Sedona, AZ to Home – Saturday, August 9

Gayle got up early this morning to take a few photos of the mountains as the sun rose.   Neal joined her a little later and we checked on Flash.  He was tucked in next to a bright yellow 2003 Corvette.  After we enjoyed the free breakfast at the Best Western, we hit the road home.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neal called Jack [...]

Grants, NM to Sedona, AZ – Friday, August 8

We started off fairly early this morning after a comfortable night at the Holiday Inn Express in Grants, NM.  Our first stop was a gas station and gift shop at the Continental Divide at 7,245 Ft.  Lots of Indian jewelry and trinkets were available as well as more Rt. 66 items.  We bought gas, took [...]

Still tired, but now in Grants, NM. Thursday August 7

This all happened on Thursday, August 7.    We started off fairly early this morning and stopped to see the Cadillac Ranch, which for those of you who are uninformed, is a farm field west of Amarillo, TX with a row of vintage Cadillacs planted nose first in the ground.  The farmer encourages folks to stop [...]

Ft Smith AR to Amarillo TX August 6

Finally a full day driving at the speeds Flash likes to travel.  It was difficult the first few days to hold him in check till we reached the 500 miles mark.  He is purring along the highway and has met every expectation weve had.  Gas mileage, of course, went down a little from the 29mpg [...]

Jackson TN to Ft Smith AR, August 5

Another day on the road, we rolled out early about 11:30 am after a leisurely breakfast and a bunch of e-mails to answer.  Neal couldn’t help but clean the bird droppings off the car.  First he tipped some transient in the parking lot with the name of Freed Love (No Kidding) anyway Freed said that [...]

Pick Up Day at the Museum, August 4

This is a very abbreviated note because it was late by the time we got to Jackson.  We had a very enjoyable tour and introductory session.  They crammed about a 4 hour tour into 6 hours with no lunch break.  But its done, got see a lot of neat things about how they are built.  [...]

Nashville to Bowling Green, August 3

Neal and Gayle spent Saturday night in Nashville, then went off to see some friends.  We also stopped at the Loveless Cafe for some Blackberry Jam and Country Ham.  Neal was assured that the ham would last the drive home and would not make the new car smell like a smoke house on the way home.  We”ll [...]

Heading to Nashville, August 2

Saturday August 2. 
Gayle and I arrived at the Palm Springs Airport, courtesy of a ride from Jack and Carol. 

 
Neal and Gayle at the airport and ready to go, only about 90 minutes before our flight to Dallas.  From there we will change planes have a bite of barbecue and get to Nashville about midnight.  From [...]

Hello world!

This is the story about the arrival of PW Flash, a 2009 black Corvette.