My Trip across the USA.

[Declan]

that's a lovely scene --its something my son did last year and he was changed by what he saw --he drove from Milwaukee to LA and then across the desert to Nashville and then to New York .
I have it on my list and my wife will retire next Sept and we hope to rent a suitable vehicle -- please tell us about yours --can you sleep aboard -have you any worries about overnights .
what did it cost had you to return it to where you rented it .

My son purchased the vehicle for $58500. Cash.
I will have time for this thread on Wednesday as I am busy the next few days

 

[valamhic]

My son purchased the vehicle for $58500. Cash.
I will have time for this thread on Wednesday as I am busy the next few days

There must be money in America, there always way. A great country that way.

 

[AUL LAD]

My son purchased the vehicle for $58500. Cash.
I will have time for this thread on Wednesday as I am busy the next few days

DON'T BE IN A HURRY HOME THE NEW MOSQUITOES IN MASSACHUSETTS HAVE A DEATH RATE OF 30% AND AN INCURABLE INFECTION .
IT IS A DISASTER OF SOME SIZE .
PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY WERE RELEASED DELIBERATELY AND ALSO BILL GATES HAS RELEASED SWARMS FROM HELICOPTERS .

 

[Declan]

I am back, 11 days, and I look forward to talking about it and sorting my videes

 

[Declan]

Ok.
A bit of background. My so n wished to buy a conversion van. These come from n all sort of assortments and conditions. Some are factory made and the same and others are just customized to the owners desires. The new Mercedes sprinter types can run close to 300000 dollars but he wanted a thing that can handle real rough terrain. What he wanted really was a monster jeep, raised up and big tires.
sure enough he found one for sale in Oregon about 5 months ago. It was a ford 350 commercial van that was customised. It was raised and made into a 4 wheel drive and all sorts of solar panels and a roof that would be raised hydraulically for a sleep ing area. Fridge, stove, microwave , outside shower etc etc . 8 cylinder 6 litre engine with turbo. Listed at 83k dollars.
I told him firget about it as it would not sell. He says d it would. After a few weeks it disappearred.
A few weeks later it was back at 65k and he was eager, i advised not.
But then I am thinking, what if it sells, he will be pissed. So I said, offer 58500. And they accepted.

normally I would be bullshit for offering too much but it is almost 25 less than what he would have done if i was not advising, so it is what it is.

ideally I would have liked to do this trip in November but it can get frigid in the Rockies.

so that was the reason for the trip. We flew to Portland last Monday two weeks and we rented a Kia Mona or something like that, a very small suv, but it was fine. We headed down about a 100 miles to a place called Corvallas and we got a room there in a decent hotel. There would be no Four Seasons in a place like that but we got a decent hotel. Rooms are 100 to 200 a night so we got the 200 one.

i would rough it of course but not my son. Kids today, are programmed. He said to me, he is on vacation, hotel or restaurant, same thing. He will open his phone and press on “top rated” . Maybe they are right.
None of my kids will go to a restaurant that is not top rated .

so Monday we have landed and he meets the lady and drives the van. It is complicated with a high and low and a two and a four. And all sorts of hydraulics and lights etc

 

[scolairebocht]

Looks like a good deal for a vehicle like that, and could be fun travelling around in it alright.

 

[scolairebocht]

Do they seriously always check out top rated restaurants? Now that could be an expensive habit!

 

[Coal Gas and peat]

Do they seriously always check out top rated restaurants? Now that could be an expensive habit!

Burger king is my favourite top rated restaurant ......failing that the colonel does a decent fried chicken

 

[Declan]

Yes, it is automatic. The will google hotel near me, or restaurant near me, and tap on the best rated filter. In a large city it might be different as the best would be booked out(hopefully)

 

[Professor]

Burger king is my favourite top rated restaurant ......failing that the colonel does a decent fried chicken

What's the attraction?

 

[Declan]

 

[valamhic]

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How do they keep the cattle in the fields when there are no hedges or fences? If that were here my neighbours will ate all my grass.

 

[Declan]

View: https://youtu.be/10A3zUdUAC4?si=lVBh4DQJ8J1ED77Q

 

[Declan]

I have been busy but many are asking for video of my trip so I will oblige. We landed on nMonday aug 12 so we looked at the vehicle and got a hotel etc that day. Next day we drove to the top of Marys Peak. It is the highest of the coastal mountains at 4101 feet above sea level.

 

[Declan]

View: https://youtu.be/AOfKoJOWMy4?si=pagPTZeNRqUbJqfw


My son likes the outdoors and his dream was for us to go across the US together. Bery few get to do that so I am very lucky.

 

[valamhic]

I have been busy but many are asking for video of my trip so I will oblige. We landed on nMonday aug 12 so we looked at the vehicle and got a hotel etc that day. Next day we drove to the top of Marys Peak. It is the highest of the coastal mountains at 4101 feet above sea level.

Needless to say accurate information only comes from an auld Irish farmer with cows. Mary's Peak is in Oregon North West USA.

 

[valamhic]

View: https://youtu.be/10A3zUdUAC4?si=lVBh4DQJ8J1ED77Q

There is no doubt US has a lovely countryside. Pity about the horrible Yankee accent. How did they manage to develop such a twang? Hope to go back again. Already drove 4000 miles there and caught one trout. Declan does not like native Indians but I do and always visit them. The The The Walla Walla valley was stolen from the Nez Pierce natives in Washington state.
Go to the Black Hills and Custer State park and photo the Buffallo and post here.

Loads of returned yanks coming back here loaded with money and buying land.

 

[valamhic]

Of course the yanks put the white lines on the edge of the road and the orange lines in the centre.

Stupid

 

[Declan]

Yes, Marys Peak is in Oregon, it has not moved.

 

[Declan]

I never heard of the Nez Perce tribe til this trip