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.

Hello from Moscow Mills, MO

Hello from Moscow Mills, MO

Sunday evening   March 31, 2013   (First travelogue of this trip).

We are at a friends house that is a few miles from Moscow Mills, MO (map).  When we are at a person's house, we do not show the exact location.  We are about 30-40 miles west of St. Louis and about 10 miles north of I70.

We left Denver on Tuesday afternoon and made our first stop in Goodland, KS at the Walmart.  The next day we drove to Junction City, KS and again stayed at the Walmart.  We had hoped to get a bit further, but the timing was such that we would be going through Topeka and possible Kansas City in rush hour.  Also, we need to stock up on some things at Walmart.  We had stayed at the store in Junction City before and knew it was a large parking lot that was easy to get in an out of.

On Thursday, we drove about 350 miles to get to our present location.  Unfortunately, we are leaving in a few minutes and I will have to post this blog from our next stop.

OK, this blog is being posted from Blytheville, AK, as I was not able to post it before we left the St Louis area. 

There are a lot of things that I will try to cover in the next few blogs, but I am too tired tonight to write any more.

That is all for now.