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The Road Less Taken: Of All things Soft and Saple

by Bearfort · 0 comments

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Thank you Saple!

I appreciate your comment on the post earlier. Yes — Ann Arbor welcomed me with open arms. The police were tremendous – I later learned that they were keeping an eye on things for me when I was at the art show. — Unbelievable.

They were very courteous -yet very serious- with the people that broke into the camper — I was impressed.

My hats off to the Ann Arbor police. Ann Arbor being a large college ‘town’ and a magnet for a diverse cross section of very liberal – to extreme liberal – (to include a number of socialist groups and other similarly related wacko organizations) – the police definitely have their hands full.

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The Road Less Taken: For Jane – A Teardrop View

by Bearfort · 5 comments

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1938 Tear Drop CamperI have had a few requests to upload photos of the inside on my 1938 teardrop camper.

I will post a history of the camper soon.

This is of course the outside – It is made of aircraft aluminum that is riveted much like and old airplane wing. In fact the profile is designed to reflect or simulate the cross section/profile of a DC-3 wing.

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The Road Less Taken: Dear Jane

Dear Jane – Well thank you for your comments — It has indeed been an interesting trip. I have been trying to load photos from the road but seems my little digital camera is acting up — I should have that resolved soon.
I have tried taking the back roads as much as [...]

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The Road Less Taken: A View From the Road in a 1938 Chevy Truck

Well things got off to a rough start — had a bit of difficulty taking the hills — luckily I travel with a timing light, spare condenser and points.
Last week I had installed a new distributor but dint quite take care of the timing. So after struggling up the hills in this old 38 [...]

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The Road Less Taken: Off and Running

Well I’m off and running. This summer’s road trip.
Heading out in my 1938 Chevy pick up truck pulling my 1938 Teardrop camper.
Yes the camper was built in ‘38 as a prototype but the concept was shelved during the war as aluminum was not available. In the mid ’40s they became available as kits.

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Historic Bedford PA, Well Worth the Trip

Bedford was settled in about 1750 however it was then known as Raystown. This was the site of an old trading post and then Fort Bedford in 1758.
Bedford was also the Base for the Forbes Bouquet expeditions.In 1794 Washington reviewed the forces here in the Whiskey Rebellion.
Click on the Wikipedia Map for a larger [...]

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The Road Less Taken

I’m planning a road trip in my 1938 Chevy HC pickup truck pulling a small tear drop camper prototype also built in 1938. Ill provide more information on the restoration of the truck as we go along.
So far in planning the trip I’ve decided to head toward Michigan – north of Detroit to Ortonville Michigan [...]

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The Price of Gas: Its Not Just Filling the Tank

I’ll preface this by saying that I am not a commuter. I work from home. My Jeep Grand Cherokee is in the drive way most of the time. But I live up in the mountains where snowfall is great and dependable four wheel drive is absolutely necessary. When I do have to travel a distance [...]

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Gas Prices – Looking Back to WWII

Funny how things come back round again. I wonder if we would ever go back to then the ration stickers were used during World War II.
B stickers, A stickers, and Gas stamps.
Today gas was at $2.99 a gallon. Half a C note to fill the tank – Ouch.

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Don’t Fence Me In

There is nothing quite like horseback riding in the Rocky Mountains. Take the time to get away from the daily grind. Leave your cell phone and computer behind and get away from technology. Kick back and watch the clouds pass. Re-invigorate your soul.

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