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man. Except for the summer of Covid, Austin has led four or five caravans a year along the entire route, starting in Chicago.
Each car is given a walkie talkie, whereby Austin relays information from the front of the pack such as traffic conditions, directions, plus potty, food and
“TWO 75 YEAR OLD MEN IN A 14 YEAR OLD PORSCHE. WHAT COULD GO WRONG?”
scenic upcoming stops. Austin also makes all of the hotel reservations, provides water
and snacks along the way, and gives lunch and dinner restaurant suggestions at each day’s stopping points.
On June 6th of this year, Lynn and I stuffed our luggage into my Cayman S, and off we went to
rear hatches, they were amazed
at the amount of space afforded to store items, plus comfortably seat my frame behind the steering wheel.
Whenever possible, Austin would have us on the original Route 66. Doing so felt as if time had reversed back to the 40’s or 50’s, where gas only cost
I think the club needs
to come up with an
Iron Butt award for
this cross country adventure. ~ Editor
join the group in St. Louis. We decided not to trek to Chicago, as we had been there many times before, and why drive there
ABOVE
Jim and Lynn pack Jim’s Cayman for the 2400 mile drive.
only to back track to St. Louis. When we met up with the group, everyone wanted to know where we put our baggage, let alone my 6’4” body. Opening the front and
Photos by:
JIM RAND
Der Sportwagen
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