September 13, 2006: Adobe met neon along Route 66 through Santa Fe and down into Albuquerque. Once in Albuquerque, the group was met by members of the local British Car Club for a coffee break. Onwards to Grants, NM the convoy traveled through the Wild West, racing trains pulling a 100+ cars. Along the way, a side trip to “Sky City” (Pueblo of Acoma), the oldest continuously inhabited city in the US, afforded wonderful views of rugged landscape and lava fields. The elevation, which was back up to 6400 ft above sea level continued to play havoc with the carburetors.
Reaching Grants, the group was welcomed by Robin Webb of the Grants/Cibola County Chamber of Commerce and Rick Best, the local Park Ranger. The Chamber, courtesy of Star Gonzales, treated the group to a wonderful home-cooked meal at the local “Uranium Café”, which was followed by a gift of a Dairy Queen ice cream. This was all very welcoming and gave the travelers a homely feeling - thank you!
Hello gang of explorers!
I've enjoyed reading about your latest adventure, although not as much as you seem to have enjoyed it for real!
I'm looking forward to getting a write up and pictures for the next association magazine (I’ll leave you all to fight out who gets that unenviable task).
Hope all goes well for the remainder of the trip!
Cheers
Ruairidh
Posted by: Ruairidh Dunford | September 14, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Hi to Ken and Eileen and all you other Austineers temporarily stateside.
You make us both feel very unadventurous and lazy. Congratulations on your progress to date and our very best wishes for the remainder of the journey.
Ken and Eileen, when you get to Los Angeles, and if you have time, you might like to ring our daughter who lives there. Her address and tel nr is:
Vanessa Sadler
1617 Angelus Avenue
Los Angeles
Calif 90026
Tel: 323 666 2201
We are thinking of you.
Good luck
Ron & Jill
Posted by: Ron & Jill Sadler | September 15, 2006 at 01:42 PM
I finally got around to purchasing a copy of the "EZ Guide for Route 66 Travelers"........I'm beginning to see the method for your madness (a la the Stroud Ozark Trail Detour and the Shoe Tree, et cetera, et cetera and so forth !) .....I shoulda bought a copy in advance. :-)
Austins Ho ! (As in the way John Wayne would have said "Wagons Ho !)
Bon voyage,
Robert Paige
P.S. : You can call me "a Route 66 guru" if you wish, but I'm just a rank amateur compared with your adventures thus far. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Robert Paige | September 15, 2006 at 04:45 PM
Hi Congratulations to all. I am amased by the lack of spanner talk. Having done a couple of Eurotours the rest day was like a scene from the le Mans pits! Hope the trip has been as incident free as it appears. Really shows what you can do in well prepared cars, long may it continue.
Kevin
Posted by: Kevin Shortis | September 19, 2006 at 02:21 PM