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July 25, 2005
We Made It!
My 1971 Stag in Triumph, Illinois. More on that later.
We left home just outside of Detroit on Sunday for Chris Holbrook's house in Canadian Lakes, Michigan. I drove my 1971 Stag and Lesley drove our air-conditioned Durango with Blake II. That trip was 200 mile, and uneventful... the best kind. Chris, Pat Barber and myself worked to install saftey belts in the back seat of my Stag so that Blake II could make it to ice cream run with mom and me. We tested the baby seat in the Stag, everything was tight, mom was satisfied he'd be fine.
We left this morning at about 10:30, three Stags, a Spitfire, and the Durango. The only problem besides temps in the 90s was a throttle cable glitch in Pat's Stag. Ten minutes later, we were back on the road. 400 miles later, we were in Rockford.
Along the way, Lesley and I made a stop in Triumph, Illinois. A spooky place for sure. We saw no adults, one boy about 13, wearing a long sleeved shirt and long pants riding a bicycle. (Remember, the temps were in the mid-90s!) We did see about six cats roaming through the town. But the strangest thing about the town of Triumph was that from behind a fence we couldn't see through, someone was singing Christmas carols! Lesley mentioned she thought we stepped into a Stephen King novel, said to take the picture above quickly, and let's get out of here. We did.
We ran into Glenn Merrell of the Stag Club USA in the hotel, he says to expect in excess of 35 Stags! About six or seven are already here. Temps are supposed to cool off somewhat to the mid 80s beginning tomorrow and fair weather is forecast. I'm looking forward to meeting a lot of folks here, please introduce yourself!
Posted by bdischer at July 25, 2005 10:36 PM