Today the South Dakota Tour Group heads to Vermillion. As we drive towards the S/E corner of the State we plan to stop at “JoDeans”, the home of the 50 foot buffet. No one went away hungry. Afterwards we all headed to the Gavin’s Point Dam and the Lewis & Clark Visitors center. Afterwards, we … Continue reading Day 8 – Winner to Vermillion
Today we roll our old Fords towards “Winner” so named because it won out in the struggle to establish a town along the railroad right-of-way for the Chicago North Western. This day we’re we’re traveling approximately 260 miles. It was a beautiful drive. The rolling hills seem to go forever, with acres of Sun Flowers, … Continue reading Day 7 – Hot Springs to Winner
We got a glimpse of Custer State Park yesterday. Today (September 9), we got to explore it further. It was a short drive from our hotel in Hill City. Before officially entering the park, we took several twists and turns along the scenic drive to the park. Like yesterday, we saw some inspiring scenery and … Continue reading Day 6 – Custer State Park to Hot Springs
Today we saw another impressive monument and participated in another fun group photograph at the Crazy Horse Memorial. When completed, the memorial will depict the Oglala Lakota warrior, Crazy Horse, riding a horse and pointing into the distance. It is operated by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Work began in 1948. The … Continue reading Day 5 Crazy Horse Memorial and Needles Highway
With 3 days behind us, we got in our Model A's and drove a short distance from Hill City to the iconic Mount Rushmore National Monument. The goal was to start early for a photo shoot with the monument in the background. We'll show the actual photo in a future post, but for now check … Continue reading Day 4 – Mount Rushmore
Our first tour day was perfect. We crossed the state line to Wyoming to visit Devils Tower National Monument. It is a unique and amazing destination that is home to over 20 Native American tribes. The summit of Devil's Tower is 5112 feet above sea level. Many of us walked the mile trail around the … Continue reading Day 2 Devil’s Tower and Spearfish Canyon
The official beginning to the South Dakota/Black Hills tour is just hours away. Tour-goers are arriving by various modes of transportation. This includes airplane, driving their Model A, and modern vehicles towing their Model A's. Those of us who arrived by plane were (will be) pleased to re-unite with our transported Model A's at a … Continue reading South Dakota Tour Starts Tomorrow
Four Model A's were loaded on a big rig vehicle transport carrier this week and are in route to South Dakota for the the MATC tour next week. The well-equipped truck started in Southern California on Tuesday where it loaded Janet Miller's Pickup and the McBride's Town Sedan. On to Fresno to pick up Brad … Continue reading Four Model A’s Traveling to South Dakota by Transport
But first, here are sights from yesterday’s drive from Oakhurst to Jackson, CA. Fremont’s Fort pictured above is a scenic lookout on Hwy. 49. General Fremont, a cohort of Lewis and Clark, was the founder of Mariposa, and had several gold mines in the area. Presumably, the Fort was built to protect his mines! In … Continue reading It’s a Wrap…
Today is a driving day. The group travelled along the California “Golden Chain Highway” (aka Highway 49) from Sonora to Oakhurst. There were quite a few sights to see. First, leaving Sonora, Paul Hohman documented that even the “oldtimers” in Sonora have their phones in use! A main stop for most of the group was … Continue reading On The Road Again
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