cedar Run Inn... Cont.

My last post mentioned that I took the long way home past the Cedar Run Inn today..



Cedar Run, PA.. lies just beside Pine Creek, a few miles southwest of Wellsboro, PA.



I have a special connection to Cedar Run, having traveled to Cedar Run with my paternal grandparents and had spent many summer weekends at their "cabin". It wasnt until today that I realized that my first camping trips were to Cedar Run.



Later in life I would return to Cedar Run several times a month to assist my maternal grandfather deliver goods for his business. I can remember bouncing along in the back of his delivery van all the way to Cedar Run. We would stop only briefly at every bar, sporting goods store, and small market to deliver packages.. Cedar Run was the last stop.. as far north as the economics of his small business would allow.

I had hoped that the Inn would be open for lunch, knowing that my wife would enjoy it.


Just behind the Inn, I noticed a early mopar coupe, and it was obvious its owner would be nearby..

I quickly realized that this 34 plymouth was a hot rod.. the owner soon mentioned that he too had a 40 ford..

Just inside the barn, under cover and currently in "project status" sat a 40 ford coupe. How ironic that we could be 100's of miles from home, in a place I remember only as a child, on a day when our travel plans werent dictated by time or a map and happen upon the very type of car that has directed my entire adult life..

while our visit was brief.. I'll plan to return to Cedar Run soon!

Cedar Run Inn

I have a special connection to this place..

So I took the long way home from Wellsboro, PA. today



of course, theres more to the story...



which I'll share later...

Arcadia Theatre

took a patriotic photo in front of the Arcadia Theatre in Wellsboro, PA today..

built in 1921 its likely this isnt the first station wagon to pause out front.

Reflections.....

10 years of 40 fords..

Little Pine

Lunch at Little Pine state park..