Day 10, Fortuna, CA to Home, 297 miles; All are anxious to be home. Our little band of 5 cars departed Fortuna shortly before 7:00AM and headed south. We went hard, did not even stop for lunch and were home at 1:10PM. Credit to the A's, no mechanical glitches today, just get me to the barn. Amazing how the traffic changed from being the only cars on a two lane road to heavy traffic on four lane road from Santa Rosa on. Where are all those people going on a Sunday morning? Our group split at San Rafael, 4 cars taking 580/880 on the other side of the bay. For us, Golden Gate was a welcome sight.
Ninteenth Ave was a bear, where are all these people going, shouldn't they be in church or something? Once we got to 280, traffic eased and we barreled on south. Home at 1:10. Rest of the folks had a little farther to travel than us and encountered a traffic accident which was a major delay. Anyway, all home now.
The end of a good trip, time to change the oil and get all the dirt off the faithful A.
EPILOGUE: We drove 2054 miles and used 95.6 gallons of gas, which works out to 21.5 mpg, $377 worth of gasoline. Lowest cost gas was $3.19 in Eugene, highest cost gas was $5.99 in Fortuna.
The Model A's did well, most breakdowns were minor and quickly fixed and occurred in the first couple days. We mostly traveled at 50 to 55 mph, occasionally 60 mph.
You know these Model A's are unique, what other antique cars are being driven at the speeds we do for the distances we cover? Not Chevies, not Buicks, not Packards, not Dodges. We have a good thing going, keep on truckin' and see you on the next tour. bob m
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It was fun traveling with you. Thanks for the update. Welcome home.
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