[GH85Carrera]

When Parade was in Portland back in 2006 we cheated and flew up. I rented a car that was a fun Hyundai. It had unlimited mileage package for the week. We took the group tours, and back then PCA made every car, even rentals go through their tech inspection. Now they figure a modern rental is going to be a safe car. A rental can't compete in any of the competitive events, but going on the drive is fine. In that rental we saw some amazing waterfalls and even drove down to see Crater lake. It was a fun week and no long drive. It still was not quite "right" in my mind and that is when I decided to start the quest to drive all the states. We have had a blast on the drives up and back and have seen a lot of amazing places in this country we would never have seen.

My wife rode with me to the Sacremento, CA: Keystone, CO; Savannah, GA; Salt Lake City, UT; Travers City, MI; French Lick, IL; and Jay Peak VT parades. For the San Diego parade and the Monterey, CA parade she flew out but I drove the 911. She let me go solo to some of the parades. Only the Portland one did I fly out.

Last year was 5,500 miles in two weeks of sight seeing. This is a big beautiful country, I still want to see a lot more of it. Seeing it with my wife has been wonderful.

I have photos of my car just 35 miles from the most eastern point in the USA, and at San Diego downtown just a few hundred feet from the border wall.