In Death Valley, Nevada
“This work was done in about six weeks,
after work and on the weekends, while
getting the twin engine truck ready at the
same time!” laughs Tom.
“It was a lot of work, but it was a lot of
fun too. There is something therapeutic
about restoring and creating things with
your own hands and reaping the benefits.
An added benefit of doing your own
restoration work is if something goes
awry on the road, you know how to fix
it because you have had your hands on
every part”.
There is something
therapeutic about
restoring and creating
things with your own
hands and reaping
the benefits.
After a quick local maiden run, their first
real trip with the trailer was a 3,200 mile
road trip from Oregon circling Harrah’s
at Reno, Vegas, Hoover Dam, the Grand
Canyon, and back home up the California
coast via Hurst Castle and the Giant
Redwood forest scenic routes, hitting as
much of historic Route 66 as they could.
“Our little teardrop has been to the Grand
Canyon Caverns, Hackberry’s General
Store, the Kozy County Trailer Park, the
station at Cool Springs, Oatman, Roy’s
diner, and of course, the Wigwam Hotel in
southern California. We ended the Route
66 portion of our trip via the L.A. Tar Pits
and a photo op at the end of the trail on
Santa Monica Pier. During that trip we
also went to the Hurst Castle and drove
through the Redwoods. The teardrop
performed flawlessly and was a breeze to
tow and park”.
Tom and Sarah say that the responses
they got out on the road were “amazing”.
“We traveled with my mother, Mary
Corrington, in her classic 1949 Chevy
pick-up restoration, and my uncle, Ray
Perry and his wife Carol, in their classic
1952 Chevy business coupe restoration
who were also pulling their own
teardrops. It was like being famous! We
couldn’t make a stop anywhere, even for
gas, without drawing a crowd of people
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