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We made it to LA. We had heard about a van gathering in Hollywood, so we went to check that out. We ended up camping near Santa Monica alongside the PCH. We cooked in the van and got to watch the fireworks that night. From here we started heading north. No real plans, just drive up...

That night we stay at a $10 campground south of the canyon. We set up our Arb awning and room, it started raining so we cooked inside the room About 2 am we were awoken by what we thought was something large right outside the van, rummaging through stuff. Thinking it might be a bear or...

Oh yea forgot to add, at the last breakdown spot while in Holbrook we kept seeing cop cars fly through town with their lights on, found out later there was some type of hostage situation at the courthouse. Crazy We made it to Flagstaff that night and stayed at a Walmart. Usually when we camp at...

A little side note on the Triumph. It wasn't running well when we left on the trip but I knew it was something simple and figured we would have plenty of time for me to sort it on the trip. Well the working on the van took up all of that "spare time". We were towed to Holbrook,Az and had...

We had been trucking along for a few hours now. The new radiator was seemed to be doing well and the new tires felt good. It was getting later in the evening and we were getting close to the Petrified Forest, when we started smelling something burning, it smelled electrical, then smoke starts to...

out next stop would be Albuquerque. we drove most of the day and saw some great old signs along the way in New mexico we made it to Albuquerque late that night and decided to stay in a casino parking lot. As we pulled in the van started overheating, our jb weld patch had finally let go, it...

We spent a couple of days in Austin. Hung out with friends,swam in Barton springs and rode bikes We had done many trips over the years from Georgia to Austin, and spent much time in between, but we had never driven further west than that so for us this is when the Trip was really beginning...

Any money that we had saved ended up being spent on getting the van ready,so the trip was gonna have to fund itself. We had arranged a few jobs beforehand. Our first stop was onlyna couple hours away in auburn,al. We spent our first day of the trip lettering this '53? Willy's for the owner of a...

This trip involves my wife ,me, our '70 Chevy g10 van and my '69 triumph. We had been talking about a cross country trip for a few years and finally decided to set a date and do it. First some background on the van. I found it on Craigslist cheap. Drove up to North GA drug it out of the...