This picture is from my 2013 Lincoln Highway Centennial Caravan trip. This trip was truly epic and one that was unique in multiple ways. It is one of only two trips on which I drove a classic car, or at least a car old enough to be called a classic. The car was a 1963 Plymouth Valiant selected to be half the age of the road it traveled. The other trip happened a year earlier when I drove the same car to the Lincoln Highway Conference in Canton, OH. Of course, that in-state drive to a city around 200 miles away is not in the same class as the full-length Lincoln Highway outing of 2013. The 2013 trip also stands out as the first trip that resulted in a published travelogue. I have now published nine, but “By Mopar to the Golden Gate” was the first, and it’s all about this trip.

The 35-day, 7,300-mile trip began with a drive east to reach the eastern LH terminus in Times Square, NYC. The centennial of the founding of the original Lincoln Highway Association would be celebrated in Kearney, NE, near the road’s midpoint. Caravans from the two ends would meet there for a parade and celebration. My friend John traveled with me from New York to South Bend, IN, but returned home from there. I drove on to Kearney with the caravan, then continued to San Francisco, where I connected with my son, as part of a much smaller group. From there, I drove home through Yosemite National Park and along much of Historic Route 66. Picking a few highlights to list in this Trip Peek would be pretty much impossible. As I said, it was an epic trip. Anyone interested should page through the online journal or read the book. And drive the Lincoln Highway if you possibly can.

Trip Peeks are short articles published when my world is too busy or too boring for a current events piece to be completed in time for the Sunday posting. In addition to a photo thumbnail from a completed road trip, each Peek includes a brief description of that photo plus links to the full-sized photo and the associated trip journal.