Hello from Mountain Grove, MO

Hello from Mountain Grove, MO

Sunday Evening   April 7, 2013   (Third travelogue of this trip).

We are at the Walmart in Mountain Grove, MO (map)

Well, the rally is over and it was an event that is almost beyond description.  We were parked about 100 feet from the restored Greyhound terminal which was the focus of the rally (map).  The first picture is the terminal at night with Tom McNally's seated GM Scenicruiser parked beside it.

Restored Greyhound Terminal in Blytheville

Probably the highlight of the rally was riding very old seated (not converted to RVs, but restored to the condition of the buses of that era) buses to Graceland in Memphis (about 70 miles each way).  I have included photos of the buses we rode. On the way down we rode in Tom's 1956 Scenicruiser.  Pat thinks it is a very cool bus – a split level bus that really set the bus world on it's ear during that era.

Tom McNally '56 GM Scenicruiser

After Graceland we rode a 1968 Flxible bus a few miles to a catered lunch.  From there we rode a 1960 GM 4104 back to Blytheville.  It was as if we were transported back about 50 years.

Stan Holter's 1968 Flxible

Tom Evan's 1960 GM 4104

On Saturday they had a parade of many of the classic buses down main street.  The town really turned out for the event. Someone post a youtube video of the parade (here).

The rally was “advertized” via a youtube video that was a great assembly of original footage, movie clips and still photography.  Even if you are not a bus nut, it is certainly worth viewing (here).

The weather was very cold and rainy on Tuesday and Wednesday, but cleared up nicely for the event.

By the way, the locals pronounce Blytheville as Blyville.  Took us a while to learn to say it their way.

That is all of now.