Lake Tahoe

We had a fun time on our trip. We drove up in our '66 mustang. This is the longest trip we have ever taken in that car. We went over 600 miles each way in a car that was already 12 years old when Angelo was born. It took us twelve hours each way and cost us $309.81 in gas. The trip up was relatively uneventful - just long. It was really cold the whole weekend and it rained a lot while we were there. Here is Angelo as a cold person...

The cold weather was kinda nice because it was relaxing. We stayed in a hotel right on the waterfront. Here's a picture of Angelo pointing to our room...

We got massages and I found the best scrapbooking store ever up there! It was great. My and mom and I had a hay day. We take this trip every year at this time and go somewhere in California to meet up with other mustang owners that are on the Vintage Mustang Forum. I call these Angelo's "online" friends. We had fun seeing everybody. It was a good time. There were 11 mustangs there so about 25 people.

My parents went on the trip too since they now have an old mustang that actually runs! My dad has about 6 old cars parked in his front yard but this is the first he can actually drive! My dad did all kinds of work on the engine compartment in preparation for the trip. Here he is electrocuting himself or something...

One morning we went and ate breakfast at IHOP. When we were in there someone opened their car door into the driver's side of the mustang causing a giant chip in the paint! This is a very grievous offense. When my husband discovered it all the air left his lungs and his faced turned very red...Son of a...This was not just a chip in his paint, but a chip in his soul. *tear*sniff*

The trip back was rather eventful. We left Sunday morning and it was raining pretty hard. See...

The road out of Tahoe is very curvy. It rained the whole way down and that's when the swearing began (see earlier post). Coming down the mountain we figured out that the window seals leaked. Not just a little, but a lot. Note: Splashing water on a windshield in your garage a couple of times does not simulate an actual rain storm. Water was leaking in through the front windshield and dripping down to the floor boards. This didn't make my husband very happy. So he pulled the car over at one point to get towels out the trunk when he discovered that there was a bigger problem. There was no gas cap affixed to the vehicle. GASP! He came back into the car dripping wet and told me that he had left the gas cap at the gas station in Lake Tahoe! At this point we were an hour down the mountain! So we continued on the civilization and when we got to semi-civilization we starting looking for a Kragen or Napa parts store. We finally found a place where he was able to purchase the following gas cap for $19.77 thus preventing water from running into the gas tank.

This story has a happy ending. We called my parents who were still up in Tahoe and they went and checked at the gas station and were able to recover the missing cap! We made it home just fine after these few incidents. All in all we had a fun adventure!