On the fifth day of the Great Lakes Tour (Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019), our Model A Fords found their way to Warrens, WI, to the Cranberry Capital of the World! This weekend is the Cranberry Fest, the largest craft show and flea market (1,400 booths) in the U.S. Everything cranberry - plus all kinds of…
On our 4th day of the Model A Great Lakes Tour, we took an early country drive to visit the Carr Valley Cheese factory. Afterwards, we took a leisurely drive through beautiful country. Lots of animals and crops – Two crops we could easily recognize were corn and soybeans, sometimes in the same field. This…
The Model A Touring Club left our hotel in West Allis, Wisconsin this morning to take a ‘Steel Toe Tour” of the Harley-Davidson Factory in Menomonee Falls, WI. Our tour group got split into 4 smaller groups for an up-close view of the assembly lines, powder coating, and machining. Harley-Davidson was serious about the steel…
Day 2 of the Great Lakes Model A Tour started with a morning tour of the Miller Brewing Company Headquarters and Brewery. Here in the “Miller Valley” they define hospitality in a whole new way. Our personal tour guide (with the assistance of Frederick Miller’s ghost) explained over 160 years of brewing history with a…
Model A Touring Club members from all over the US and Canada congregated today (Sept. 24, 2019) in Milwaukee, WI, for the start of the Great Lakes Tour. This first day was relaxed and people who didn’t come in the night before gradually joined us. Check out the cars in the hotel parking lot: By…
Sometimes getting to the start of a tour is almost as much fun as a tour. Here are shots from the Hulstroms and the Krills as they worked their way from California to Wisconsin: And here are shots from Padgett and Burbank, also working their way from California to Wisconsin: But the fun really starts…
The tour Jay just finished was the Lincoln Highway recreation of the 1919 first military convoy across the US. Our car, Maxi, is a 1931 town sedan and she was dressed up in her military garb to fit the theme of that tour. She was the only Model A on that tour. Now they're home.…
DAY 13 –Ogden, UTAH to Tooele, Utah Highlights: Morning Stop at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Airforce Base, UT. Lunch Stop at Lofte’s Bar & Grill in Salt Lake City, UT Dinner at the Ophir Historic Town, Ophir, UT. Hotel: the Best Western Inn, Tooele, UT. DAY 14 –Tooele, UT to Ely, Nevada. Pioneers…
DAY 9 – Council Bluffs, IA to Kearney, Nebraska. Highlights from the day: Father Flannigan’s Boy’s Town, interrupting a small town parade – notice the FLUTES, and both Charlie and Jay getting “tickets": Those cookies at the lower left hand corner have the Lincoln Highway emblem. You'll see more of that emblem later... DAY 10…
Tour Day #5 (9/4/19) – from Van Wert, OH to Valparaiso, IN. Judging from the photographs I received, I’m not sure Jay followed the day’s itinerary. This was his first day with Charlie Enxuto, photo and travel buddy. From the photos, it looks like they spent the entire day at the Auburn Cord and Duesenberg…
Jay's & Pat's Adventures 