Saturday, October 20

We made it!

Arriving at last at the Hampton Inn in Brenham, TX.  We were one day early and they had no room for us.  No problem, we can sleep in the car....

Our last day was a breeze, easy driving with no problems.  We only drove about 120 miles.  Our total trip mileage is 820 by Buick's odometer. 

The water leak resumed, so we will probably work on that tomorrow.  Ken and I spent an hour or two cleaning up the car and meeting friends who were arriving.  We aren't going to win the distance driven award:  A beautiful Packard Convertible Coupe drove from Denver (1100 miles), a Model A sedan from Maryland (1500 miles), and a '39 Ford came from Buffalo (1800 miles).  Maybe this is a trend, I think it's great when more cars drive to these events.

From Post, TX on, all of this route was new to Ken and I.  The roads were well maintained and it is far more scenic than I expected.  TX has wide shoulders and we could not adapt to the TX practice of using those shoulders for passing.   Buick is just a tad too squirrely to risk driving on the shoulder:  it's just too easy to drop one of those huge wheels over the edge and ending up upside down.  But quite a few Texans used the shoulders to pass us.  There were also ample passing lanes so we never backed up traffic much.

So now we will meet some old friends (Bill and Joyce Sullivan have already arrived with their '31 Buick) and make some new ones.  If you've been following this blog, it's time for you to find something else to do.  I will be less regular with these posts once the tour starts.

See you down the road, thanks for joining us...

Just kidding, we got a room at the nearby Comfort Inn and parked Buick next to this lovely Packard.  I think Buick may be in love....