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Truck Thursday: Long Shots: The International Edition
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One of the perks of working in an automotive museum is the ability to see some pretty cool stuff the folks visiting us Hoon around in. Last week there was a pretty good size car show here in the central part of these here United States of America. A customer of ours from the Dallas…
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Long Shots: A One-Time USMC Jeep Replacement?
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So my fellow Hoons, this olelongrooffan almost cannot believe how much my life has changed up, for the better, over the past few months. And I can’t believe it was ten weeks ago that thehorsefarmer, thebarngoddess and this olelongrooffan headed out to check out a, then local, flea market down there in the Sunshine State.…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: The Unexpected End Has Arrived
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If my fellow Hoons are reading this post while at work, be warned it is a kind of longrooffan style, wandering all over the place, growing a white beard inducing kind of offering. A suggestion to wait until you are settled comfortably with a cool beverage of your choice may be in order. Or not.…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: And On To The B's Nest
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So after spending another delight filled evening with thefoamguy and his beautiful wife, this olelongrooffan arose from a slumber on the Monday after the 4th of July realizing moving on to the conclusion of this Unexpected Road Trip Adventure was necessary. (This olelongroofan does apologize to my fellow Hoons but a whole lot of socializing,…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: Wagon Wednesday
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So there this olelongrooffan was continuing on with my Unexpected Road Trip Adventure and I was up there in Greenfield, Missouri getting some go juice, and ice, at the local Casey’s General Store. Now this is not an old school general store as seen down on Old Route 66 but one of a chain of…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: The End Is Nigh
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So after taking leave of the thefoamguy and his wonderful wife’s lake house, the plan was to meet up with them later at their home in the Queen City of the Ozarks prior to heading down to another lake in TaneyCoMo. Now as those two have their longstanding rituals of what it takes to close…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: The Party At BabySisterJoan's Pad
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This was to have published prior to my “On To The Lake” post last week but somehow when saving this one, I lost a bunch of it. So enjoy a moment back in time courtesy of this olelongrooffan. So here is this olelongrooffan on An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure the first week in July, 2015…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: And On To The Lake
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So this olelongrooffan is still on my Unexpected Road Trip Adventure and after leaving all those narrow bridges in my wake, I was hot footing it up to spend some time with some old friends at their weekend home on the shores of Stockton Lake. Lo and behold was this olelongrooffan surprised to see these…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: Off To Paris Springs Junction
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So the day after attending BabySisterJoan’s 3rd of July party, obstensably the reason for this Unexpected Road Trip Adventure this olelongrooffan is embarking upon, a trip to a friend’s lake home was in order. A bonus for this adventure was that to get there, I could either drive directly through the farmlands of southwest Missouri…
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An Unexpected Road Trip Adventure: A Stroll Through Bus_Plunge's Miniature Barn
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So continuing on with this Unexpected Road Trip Adventure, I thought we might take a stroll through my brother, Bus_Plunge’s, miniature barn he has resting comfortably in his backyard. It is crammed full of all sorts of cool stuff with tools and the odd diecast or tin type on the first floor while the upstairs…
