David's

Helen and I are relaxing after dinner and having a nightcap, answering emails, and the like. We just found a couple of nice photos posted on the Birmingham News site showing our car. We thought you might want to see them.

Arrived in Tupelo alive and well. We’ve picked up some transmission oil and will top off the trans oil in the morning.

We had dinner at a lovely place downtown which featured the company of a couple of very nice club members. They were so nice to us and have welcomed us with open arms.

The staff of the museum stayed late for us since we were behind schedule. What a great collection of cars! They included:
1911 Sears buggy
1929 Duesenberg
1931Lincoln
A Tucker
And a 1949Triumph 2000 just to name a few.

We can’t impress on you enough how nice people have been to us and how much they have gone out of their way to try to make us welcomed, feel at home, and help solve our problems.

Thank you all so very much you are the shining example of good.

20 miles from Tupelo on the Natchez Trace

4:05pm

Made a fuel stop. The winner was the Smart Car, filling her take tank with 3.2 gallons.

A picture of the Decatur bridge. On the road again.

We’re a bit behind so our lunch plans have changed. We’re in Huntsville, AL having of all things Mexican food.

The 6 has sprung a pretty good leak from the transmission. We’re keeping a close eye on it. We’ll try to figure out how to add oil tonight (you need to have the car in the air).
It shouldn’t keep us from going on.

Take a look at the Birmingham New’s blog. They have a writer traveling with the rally and he is posting just like us.
Http://blog.al.com/engine-block

More later…..

Here is just one of the many views we’re enjoying.

Police escort out of Birmingham

Beautiful views, mountains, country, great roads.

You didn’t really think a bunch of old car nuts were going to be ontime did you?

Here is a quick picture:

The focus of this series of events was doing something for the kids. Through your financial participation, your prayers, and after our event this morning we feel REALLY good about what we’ve done. Now it’s party time!

We just got back from the kickoff dinner. We met a lot of nice folks who gave us a warm welcome. Many members of the local club came to show their support and wish us well.

The route hasn’t changed, you can see a map of both days route 4 or 5 posts below. The northern AL or Georgian British car club (Dave can’t remember which) is providing lunch for us at a park in Florence, AL. Once we travel the Natches Trace we’ll make Tupelo in time for a personal tour of the Auto Museum there. Who would guess there would be a world class auto collection in Mississippi?

All teams meet tomorrow at 7am for the final send off. Our departure time has changed to 8am.

We’ll log on in the morning and post some pictures of the rally start.