Customs Route 66, my family, and a 63 wagon

Car is Awesome! Worth taking a picture of.

 

Awesome memories for you and your family! Thanks for taking us along on both trips! Sorry it took me a while to catch up. My bucket list is a trip on Route 66.....some day!

 

Just a quick update on the old girl… still running good and just finished up another road trip. This time much shorter and just 4 days round trip. We visited family in Pittsburgh and hit the 911 memorial for flight 93. We stopped at some cool spots along the way there and on the way home. We had to see the Largest Coffee Pot in Pennsylvania for gods sake!!!

 

On the way to Pittsburgh we found this really nice park by the river to stretch our legs. Just a few pics…

 

Pittsburgh Zoo than off to visit family and sightseeing. Of corse lots of family pics for the memories…

 

Flight 93 was amazing… explaining to my children what happened was tough but I wanted them to understand. Highly suggest stopping there if you’re ever in that area.

 

A lot of just pulling over to check stuff out. Abandon buildings left along the roads are always strangely some of our favorite destinations. I guess it reminds us of Route 66. lol Here’s a few pics from the old Lincoln Highway.

 

I just got the wipers working in my 59 Rambler...I might take a trip in it next month! it looks like fun.

Thanks for the pics, lots of neat stuff out there, isn't there?

 

Yes Sir! I unfortunately grew up and didn’t see much of anything. Let alone travel this wonderful country we live in. I honestly can’t explain how much my family loves these road trips. It’s probably the only time my kids aren’t arguing with each other. Lol

 

Great to see that the tradition is continuing. No clutch problems on this trip, apparently. Did you get to ride the funicular?

 

Traveling the country with your family in an old car…you sir, are my hero.

 

Creating memories that will last a lifetime and I expect will bring your family closer!

 

Righteous wagon and family. You have a great thing going in life. Happy travels.

 

We did the Lincoln highway going both east and west in our old coupe. Great trip. We also did the National road.
What fun. I enjoyed thanks for sharing.
The National road also has traffic slowing S bridges. Cool as hell.

 

Thanks for the update and recent road trip pics. Looks like a great time! Glad you are enjoying your kids now. Mine are all driving now other than my youngest, so the long road trips with all of us in one car are a thing of the past. Now, they want to take their cars too.

 

Your photo’s remind me of growing up in the sixties when my folks were buying Ford wagons, great times for a kid…

 

Thank You! Seeing your family enjoying these trips gives me hope! America's great roads & families are stillest there.

 

Many road trips with my four kids in my since sold big block '93 'Burb. 450,000 miles when I passed it on to the new owner. It wasn't an old car like you're doing, but the memories are still there for them. Pics look great. Kids are growing up and they look great too. Take a few more road trips quick! They are approaching the ages when that will not happen anymore. Awesome.
Andy

 

[QUOTE="chiro, post: 14551337, member: 58588"Pics look great. Kids are growing up and they look great too. Take a few more road trips quick! They are approaching the ages when that will not happen anymore. Awesome.
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Unless you point them in the right direction.
Kids and the grandkids on a road trip with us.

 

Unless you point them in the right direction.
Kids and the grandkids on a road trip with us.

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Agreed.

 

Awesome pics!
Thanks for keeping us updated on your adventures in the wagon, I love wagons and road trips too!

 

Thanks for sharing with us again. Awesome pics. I particularly enjoyed the memorial mural on the old building. Also almost unbelievable you have a teenage daughter who is going along with smiles on her face! Great job raising a family!! Without me going back and reading the entire thread, weren't you the one that broke down in near Santa Rosa, NM, and was fixed up pretty quickly by Bozo's Garage? I'm doing a car show there Sept 16/17.

 

@Driveway builder its great to see the wagon and family out on the road enjoying this wonderful country of ours.

More great times, more cool things checked out and more things you get to share and talk about with your family now and for years to come.

Cliff Ramsdell

 

One of my favorite threads.

You are creating the "Wonder Years" for your kids.

 

Great updates! Building family memories!

 

A complete Lincoln Highway trip would be fun if you can find it, so many alignments. But there were several versions of 66 too.

 

Way to go, your family will remember both trips forever.You are doing something great for your children, what was once common place is now a rare treat.

 

Very cool. Don't know why you would even consider changing to a v8 and auto. Nothing at all wrong with a six and 3 on the tree. It's still only 2 gear shifts to get into top gear. A 3 speed auto would be no real advantage. How cool.

 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing all your adventures. Did you take the Rambler on the “Tail of the Dragon” when you were in the Smokey Mountains? I am sure the local car/bike enthusiasts would have loved to see her winding around 318 curves in 11 miles at “Rambling Man” speeds!!!
Great stuff

 

I know! It sucks because we lost two years during Covid. Not that we were afraid to leave our house… but because everything was closed. Thank God we did the Route 66 trip the year before covid. We may have never got into road-tripping and never had the great memories. I’m hoping since my daughter likes doing them we should have a few more years left before college. We keep talking about going northwest or south to Florida. We’ll see…