After fourteen hours on the road yesterday, through sun, wind, snow, rain, fog, and nightfall, Ann and I returned safely to Pasco.  Between the scenery of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, the FC Roundup, and camping with my kids, and 3200 miles of driving, there was plenty of adventure and fun.  I even went 48 hours without internet connectivity!  Yes, it is still possible to escape the internet (if you have ATT — Ann (Verizon) and my daughter Kasia (Sprint) both had connectivity).

Speaking of my daughter, it was her 16th birthday April 2.  It is safe to say that her birthday evening was NOTHING like the My Super Sweet 16 over-the-top birthday parties on MTV.  The main reason for that is because I’m her dad and I’m horrible at putting together parites.   However, she took her ‘party’ in style as we celebrated at the Howard Johnson in St. George (the winds that night were to gusty to camp).   No doubt it will be memorable for her.

Regular updates return this evening.

Here’s Kasia’s Cake:

Here’s me, Karson (to my left), Colter (to my right), and, in the seat of honor, Kasia:

After discovering Snow Canyon State Park was full yesterday, we decided to hold up in a motel last night.  Because of the crazy winds, camping didn’t sound all that great anyway.  Today, the winds have died down and we’ve found a new area to try:  Cedar Pockets, Az, a small area a little ways from I-15 in the northwest corner of the state.  It’s off of that one exit in the middle of the plunge through the tight rocky canyon as I-15 descends from St. George, Utah, to Littlefield, Az.  So, we’ll see what we think of that spot.  I expect no cell service there, so if there aren’t any updates for a few days, that is why.  However, I will re-run some older feature stories each day for fun.

Here’s an image from the area (not ours):

Am I missing something?  This looks like a great price.  Fuel gauge doesn’t work.  It might even be financeable.

http://classiccarliquidators.com/classic-cars/1958/willys/wagon/5416714665

I’ll do some updates from the road on Tuesday.

The frame isn’t a M-38 frame.  Note this has the extra round springs in the rear.

“M 38 Willys Army Jeep for Parts vehicle Barn Find. as is where is….Leave phone # for response Best Offer”

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/2920785597.html

UPDATE:  Oops .. forgot the ‘http://’ on the front of the WAAAM Link.  Thanks for pointing that out Bill.   It works now.

Travelling tonight. Updates tomorrow (tuesday) including a report on our visit to the WAAAM.

Here’s  pic from the WAAAM.  I’m also tentatively scheduled to be back at the WAAAM during the second weekend of May for a book signing.

Here’s us at Washington State’s “Stonehenge” around noon on Monday.  That’s the Columbia River in the background.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $999

The engine runs.

“1953 willys cj3b. Have no more time for restoring. F-head engine does run. this is obviously a project vehicle. Has a Dana in the front and in the rear.
Rear was recently rebuilt. Asking $999.00 OBO”