we want to know the secret route with the great desert roads!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Skip Pugh" <anabil@caltel.com>
To: <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:57 AM
Subject: Adventure Finish ...
> For those of you waiting for any kind of news, we have arrived safely
> home in "Rosey", after 2731 miles in 5 days (546.2/day). And we are
> still married ... AnnaBelle is a crackerjack navigator and we were
> never lost, managed to dodge all the bad weather and were never even
> rained on ... we did have some fog going through Arkansas, but no
> real problem.
> Biggest headache was stopping every 200 miles for gas... seems the
> fuel tank leaks when filled *&^&%&^$^%(&*%^^ ... ah well ...
> Many thanks to the Thorntons of Bowling Green for their gracious
> southern hospitality, had a great time, even attended our first High
> School basketball game in over 50 years ...
> Thanks to Joe Curry for a great lunch in Sahaurito (siq) Chile
> Colorado for me and enchiladas for AnnaBelle.
> More thanks to Jim Bauder for putting us up for the night in Phoenix
> and then giving us his "secret" shortcut to Bakersfield via some
> really great desert roads, really made the trip for us.
> I will post some more statistics when I get it all figured out.
> AnnaBelle kept a diary of the trip and it would make a great book <G>
>
>
> --
> Bill Pugh
> 1957 TR3 TS16765L
> aka
> Casper
> 1971 TR6 CC59179L
> aka
> Rosey
> Wallace, CA
|