Dave72dt Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 That part of SD looked a lot like Nebraska to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted September 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Don are you copying the link from the link bar or using the share options through photobucket? I am copying the link from the link bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveplym Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I am copying the link from the link bar I would copy it from the share part on the right side of the page. Seems to be working okay that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted September 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Day 10 Landed in Sheridan, Wyoming. Total miles to date 3598. Started the day in the Custer state park looking at the animals. Saw quite a few. Next stop was Mt Rushmore then on to Deadwood. Lnk to the photos. Hope this works http://smg.photobucket.com/user/DonCoatney/library/#/user/DonCoatney/library/Billy%20Austin/Day%2010?sort=3&page=1&_suid=1379548726289012410208253756816 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 You guys look like you're having a blast. Glad I got to be a small part of it. Yes link works this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Only 950 +/- miles to Seattle: Sept 19 - 20. Then three days to Carmel, CA: Sept 23. Whoa, I've got to get my truck tuned up, that's next Wednesday +/-. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busycoupe Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Just wondering, what kind of pace are you maintaining? I have a business coupe pretty much identical to Bills and it seems most comfortable to drive at 50 to 55 mph. It will do 70+ but anything over 60 sounds busy to my ear. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptwothree Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Hey Don...did you get to drive yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwrstory Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Just wondering, what kind of pace are you maintaining? I have a business coupe pretty much identical to Bills and it seems most comfortable to drive at 50 to 55 mph. It will do 70+ but anything over 60 sounds busy to my ear. Dave Any of the roads coming down the coast from SF, i.e. Big Sur is more like 40-50mph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 So if you do the math 10 days and 3600 miles = 15 MPH. Nearly 3X that of a Conastoga wagon. Factor i actual driving time ad it more like 40 MPH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Actual driving time is 44 MPH. I am the navagator. no wheel time for me. Billy has pushed the crusing speed to around 65 on good roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Day 11 Total miles to date 4107 Left Sheridan, Wyoming on the back roads and toured Yellowstone Biggest treat today was many buffalo, one elk, one bear, many mule deer, jack rabbits, and a lot of road kill. Climbed to 8,065 feet, lots of snow. Ended the day near Butte, Montana. Link to todays pictures. http://smg.photobucket.com/user/DonCoatney/library/#/user/DonCoatney/library/Billy%20Austin/Day%2011?sort=3&page=1&_suid=137964092929601953850119776358 . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 When we were on our way from Rapid City to Y'stone, we were stopped and delayed for about 40 minutes while they righted and towed a Hay hauler that at jackknifed due to snow at the top of a pass. Can't remember what road we were on. You got you some really tall tires in the shadow shot. We did not go west of Y'stone that trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Bullock Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 OK Don, I'm paying attention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Wow, that buffalo is as big as the car. And that's just mean - snow shots when a lot of us are dreading the impending onslought of winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Dan, our son and his family live in Maine. Out there MANY spend summers fixing up their snowmobiles, ice shacks, skiis etc., and can hardly wait for winter, the worse the better. Very interesting how folk in different climates view climate. Me, I'm the fair weather type. AND those Jelleystone pictures were awesome, never been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanbuskirk Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Very interesting trip. We did a 3300 mile trip in the P-15 in August. To the Rockies including the now flood ravaged areas. Climbed several mountains, including Mt Evans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg g Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hey when were you guys out there? We spent a week in the Vail area with my bother/wife Aug 4th through10th. We did the "scenic" route to Hagerman Pass, (13700 ft) near Leadville, did Rocky Mtn Park, almost hit by lightening at the Alpine visitors center, went up to Steam Boat Springs, Georgetown, and had to have a bite and a beer at Tommyknockers brew pub in Idaho Springs. Saw Bear, Moose, and Rocky Mtn Bighorns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanbuskirk Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 We were in Colorado from August 10-14. Have to disassemble differential to find bad vibration. Rebuilt drive shaft did not help. Wheels shake violently when spun on jack stands. Is there a bearing part number somewhere on this website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Very interesting trip. We did a 3300 mile trip in the P-15 in August. To the Rockies including the now flood ravaged areas. Climbed several mountains, including Mt Evans. acolo067rkymtaug10.jpg Someday, maybe, I'll drive my old Plymouth up Mt. Evans just to see if it can do it. Been up there a couple of times in "modern" cars. Modern in quotes because the first time was when I was a child and that car, if it still exists, would be 50 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 We were in Colorado from August 10-14. Have to disassemble differential to find bad vibration. Rebuilt drive shaft did not help. Wheels shake violently when spun on jack stands. Is there a bearing part number somewhere on this website? http://www.ply33.com/Parts/group3#3-F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy49 Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Early winter this year. S'posed to be a chilly 77 for the high here Sunday, low of 54... This time of year, that is arctic temps compared to normal. And it has been raining all morning. Not good, have some motorcycle forum friends in from out of town, tent camping... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted September 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Day 12 Not much to report today except a lot of driving. Left Butte Montana at 6:15 AM and arrived in Seattle at 8:00 PM. Highest miles driven in one day to date. Ending mileage 4759. This is the furthest from home that we will go. Great weather all day until we hit Seattle when it started to rain. Link to todays photos. http://smg.photobucket.com/user/DonCoatney/library/#/user/DonCoatney/library/Billy%20Austin/day%2012?sort=3&page=1&_suid=137973875135309172427918539194 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TodFitch Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Averaging 400 miles per day. . . You guys aren't taking much time to slow down and smell the roses are you? Sounds like you'll be in the SF Bay Area around Tuesday at that rate. . . OTOH, if you are willing to slow down a bit, US-101 down the Oregon coast is every bit as pretty as California 1 down Big Sur. I-5, other than a few nice views of Mt. Shasta, is quite boring compared to the drive down the coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy49 Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hmmm, that yellow building looks an awful lot like the St Regis Montana area, did you guys pull in and see the trout collection? Or see all the marijuana plants in the ditches through that area? Literally a generic weed around there, it has gone native. How did the car like coming down the hill from the Wild Horse pull off, across the Columbia River at Vantage, and then up Ryegrass? Those two hills are notorious for destroying tractor trailers. Be glad you aren't back in west TN yet, been raining almost 24 hours now, Shelby County smells like dead fish. Had friends roll out yesterday, said it poured until Little Rock, but was at least drizzling all the way past Fort Smith turn off from I-40... If your schedule allows, lose I-5 at Kelso-Longview WA, cross the Columbia into Oregon and follow 101. Seaside is a nice little town, Astoria is very interesting (don't stop, the car will insta-rust), you'll go right past Fort Clatsop (Lewis and Clark's winter lodgings). If you have to make up time, wait until you've gone through Tillamook before hooking east to I-5, you want to avoid the "Pornland" (Portland) metroplex at all costs if the car won't clear 80 mph comfortably with room to spare. FYI, it is illegal to pump your own fuel in Oregon, don't even try unless the attendant is scared that he will damage the car. And a LOT of stations have strange pricing, they are priced per liter, as the state tried for the last several decades to become part of Europe (failed miserably, other than the blatantly rampant communism)... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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