White's T Trip

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July 10th, 2013

Today our trip started. We left @ 6:20am arrived in Elkins, WV @ 6:00pm. The day started out with a send off by son Dennis, grandson Austin and a friend Hoppy Hoy. Our granddaughter made a sign for the back of our car "PA to California or bust". The car ran super until the unexpected happened, we ran out of gas 121.4 miles into the trip (12.77 mpg), The car always gets 20 mpg. A trucker stopped, he volunteered to drive his rig one mile to gas station and fill our gas can and drive back to us, air gas mixture adjustment was 1/4 turn too rich. Next tank of gas was run with air gas mixture turned 1/4 turn leaner, result was 18.9 mpg, car ran very good. Next encounter was a down pour, until we got the side curtains down we were soaked, drove in the rain about 1 hour, it got very nice after the rain and we dried out. The drive through the mountains was beautiful. We saw windmill farms along the way, the highest being at 3582 ft. The old T had to work hard to climb those W.Va mountains, reaching an elevation of 3594 ft. We reached the motel in Elkins , W.Va at 6 PM, 2 hours later than we had hoped. Took showers, walked across the highway for supper and are ready to call it a day. We are thankful to have made it through Day 1.

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Photos

Austin White
Austin checking sign before we leave, his sister Kelsey made sign for our trip.

Ready to leave
Jacque & Mae ready to leave on an 8,000 mile journey in their 1913 Model T Ford.

Leaving
Jacque & Mae White leaving 7/10/2013 on an 8,000 mile trip in a 1913 Model T Ford Touring car.

Covered Bridge
Entering a covered bridge on Covered Bridge Road, Rock, Pa.

Maryland
Entering Maryland

Out of gas
Ran out of gas in Maryland, 121 miles into trip. Trucker with beard stopped to help, he drove his rig one mile to fill our 3 gal. gas container with gas. Other man was from the Church near by and offered us gas.

WV
Entering West Virginia

View
View of road in West Virginia

Windmill Farm
Windmill Farm at 3582 ft. on a mountain in WV.

Comments

[Vickie]

Are You ThereYet!!!
I think I can, I think I can! Was that what your T was saying as you climbed those mountains of WV? Gorgeous there, huh? Enjoying the blog.

[Mary Jane Bratten]

Good Luck
Just wanted to wish you good luck on your trip. You guys look wonderful.

[Bill Dugger]

Really Gutsy to drive that far.
If you read the trip about the fellow and his wife from Texas, they drove from Ankorage, Alaska to College Station Texas. All I can say is I hope it works out good for you. And If you get to Redding Cal look me up, as I am in the phone book. Drive that "T" with care and TLC.

[David Dare ( Australia )]

We're watching your journey from afar.
great job, we'll be watching your progress from 12,000 miles away.... Good Luck.

[Ed Archer]

San Francisco Bay Area
I'm envious, what a trip! If you're coming to the San Francisco Bay area let us know approximately when and we\'ll send out a greeting party from the Santa Clara Valley Model T Ford Club and or the Bay Area Horseless Carriage Club to tour in with you. Ed Archer

[jxnmy]

Treating party
Ed Archer, We will be going to Jay Leno's Garage in Burbank,CA. Arriving there 7/29/13 hoping we will be accommodated. How did you find out about our trip? It would have been a lot of fun, thanks, we will not be in the San Francisco area. Jacque & Mae

[Ruby Smith]

is this
the way it feels to finally reach your destination? So thankful you are there and had a good trip. So very glad we were included in your journey and have enjoyed following.

[jxnmy]

Yes
Definitely felt like this picture at times. We too are glad we could spend some time with you both.