Here's one of the missing Ramblings pages, sorry; I haven't really had the time or opportunity to collate and edit them all correctly.
jb


23rd September.

The White Fence farm was only open from 5 pm to 9 pm . . . waste of time going there. But logging in to it on the gps guided us out of Chicago.
What a prick of a place to drive in; even when you're going contra to the rush hour.
We made it to the Polka Dot Drive In, but were unable to contact pro70z28, so had to leave a message on his answerphone.
I was overly ambitious in what I thought we could achieve, some things just had to be missed out . . . this is one HUGE country!
But we did stop at the 'Cosy Dog' Springfield, another 'must do'.
What a load of crap!
The sausage was about 3/4" thick . . . and the batter about the same ... making the whole thing over 2" thick around a sausage not as thick as my thumb.
Rip off.
Met with Joe Wiemer at Ted Drewe's Frozen Custard . . . and he's wearing a Beach Hop tee shirt!
Bloody good bloke; quite a character.
He's just so jovial and full of bonhomie.
(You kept me smiling for quite a few miles afterwards with your wisecracks!)
We made it to Staunton and Henry's Rabbit Ranch, home of Snortin' Norton trucks . . . got the tee shirt to prove it too.
When we pulled into the place we noted a car sales the other side of the hiway, too late to check out that arvo.

Next morning around 8:00 am we did that . . . 600 classic cars for sale.
Country Classic Cars L.L.C. - Antique and Collectable Cars and Trucks - Home

Then we headed for Kansas and Roger and Susan Spears . . . bloody fine people, most hospitable.

Saturday Roger and I headed to Ottawa, and the Ol' Marais (pronounced 'Mare') River run.
Nearly 2000 cars. . . bloody gorgeous.
The sheer variety: everything from a BMW Isetta to bloody monstrous gassers.
Even a Triumph Spitfire!
Had a bit of a hassle leaving the venue; both of us were getting frustrated with the lack of progress.
But when we did get out . . . 20 minutes on the open road with Roger's '33 at full noise we both had grins from ear to ear!
Bloody gorgeous!
Back to Roger and Susan's and we'll be back to the show to-morrow
(I can't get over the size of the meals. . . huge by our standards!)

After the show we managed to make contact with Ken Thurm (a CHR member,) at a gas station just out of town. A very likable bloke, and a bit of a character too.
Good to meet you mate!
All good.