We took the MGB on our honeymoon to Yosemite. Due to space considerations we
had to choose between the top and the tonneau... considering it was the last
week in September we took the top. So when a typically sudden Sierra
thunderstorm hit while we were hiking in the big trees, the open car got
pretty wet inside before we could get back to it.
We stayed at the quaint and laid-back Wawona Hotel outside the valley, but
we booked one night in the valley so we could have dinner at the Ahwanee.
Not being able to afford a room at the Ahwanee, we stayed in a tent cabin at
Camp Curry. This would have been fine if we had thought to bring sleeping
bags! The single wool blanket on the cots, plus the ancient car blanket,
wasn't really adequate for 4000 feet. It dropped below freezing during the
night, but we managed <g>.
on 2/7/04 5:59 PM, Randy Trautman at trautman@nwlink.com wrote:
> Yes, the memories do linger. We also took our honeymoon in the MG. It
> was March and it snowed between the church and the reception, but we
> made it! When it came time to leave, I found my best man, after having
> consumed much champagne, sitting on the curb trying to put a handful of
> pebbles into the hub caps. He never succeeded, even after a great deal
> of effort due to the fact the car has wire wheels! We enjoyed a
> wonderful week cruising the Oregon coast without a single malfunction.
>
> That was 25 years ago. We still have the car. Other MGs have come and
> gone, but she's kept us both. You can see a picture at:
>
> http://www.thisoldmg.us/1969%20gt/story/index.html
>
> Randy and Molly
> Portland, OR
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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