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    With my Rusty Iron Junkie Friend, OK Ray as my Mechanagician, leaving out for the Concours d'Lemons Detroit tomorrow morning early. (Taking the Indy Racer Project)
    Going the LONG WAY, "Over the Top" thru the U.P. of Michigan, taking in planned and unplanned stops, just have to be in Detroit 7/23 for some pre-show Shenanigans !!
    After a brief stop in Tomahawk to see my Dad.....

    ​​​​​onto Hurley to meet up with some Mud Truck friends for Lunch.
    Then onto Iron Mountain with a Photo-Op stop at Spread Eagle, Wisconsin to meet one of my Pipeline Friends.
    Saturday, the Pumping and Iron Mine
    Museums.

    PM me if you want to meet up on our Adventures.
    should make Escanaba Saturday evening.

    Will post our plans as we get along.

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    safe travels and enjoy yourselves -
    Phil / Omaha

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    • #3
      Originally posted by 70chevyC-10 View Post
      safe travels and enjoy yourselves -

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      • #4
        Yup, have fun.
        Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
        HRPT LongHaulers, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.


        Inside every old person is a young person wondering, "what the hell happened?"

        The man at the top of the mountain didn't fall there. -Vince Lombardi

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        • #5
          Patrick & Tammy
          - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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          • #6
            Trip Report on
            Day one:
            Had our 1st equipment failure 57 miles in.
            Lost power to the GPS Unit, while replacing the Amp Gauge and Master Disconnect Switch, must have loosened up the Cigar Lighter connection. OK Ray was able to snake his hand in there and got 12 volt juice going again during a planned "Biological Break" at Wausau.
            Stop at my Dad's was short, dropped off one of OK Ray's wife's pies, then grabbed a bag of ice and 2 Breakfast Sliders at McDonald's, and Off to Hurley.

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            • #7
              Day One cont.
              at Hurley lunch with Theron and he brought his Beautiful C10 pickup. (Will post pix off my camera later, working off my phone now)
              Theron also Mud Drags, here's pix of his rig

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                Day One cont.
                After a fuel stop at Watersmeet, Michigan,
                had to have OK Ray share a Beer or Two in....
                SPREAD EAGLE, Wisconsin at Saloon No.2
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                Sorry for last photo's political content,
                but the people were very friendly to us Vagabonds in a Rat Rod Roadster, anyway !
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                • #9
                  ​ Last stop for Friday the 16th at my Pipeline Friend Ron's shop, in Iron Mountain. (Again more pix on the NEW digital camera, will add later when I can get how to down load to a motel lobby courtesy computer)
                  Shared many Beers, Stories, especially for OK Ray's benefit, and took Ron's Wife for a spin in the Indy Racer........
                  ​​​​​​RIGHT PASSED some City COPS collecting evidence at a boat launch.......
                  Glad they were too busy for a Traffic Stop !!! LOL

                  Saturday, DAY 2
                  took in the Cornish Pump Museum and the Vulcan Mine Tour.



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                  Via a Photo Opp at the Largest Ski Fly in the USA
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                  • #10
                    Day 2 cont.

                    Made it to Escanaba,
                    Stopped at the SOON to be World Famous Mo's to wash down the Road Dust, and put out OK Ray's heartburn from our lunch stop of Pasties. Told him that Hot Sauce on top wasn't a GOOD Idea.....
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                    Found our motel, and could hear the sounds of a Race Track that was only 4-5 blocks away......

                    dumped the suitcases, and Off to the track!
                    Saturday Night Dirt Track Excitement !!

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                    These two were For #23

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                        Today's stops were Munising, Michigan, only to find out that all the morning "Glass Bottom Ship Wreck Boat Tours" were sold out, after a Breakfast Buffet at "Dogpatch's" took off to White Fish Point.

                        And seen these signs along the way...

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                        Took the Ship Wreck Museum at the White Fish Point Life Saving Station.

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                          Day 5, Grayling, Michigan
                          Laundry and Vechicle maintenance day.....
                          Originally, a rain day was to be Laundry Day, but the Weather has been EXCELLENT!
                          Vehicle wise, everything is holding together, have a ever so slight weep/drip at the radiator cap. Even with a NON Pressure System, it's not a 100% seal on that 78 year old cap.....
                          It's managed to drip, leak, burn, 1 quart of oil in just short of 800 miles.
                          So, for a DIY roadster with "100's of Shitty Welds, Holding Together Repurposed Parts, From Questionable Sources......
                          Is Running at 100%!!

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                            Day 3-4's report must be out cyberspace...
                            After the Ship Wreck Museum, went thru Paradise, Michigan

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                            and arrived in St. Ignace, Michigan to find out that the Mackinac Bridge is CLOSED FOR A BOMB THREAT!
                            So Glad I made Motel Reservations and they were on THIS SIDE OF THE BRIDGE !!

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                              Monday Day 4,
                              went out to Mackinac Island. Very Nice, Histrionic Forts, Buildings, but it's a Tourist Trap. Every other store front is a Fudge Shop...
                              We did stop at the Oldest Tavern on the Island, Where a Sailor could Wet His Whistle, and get his Whistle Blown.....

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