While we don't have an ocean here in the Midwest, we do have the Mighty Mississippi!! Jeremy decided we need to take a cruise down the Great River Road to get a late lunch in Hardin, Il. So we gathered all "available" FLOSTL (Fiat/Lancia of St. Louis) members together and headed out. Of course, Jeremy and I were the only available FLOSTL members, so it was a small contingent. 
Anywho... It was an absolutely beautiful day for a drive. 83F and partly sunny. We headed out about 1:30PM with Jeremy in his really yellow 128 sedan and me in black 86. I forgot to take any pre-launch pics because we were talking to some folks that had stopped to look over Jeremy's 128. Did I mention it is REALLY YELLOW? It gets a lot of attention. I feel like the ugly sister whenever our cars are together.
While we had these witnesses, we made sure that this was an "official" Fiat drive by performing a road side part replacement. Jeremy has been doing battle with a flaky voltage regulator and since his 128 and my 78 X use the same external VR, I pulled the VR off my 78 for him to use till he can get replacement. Jeremy swapped the VR quickly while I explained to the onlookers that the procedure was purely ceremonial. In return, Jeremy brought me a 32 DATRA to put on my ailing 78. Hopefully I can get the 78 rolling again soon.
I finally did pull out my cheap little digi-cam and grab some photos on the way to Hardin and back. The scenery was really pretty and the river was high, but fortunately not too high. We ate at a little riverside restaurant and lunch was very good. I had a tasty cheeseburger with no fries, cause I was eating light due to my diet. Jeremy said he was going to eat light too, so he just had fried mushrooms and then washed that appetizer down with a huge piece of "Rock Slide" pie. You had to see it to believe it. Apparently, Jeremy really likes pie.
We sat out on a shady porch overlooking the water. It was really picturesque... someone really should have taken a picture. Sigh. I always forget the pictures till its too late. Even a picture of the pie would have been nice.
Here are a few pictures I did take while we were driving along at high speed. And yes, for all those worriers... I did set my beer down whenever I snapped a pic. Safety first!!
This is me. Look how focused I am on the road.:
Scenery from the Great River Road:
The Alton Illinois bridge over the Mighty Mississippi:
It was a glorious drive and we made it with no major car trouble.
Anywho... It was an absolutely beautiful day for a drive. 83F and partly sunny. We headed out about 1:30PM with Jeremy in his really yellow 128 sedan and me in black 86. I forgot to take any pre-launch pics because we were talking to some folks that had stopped to look over Jeremy's 128. Did I mention it is REALLY YELLOW? It gets a lot of attention. I feel like the ugly sister whenever our cars are together.
While we had these witnesses, we made sure that this was an "official" Fiat drive by performing a road side part replacement. Jeremy has been doing battle with a flaky voltage regulator and since his 128 and my 78 X use the same external VR, I pulled the VR off my 78 for him to use till he can get replacement. Jeremy swapped the VR quickly while I explained to the onlookers that the procedure was purely ceremonial.
In return, Jeremy brought me a 32 DATRA to put on my ailing 78. Hopefully I can get the 78 rolling again soon.I finally did pull out my cheap little digi-cam and grab some photos on the way to Hardin and back. The scenery was really pretty and the river was high, but fortunately not too high. We ate at a little riverside restaurant and lunch was very good. I had a tasty cheeseburger with no fries, cause I was eating light due to my diet. Jeremy said he was going to eat light too, so he just had fried mushrooms and then washed that appetizer down with a huge piece of "Rock Slide" pie. You had to see it to believe it. Apparently, Jeremy really likes pie.
We sat out on a shady porch overlooking the water. It was really picturesque... someone really should have taken a picture. Sigh. I always forget the pictures till its too late. Even a picture of the pie would have been nice.
Here are a few pictures I did take while we were driving along at high speed. And yes, for all those worriers... I did set my beer down whenever I snapped a pic. Safety first!!
This is me. Look how focused I am on the road.:
Scenery from the Great River Road:
The Alton Illinois bridge over the Mighty Mississippi:
It was a glorious drive and we made it with no major car trouble.
