See America First - Road Trip: 2 months / 19 states

[LittleRed]

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[STEVE_K]

Still working my way through this thread. Lots of good stuff!

Gotta ask, where did you get the dash mat? I remember those being all the rage back in the 80's and 90's, yet I never had one.

 

[Keith2025]

What a great trip! We spent nearly 15 years in Sedona, AZ and visited a number of the sites you posted. Great pictures....brings back wonderful memories. We finally got out to Painted Desert and Petrified Forest last year. Amazing area.

 

[NM Mike]

We loved the bat flight and touring the cave when we visited. We also got treated to a haboob (massive dust storm) while visiting. I think I'm still getting dust out of the Focus from that thing.

Was just New Mexico welcoming you

 

[NM Mike]

I live about 15 to 20 miles from the old whiting brothers gas station in your pictures of NM. I remember when that station was open. That was before I-40 was built and had to take hwy 66. Great pictures. What an awesome adventure.

 

[OxygenMask]

That's actually pretty good. Have you broken $100 for a fill up, yet? I hit $108 for 17 gallons in CA, but topped off the tank in Lee Vining for over $7/gallon. CA is insane.

Did you drive hwy 120 from Benton to Lee Vining? Curvy twisty road with the whoop de doos "dips". Most fun I've had in years! Sport mode and ignore the wife ...

 

[OxygenMask]

We loved the bat flight and touring the cave when we visited. We also got treated to a haboob (massive dust storm) while visiting. I think I'm still getting dust out of the Focus from that thing.

We got stuck in a sand storm at Hanksville UT. Was mostly over by the time I took the picture..

 

[OxygenMask]

That's actually pretty good. Have you broken $100 for a fill up, yet? I hit $108 for 17 gallons in CA, but topped off the tank in Lee Vining for over $7/gallon. CA is insane.

Regular was $7.10 in Lee Vining today. Seriously?! Luckily I topped up in Tonopah....

 

[OxygenMask]

Still working my way through this thread. Lots of good stuff!

Gotta ask, where did you get the dash mat? I remember those being all the rage back in the 80's and 90's, yet I never had one.

I used to toss sweatshirts or whatever on the dash when I those conditions where the dash was reflecting badly on the windshield. Finally bought a real dashmat. I don't give a bubblegum if that makes me look like an old fart - it works! Have had them in every vehicle since. The cheap polyester carpet type aren't great, they can still be too shiny. The better ones look like suede or cloth. This one was cheap, and I got lucky. The material looks and feels like suede leather, no reflection at all, the embroidery is very nice. There are various models so choose what you like. I chose black edging and red logo. It's not tailored, it's just flat but it still looks and works great.

I trimmed it a little at the A pillar and it lays down nicely.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/406261735394

This was out of the pkg, it layed down better after I trimmed it and it got some sun..

 

[OxygenMask]

I live about 15 to 20 miles from the old whiting brothers gas station in your pictures of NM. I remember when that station was open. That was before I-40 was built and had to take hwy 66. Great pictures. What an awesome adventure.

Too cool!
I think we've passed close to many 6g forum members on this trip!

Some of this trip for me has been to revisit childhood memories. I had been to Yellowstone and Grand Canyon and Carlsbad and Sonora, etc, as a child. Before the interstates. Those memories never left me. It's been just incredible. We're 3 days from home now. Bittersweet.

 

[pablo94sc]

Did you drive hwy 120 from Benton to Lee Vining? Curvy twisty road with the whoop de doos "dips". Most fun I've had in years! Sport mode and ignore the wife ...

I think so? I'm really bad with names, but great with landmarks. Was it in s valley, and it was a roller coaster of stomach drops for like 2 miles? Then a nice drive through Inyo before passing Mono Lake? If that's it, then oh yeah. I was tempted to turn around and do it again.

 

[pablo94sc]

Regular was $7.10 in Lee Vining today. Seriously?! Luckily I topped up in Tonopah....

But Mono Lake and the tufas are worth the price of admission! Did you go up to Tioga Pass?

 

[Keith2025]

I live about 15 to 20 miles from the old whiting brothers gas station in your pictures of NM. I remember when that station was open. That was before I-40 was built and had to take hwy 66. Great pictures. What an awesome adventure.

I've been on I-40 several times and it's a very convenient highway, but I always feel a bit melancholy for the businesses on Rte 66 that suffered when I-40 opened.

 

[OxygenMask]

I think so? I'm really bad with names, but great with landmarks. Was it in s valley, and it was a roller coaster of stomach drops for like 2 miles? Then a nice drive through Inyo before passing Mono Lake? If that's it, then oh yeah. I was tempted to turn around and do it again.

That's the one!

 

[OxygenMask]

But Mono Lake and the tufas are worth the price of admission! Did you go up to Tioga Pass?

No we didn't. Our goal was to get to Bridgeport, so we could spend a few hours the next morning at Bodie.
Bodie was amazing...

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