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B60 BIG FINISH AND CREDITS
Thank you for your interest in our twice-in-a-lifetime tour of Europe in our antique MG. We hope you enjoy our memory blog half as much as we did in creating it. Since this blog was first published in 2011, we have had a life-changing experience that we want to share with you. In January 2013, … Continue reading
B05 THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED
We are in a last minute flurry of tying up last minute details before our good friends, the Crofoots, pick us up for our breakaway trip to LAX. We will be taking all the drugs to prevent travel tiredness but, for me, it’s too late. I already have jet lag. Unfortunately, Louise has “buyers remorse.” … Continue reading
B04 ADRIFT ON THE SEA OF BUREAUCRACY
We are finally committed. The MG was taken to Direct Express last week and is now securely loaded in a container headed for Le Havre. It is bunked in with an over-restored 1949 Chevrolet pickup truck…exactly like the one I learned to drive in 1950. Almost at the last minute we took it in for … Continue reading
B03 PALM SPRINGS SHAKEDOWN CRUISE
It’s that time of year when travel ideas turn toward cruising and the DeTournay family is no exception. One little difference is that ours was a test cruise and it was to Palm Springs in the desert instead of on the ocean…a round trip distance of 400 kilometers. We have kept many of you informed … Continue reading
B02 GET READY, GET SET…
In the back of my mind, for the longest time, was the idea of returning to Europe to re-do our honeymoon in the same car. It could help explain why we still have our faithful MG after 52 years… kept the last 35 under an MG Mitten in our carport. “Let’s just fix her up, … Continue reading