@Zaphod-s-Heart-of-Gold said in Jeep thoughts along with Arkansas and Oklahoma thoughts.:

@Mazda616 my truck leaks no water

That’s great. This rental did.

@DipodomysDeserti
Up here you have to request it back. If I remember they cut a corner off to symbolize its decommissioned.

@WhoIsTheLeader said in OPPOAfterDark...LOVE'S Truckstop Photo Story:

@tophercrowder Not sure about those 100% woman keychains. Do they have any 0% woman keychains for those that want to make that absolutely clear?

I was kind of thinking there are only 100% women and 50% women, purely genetically speaking. I'll take the latter just to confuse people.

Either way, we need more BORT keychains. I repeat, we need more BORT keychains!

@Ad-absurdum-per-aspera Still much cheaper than renting...

@Roundbadge It's ok, a non running Pinto project is much less dangerous than an intact one.

(I know they were actually safer than some of their contemporaries but drag racing isn't very safe)

@annoying_salman 100%, if I donate to Oppo on your behalf to support your writing that makes me a patron of the arts!!!

@zipfuel

Woot we are negative and flying

Great news!

@aremmes I've spent too much time in Butler and Beaver Co, PA. good times! The view of the Ohio river from the Monaca bridges is my favorite, though.
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@nermal @GibbsEmphasis The Spice must flow!

@CB june 12 is def a goer.

@BeaterGT That's the plan, I at least wanna bring my bike. I'm going with two friends. Might bring another or two.

@Just-Jeepin Looks like a lovely well to spend a couple of thousand miles. I'm looking forward to the summer!

@Just-Jeepin

The Ever Given drives mostly in straight lines. Barges like that one have to navigate rivers.

Just getting to Baton Rouge is a challenge.
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@Just-Jeepin oof, you think that's bad. Tonight my wife was beating herself up about some dumb little issue. I told her it's important to embrace your mistakes, then she hugged me.

It is a wonderful place!

@looseonexit oooooooo...so goood!

@streetsofperth I’m impressed, but it’s probably only good relative to a carpet-less oft-naked TJ.

@just-jeepin Maybe a bright pink Jeep will be harder to miss than a bright yellow one.

@just-jeepin That could be taken so many ways...

@just-jeepin Don't take it so literally 😉

@just-jeepin The Garmin ones I just bought have a cloud storage option, they'll also record/back up to your phone. Mounting will be difficult though, I agree. I will let you know what progress, if any I make with grill mount.

@annoying_salman said in Road trip to Batu day 2: Cars of Museum Angkut:

That teal Econoline is so damn gorgeous, I don't mind driving it for my daily driver.

People found out this wave of cabover vans were great around town but not very nice to live with. They were also not as durable as the later body on frame front engine ones. It's makes sense that they switched but they certainly lost something in it as well.

@aremmes

Glad you're home safe!

Holiday traffic is the worst. My in-laws were driving Sunday. They left at 3:30 in the morning in an attempt to avoid the worst of it. They were still delayed at least an hour, making their 9 hour drive into 10.

@highlander I grew up down south, and I can verify after having lived in a few places with legitimate cold weather, the humidity does make cool weather feel colder than the thermometer shows.

@annoying_salman said in Road trip to Batu day 1 part 2: Retrorika Cafe:

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@annoying_salman I'm not sure I could handle that pressure. Seems awfully scary.

@aremmes Ouch!

@Just-Jeepin

Wow that Pontiac, problematic name and hood ornament, but so pretty

@jminer scenery-wise not sure there’s a bad choice on this coast

@just-jeepin

Beautiful photos. Hard to beat a sunset with some puffy clouds at the right altitude over a beach scene.

@vondon302 I found one parking spot for sunset, at least. Post shortly.

@just-jeepin that 2nd pic is fantastic, then that poor Saab.

@just-jeepin

Fantastic! NW Arkansas was also beautiful this weekend.

@just-jeepin As a kid, I spent my summers at a camp on the south shore of Crystal Lake just outside of Frankfort. My parents put me on a Greyhound bus in Chicago and I got to see much of your route from that viewpoint. It looks like you have a great drive ahead of you.

I don't think Hagerty has their garage open to the public anymore. Otherwise, it would be a fitting end to the drive.
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@streetsofperth Lol yeah, that's understandable. Here we usually use kilometer per litre instead of litre per 100kms. Don't know if there are other countries that use the same measurement though.

@annoying_salman Sounds about right! There are always rebadges everywhere around the world!

@racinbob We rode through that area a couple years ago. Before we decided to have a campground base, we rode from my buddy's place in Shullsburg up to Lacrosse, and then back the next day. We ate lunch at the brewery. We fell in love with the Driftless Region on that ride.

@ranwhenparked said in I was worried for nothing (Jolene).:

@mazda616 If her a/c hasn't been converted, that doesn't surprise me. I had an '84 Town Car that blew as cold as a meat locker with the original Freon

It was actually all rebuilt and converted to R134a sometime in late 2017, but it still blows SUPER cold.

@mr-ontop local recommendation, Thai house. Portland/weekender/touristy recommendation, any of the breweries on the waterfront.

As for lodging, I've only stayed at Columbia cliff villas, and it was very nice. This time of year, camping is the way to go, and you can find actual campgrounds or dispersed spots all over in the forest.

@just-jeepin said in The Jeep Experience, Part 3: Rain Dance:

@nauraushaun I keep earplugs around but never use them.

I did find once at 80mph that the winds were just brutal, but for most of my long road trips I stay away from the interstate highways so I’m maxed out around 55mph.

in australia, we aren't ever allowed to do 80mph 😛

@manwich said in Road trip musings, questions:

It's red.

My thought's exactly.

@just-jeepin damn, now I want to jump in the jalopy and hit ye Olde tea room for a the 75c fried chicken Sunday special...

Airstream B190, with Ujoint Offroad's suspension and 4x4 conversion.

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@just-jeepin Johnny Rose was right.

@just-jeepin This compilation is awesome! Definitely gonna be searching some local ones to do some (very flat) exploring in my Camaro.

@mark-tucker Blue Star is where it's at, but I fully admit to standing in a two hour line for stupid overpriced donuts. YOLO.

having driven to las vegas and back multiple times, salt lake city, los angeles, and driven home from washington, i can confirm that there's a definite line once you get far enough west where it becomes 'interesting'. but if you can deal with it and eat miles, it's worth it IMO.

That said, I think your timeline is ambitious. I'd take more than 2 days to drive to California, and I say this as someone who has done one-shot nonstops from Spokane to St. Paul, Salt Lake City to Minneapolis, Flagstaff to Minneapolis, Nashville to St. Paul, Vegas to Wall Drug, and more.

@taylor-martin appreciate it, lots of folks get a laugh out of it!

@derpwagon thanks again man! Can't wait to get it home and bust out the wrenches!

@fractalfootwork

Out of the way, but 12 & 24 from Bryce up to I-70 is an amazing drive.

I just added the part 4 (last part) on the OP.

@ranwhenparked said in Liberty trip report:

@just-jeepin can't beat Romanesque Revival for a courthouse, so solid and permanent looking. Wish we were still able to build civic buildings like that

Here's a better photo, plus one from nearby Rushville that I've always loved. I just didn't know what to call them.

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And a crappy shot from another nearby town, Greensburg, semi-famous for the tree growing in its courthouse.

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