Joe and Betty Swann 2015 EMF Adventure

April 15, 2015

Everyone has their own vision of the "Ultimate" vacation.  For my husband, Joe, and I, it is traveling in our 1912 E-M-F 30 Touring Car, experiencing life at a slow pace and seeing the majesty that is our country on back roads - our version of a "time machine".  In 2012, we traveled from San Diego, CA to our home in Wrightsville, PA on a 40 day trip across the central part of the U.S. through deserts, mountains and the plains.  It was a wonderful and exciting adventure - each day new sights and meeting new friends along the way, but it was a trip that just didn't last long enough!  You would think that such a trip would be uncomfortable and just get to be boring but we found that not knowing what the next day would bring was amazing and truly, the seats were comfortable and the breeze through the open car was refreshing, even in the heat of the desert in July and August.

Over the last three years, we have talked about another trip and the thoughts gradually became actions and then snowballed about 6 months ago into full-fledged planning of routes, writing of letters to members of the Horseless Carriage Club (HCCA) for pre-1916 cars, and also members of the Evergreen B & B Club along our proposed route, resulting in a 4 month, over 10,000 trip.

TENTATIVE ITINERARY AND SCHEDULE

Leave home in Wrightsville ,PA                                     May 30, 2015

New York                                                                          June 2

Ontario, Canada                                                               June 3

Michigan                                                                            June 5

Wisconsin                                                                           June 10

Minnesota                                                                          June 15

North Dakota                                                                     June 20

Montana                                                                             June 26

Idaho                                                                                   July 1

Washington state                                                               July 3

Victoria Island, Canada                                                    July 6

Oregon                                                                                July 9

Northern California                                                           July 15

San Francisco, CA                                                             July 23

San Luis Obispo , CA                                                        July 27

San Diego, CA                                                                    August 3

Arizona                                                                                August 7

New Mexico                                                                        August 14

Texas                                                                                    August 19

Oklahoma City, OK                                                           August 27 - Sept 4

Shreveport, LA                                                                   September 8

Mississippi                                                                           September 11

Alabama                                                                              September 14

Georgia                                                                                September 17

South Carolina                                                                    September 21

North Carolina                                                                   September 23

Virginia                                                                               September 26

Maryland                                                                             September 30

Pennyslvania                                                                       October 1

Home (Wrightsville, PA)                                                    October 2

HERSHEY ANTIQUE CAR SHOW AND                      October 7 

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