Johns Blog

This trip has been a blast, now it’s time to finish the solo run back across the USA for home. I’m not sure yet how successful we were at raising money for our charities, I’ll scope that out in the next couple of days. However the $$ donations comes out, we sure spread the word…

Like most of our days on this quest, May 18 had a mixture of unexpected disappointment and fantastic-ness. Our appearance at the Santa Monica/ LA Children’s Hospital Walk & Play event didn’t happen, for logistical reasons. When that appearance fell through, we changed gears and decided to head home a couple of hours earlier than…

On this last day of our trip, we chanced to meet Dr. Roger Clemens, a research physician with many interests and teaching credentials, whose career cannot be summed up succinctly here. Suffice it to say, he was very interested in our quest to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis and Colorectal Cancer charities, and spoke with…

This one started out with a small disappointment: Barstow’s Route 66 Museum was to be our big thing, but it was CLOSED on Thursdays…surprise to us. SO, nothing else to do but drive.We left for Arcadia, California, where we reserved our hotel for the night. Mike mapped out an exciting route, taking us through some…

This started out as a normal day: wake up, get dressed, ride the folding bike, go for food  at the breakfast bar, but first check to be sure the Cobra made it safely through the night. SURPRISE: Someone left me a small HotWheels model Cobra on the dashboard, with a mysterious note… What a mystery!…

Today wasn’t much on mega-excitement;  good thing, as we were still recovering from the intense mountain road-running yesterday getting to Flagstaff. Oh, uh, kids: when you build your car, DO NOT drive it late at night on dark twisty mountain roads unless you have FIRST aligned the headlights! Just a thought, FWIW.  We spent the…

Everyone sleeps better when they’re home, right? Well, we ALL slept better at MIKE’S home last night, and woke extra early to wash the cars before the Phoenix sun became high and scorching. We got the job done while there was still some shade, and lined the fleet up for portraits. We also hit Mike’s…

This day was packed with adventure. We left our WigWam Motel early for the drive to Scottsdale/Phoenix, hoping to catch a 10:00 a.m. concert at MIM (more on that later). It was about 42 degrees at Holbrook when I woke up in the tipi, and not much better when we started driving. Wore ALL my…

Another day for the books: it started off as a possible failure, but turned fantastic. Our hoped-for “meet and greet” with other car folks at  the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Care hospital fell through, no one showed up. BUT: Angelica Solares, Senior Project Manager of the facility, and her husband Danny, DID attend,…