Next leg of the journey.

Here is the rough itinerary for the 4th leg of my journey.

 

 

Stage 4

Day 1-3

Fly into MN

Class Reunion Sat 7th

Day 4 ( Sun 8th)

Claremont to Ashland NE. 352 miles 5.25 hours

            SAC base tour

Day 5 (9^th Mon)

Ashland to Topeka 167 miles 3 hours

            Truck-Henge

Topeka to Hutchinson 176 miles 2.5 hours

            Cosmosphere and underground salt mine

Hutchinson to Dodge City 123 miles 2 hours

Day 6 (10^th Tues)

D.C to Eisenhower Tunnel (via Highway 34 and Estes Park) 585 miles, 10 hours

Day 7 (11^th  Wed)

Tunnel to Pikes Peak 137 mile 3.25 hours

Day 8 (12^th Thurs)

PP to Arches National Park 414 miles 8 hours

Day 9 (13^th  Fri)

Arches to Moab 5 miles .25 hours

Moab to Canyonlands Park 33 miles .75 hours

Canyonlands to Bryce Canyon NP 286 miles 4.75 hours

Day 10 (14^th Sat)

Bryce to Zion NP. 84 miles 1.75 hours

Zion to Las Vegas 165 miles 2.75 hours

Day 11 (15^th Sun)

Las Vegas to Death Valley 88 miles 1.5 hours

DV to Primm NV 134 miles 2.25 hours

            Ride Desperado roller coaster!

Primm to Nipton 21 miles .5 hours

Nipton to Fort Mohave, AZ 73 miles 1.25 hours.

Day 12 (16^th Mon)

Fort M to Hoover Dam 112 miles 2 hours

            Take the dam tour!

Hoover to Las Vegas 35 miles .75 hours.

Day 13 (17^th Tues)

Vegas!

            Nuclear Museum

            Nuclear test site tour (if available)

Day 14 (18^th Wed)

Back to work.

 

Video of me crushing a car with a Challenger tank

Driving tanks, shooting machine guns, and crushing a car!

Today I went to drive a tank (www.driveatank.com) and got to fire a sten gun, M4, and 1919 belt fed (all full auto) then we went out and drove an APC, and a couple tanks.  I got to take the Challenger tank over a Cadillac!  Great time and I highly recommend going. 

 Mom and I in/on the Challenger after crushing a car.

 5 ton truck we rode to the tank driving area.

 Challenger

 1919 30cal (.308) machine gun

 Firing the M4.  I broke the trigger spring. (oops!)

 Sten gun. Real WW2 capture gun.

 Firing the 1919

 Dad and Mom riding on the Abbott SPG while I drove.

 The owner/instructor for my driving.  Great guy!

 The Trojan APC we drove.  Drove it with the hatch closed, looking through the little windows.  Made it a bit more of a challenge.  Also these aren't made for a 6'2" person!

 The first car to die

 Second car.  Old LTD.

 Here is the Cadillac I crushed.  Sorry the pictures posted in backward order.  They gave me the hood emblem and the key to take home as souvenirs.  Even offered to let me keep the Caddy!

 Dad and Mom by the Tank and Caddy