A 3400 mile trip in a 47-year-old car?

Tom Suddard wrote: Things just got interesting!

Nice looking groups of cars...

I'm surprised you all aren't more excited about a real carbon/Kevlar Audi Sport Quattro S1!

Side note: yes we drove it really, really hard.

Here are pictures from the past few days:

Tom Suddard wrote:

Is that a smile, or is Katie's squinting at the sun giving her that face?

Could she really be enjoying this?

Tom Suddard wrote:

Ha ha ha ha - best picture all week. Your sister is in a rare boat, looking bored, not listening to a great story, and texting her friends.

I will be in the UP on Sunday morning, hopefully on the water by noon. These pictures are killing me!

Tom Suddard wrote:

Where the berkeley are your helmets?

What would have happened to the kids if one of you wrecked? Even if it was time in the hospital with no serious injuries, that would have made the vacation crappy.

It is just not worth the risk.

(Harsh, I know. However, I have broken helmets on Skis and on Bikes that saved my life. Both times I was travelling less than 15 mph).

Rob R.

The water was crystal clear!

The boat.

And another view:

Re: helmets.

You're right, and I usually do wear a helmet. We based our decision on the walking-speed traffic downtown, then realized that most of the roads were actually pretty fast.

We're in Traverse City now, today we're going to be spending lots of time at the beach with some old friends. And by old I mean really old. Like, Mom and Dad used to stick the labels on your magazines with them old.

Tom Suddard wrote:

I could force myself to spend a little time behind the wheel of that.

Sorry you did not like the fish suggestion.
Thanks for trusting me enough to try it.

Seeing the ferry pictures, I did wonder if ya'll southerners brought enough clothes to cover a daytime, downturn in temps (and even more at night.)
You may now better understand why the end of June is "the first day of summer."
The clarity of the water is fantastic. I meant to mention that, glad you noticed.

Sweet boat and boathouse!
On your drive from Harbor to TC, you likely passed through Charlevoix. There, just overlooking the downtown, is this boat house, asking $6.9 Million

I think it originally sale price was more like $14M.
Its original owner and builder was the head of Four Winns Boats.

Bear Dunes: You are in Wagon Attack country now!
Will we see the Benz sporting the required orange flag of off-road vehicles?

Ultra cool on the Quattro! Was enough time spent with it to make it a magazine feature? Would like to know more.

I saw a show about the restoration of one of the old cars that used to be used for tours of Sleeping Bear Dunes. Pretty interesting piece of automotive history.

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130531/carnews01/130539968

We climbed a giant dune!