Welcome to Day 1 of our trip to the 66th AAA Revival Glidden Tour in LaCrosse, WI.
The Glidden Tour is an annual gathering of cars built prior to 1942. It is a week long driving tour that covers four or five hundred miles. Day tours radiate and return to a hub, this year from LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The AAA Revival tours started in 1948. They were a revival of the original AAA Glidden Tours of 1905-1913. These early tours were cross country endurance events, designed by industrialist Charles Glidden to promote the automobile. Today's tours are just for fun, aimed at exercising ourselves and our old cars.
For us, our tour begins with getting to La Crosse. This is a major endeavour for our 1940 La Salle. She will be driven all the way, barring any technical problems. It's about 1400 miles each way.
I am travelling with my friend Wendy Walker. He is a total car nut, specializing in fast collector cars. Like his "71 Dodge Challenger or his '69 Pantera. Nance is staying home this time, taking car of her gardens, animals and houses.
Day 1 started like most antique car trips: a total frenzy of packing, repairing, checking, rechecking and forgetting. Somehow I managed to get the La Salle going and on the road by 10 AM. After picking up Wendy, our day went smoothly. We had a little rain outside of Santa Fe. Looks like the wipers need some work, one wipe per hour was just not adequate. There was a minor problem with the voltage regulator. We have a spare if this persists.
Otherwise, the car ran beautifully and we covered about 400 miles to Guymon, OK. We were tired but delighted with our first day. We found a nice new Super 8. It has high speed internet, is cheap and comfortable.
The Glidden Tour is an annual gathering of cars built prior to 1942. It is a week long driving tour that covers four or five hundred miles. Day tours radiate and return to a hub, this year from LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The AAA Revival tours started in 1948. They were a revival of the original AAA Glidden Tours of 1905-1913. These early tours were cross country endurance events, designed by industrialist Charles Glidden to promote the automobile. Today's tours are just for fun, aimed at exercising ourselves and our old cars.
For us, our tour begins with getting to La Crosse. This is a major endeavour for our 1940 La Salle. She will be driven all the way, barring any technical problems. It's about 1400 miles each way.
I am travelling with my friend Wendy Walker. He is a total car nut, specializing in fast collector cars. Like his "71 Dodge Challenger or his '69 Pantera. Nance is staying home this time, taking car of her gardens, animals and houses.
Day 1 started like most antique car trips: a total frenzy of packing, repairing, checking, rechecking and forgetting. Somehow I managed to get the La Salle going and on the road by 10 AM. After picking up Wendy, our day went smoothly. We had a little rain outside of Santa Fe. Looks like the wipers need some work, one wipe per hour was just not adequate. There was a minor problem with the voltage regulator. We have a spare if this persists.
Otherwise, the car ran beautifully and we covered about 400 miles to Guymon, OK. We were tired but delighted with our first day. We found a nice new Super 8. It has high speed internet, is cheap and comfortable.
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