The LOUTS, LOTUS and the Great River
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Post by: Ross Robbins » Tue Sep 29, 2015 4:46 pm
Actually Kurt, I have not missed the Spam Museum at all, and I don't think I ever will 
Now the biggest ball of twine may require another Minnesota visit, but we did get to the Rock and Soul museum in Memphis and the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale plus the Gibson Guitar factory so the trip wasn't a total loss was it??
Here are the last of the pictures unless someone demands a specific one or can add some. And, no, I do NOT have a photo of the Skunk!
Now the biggest ball of twine may require another Minnesota visit, but we did get to the Rock and Soul museum in Memphis and the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale plus the Gibson Guitar factory so the trip wasn't a total loss was it??Here are the last of the pictures unless someone demands a specific one or can add some. And, no, I do NOT have a photo of the Skunk!
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- Drove my Lotus to the levee but the levee was dry, bye, bye miss American pie.
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- The plantation Oak Alley was the best of those we saw and a lesson in class separation and slavery.
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- The Mississippi at the crescent just above the Huey Long Bridge. This is as far south as we got on the River, though we were farther south in the bayous.
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- We had our mandatory beneigt at Cafe du Monde where sprinkled with powdered sugar really means inundated.
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- We went out into the Bayous with a real Cajun boatman who taught us a lot about these guys. Very elemental creatures!
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- The Natchez is the last steam operated stern wheeler on the river. We had a great cruise with her and got to see the engine room and boilers at work.
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Post by: Ross Robbins » Fri Oct 02, 2015 2:27 pm
Thanks to all, especially Nomad, for the kind comments and for riding along on our adventure. I am working on a full write up but that will take a while. In the meantime I have made a major decision about my cars. 
This Seven and I (along with the LOUTS and my wife Ann on several occasions) have accomplished exactly seven trips over 1,000 miles, some well over that. This symmetry is too compelling to ignore. Since I purchased the car in September of 2000 I have done all I can with her. I have been privileged to be her steward for 15 years and enjoyed every one of them. Now, things like air conditioning and music to accompany the journey (or, at a minimum, wind and weather protection) seem more important. So it is someone else?s turn to make memories as I have. That someone is my son Josh who has promised to keep up the spirit of adventure for the foreseeable future as he takes over the stewardship of the Seven.
The Elan is a bit more congenial in that it has a bit more room, and at least nominal wind and weather protection, thus she can escort me through a few more years before I can no longer fold myself into her. So, I promise I am not done with the journeys yet but I will see them a bit differently than before. Wave when you see a lone Lotus wandering the Blue Highways?it will probably be me.
This Seven and I (along with the LOUTS and my wife Ann on several occasions) have accomplished exactly seven trips over 1,000 miles, some well over that. This symmetry is too compelling to ignore. Since I purchased the car in September of 2000 I have done all I can with her. I have been privileged to be her steward for 15 years and enjoyed every one of them. Now, things like air conditioning and music to accompany the journey (or, at a minimum, wind and weather protection) seem more important. So it is someone else?s turn to make memories as I have. That someone is my son Josh who has promised to keep up the spirit of adventure for the foreseeable future as he takes over the stewardship of the Seven.
The Elan is a bit more congenial in that it has a bit more room, and at least nominal wind and weather protection, thus she can escort me through a few more years before I can no longer fold myself into her. So, I promise I am not done with the journeys yet but I will see them a bit differently than before. Wave when you see a lone Lotus wandering the Blue Highways?it will probably be me.
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Post by: Sea Ranch » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:03 pm
Ross,
I hope this doesn't mean you're regretting selling the Plus 2
Looking forward to those "creature comforts" when I start travelling again
Glad you got through the trip with a smile . . .
Regards,
Randy
I hope this doesn't mean you're regretting selling the Plus 2
Looking forward to those "creature comforts" when I start travelling again
Glad you got through the trip with a smile . . .
Regards,
Randy
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Post by: Ross Robbins » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:27 pm
Actually Randy, I do regret it and have for some time, Of all the cars I remember fondly that have passed through my life that is at the top of the list of those I wish I still had 
I only wish it had been a different color, but it looks as though you are fixing that
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