Road trips...

Many of you may not know this about me. When I was growing up, I would go on a road trip with my grandparents each summer. My grandfather had some antique cars he owned and would work on all the time. Now by antiques, I am referring to horseless carriage cars made in the late 1800's up through cars such as Ford's and Buick's made in the late 1920's. At one time, my grandfather had about 30 antique cars.

My grandparents loved to travel, so they thought it would be a great idea to join the Horseless Carriage Club of America. This combined my grandfather's love of antique cars, my grandmother's love for making and sewing clothes, and their love of travel all into one. Each summer trip provided us a different place to travel to, including Idaho, Minnesota, and Iowa to name a few. My grandfather would load his favorite car, his 1910 Stanley Steamer into the trailer, hook it up to the truck, and we were off on a cross country road trip! My grandmother would make and sew the vintage closes for us, and we would dress up at least one evening during the trip. It was certainly fun to dress up in the clothes of the early 1900's. However, I also learned to appreciate what we have now.

Now that both of my grandparents are gone, I think back often to those fun road trips and cherish them even more.

Here are some pictures of those fun road trips:

My grandparents in an antique motorcycle built for two! Looks like they are having a blast!

Here's my grandparents and I just before leaving for one of our summer road trips. I think I was in 5th grade here.

Happy Travels!
Jackie