Roadtrip Blog from Timbo's 84 Scirocco
Visited a pistachio tree farm. Then we went back to Holloman AFB to take pictures of the planes on the parade grounds.
Rave Racer took me on a tour of Holloman Air Force Base. There were stealth planes on sticks, German Tornado planes, the German Airforce, Remote-controlled F-4 Phantoms, and THE T-38s used as the enemy “MiGs” in the Top Gun movie.
White Sands is very close to Alamogordo – where I’m staying tonight.
These are the pictures from the Valley of Fires – near Carizozo, New Mexico
I was in Encino, NM – a very abandoned town on US-285.
At an abandoned service station: a Mk1 Scirocco!! This is the first unsolicited Scirocco sighting of this trip!! FINALLY!!! And it’s a good one too!
I can see the Cell tower I am posting from. These things aren’t very powerful out here. There is not much civilization around here either! It’s pretty neat being the only car in sight for miles and miles.
New Mexico has the most unique state capitol! It’s also one of the hardest to take pictures of because of all the trees!
I actually have more pictures than this – but the connection speed is very slow in this part of New Mexico – so I’ll just upload the border picture for now… 92 miles to go to get to Santa Fe.
Departing Woodland Park right now – heading down US-24 to I-25 South.
Here’s a picture of me in front of Pikes Peak at my parents’ house.
My mom made Chili and Blueberry Pie. Good stuff!
Then the wildlife came out for a picture!
Replaced the ignition switch, and added foglights to iRox’s Cabriolet. Her cat decided my car was a very nice place to lay.
iRox donated a lot of money to me! Thank you so much!!
iRox and I went down to Colorado Springs to visit the salvage yard to find some parts for her Cabriolet. Found some interesting cars there, but not the parts we needed.
We started back up to Woodland Park, and the serpentine belt on her 2004 Jetta 1.8T broke. It took out the tensioner pulley as well. We eventually determined that the tensioner was installed incorrectly, with a black bracket on the wrong side of the tensioner bolts – causing the wheel to drag on the timing cover. One belt, and one tensioner later, we were back on the road.
For dinner, my parents made some South Park Buffalo burgers. Aparantly, the buffalo we were eating had been named “Jake”.
Also took a picture of Pikes Peak at sunset. Remember – I grew up with this every day – to me – it’s nothing! 😀
TONS and TONS of pictures of my ascent to the summit of Pikes Peak! Check em out!
Current Altitude: 7,740.71 Feet
Starting up the mountian!
Current Altitude: ~6200 Feet
I visited Garden of the Gods. If you look in the archive, you might find a similar picture about a month ago in the $75 Scirocco.
Pikes Peak is where I’m headed next. It’s 24.1 Miles away, but it’s also at 14,110 Feet!
Current Altitude: 5303 Feet
This museum is in the Lowry area of denver – a former air force base. Their collection includes some great planes, from the B-52B outside to the B-1A inside. There was even an X-Wing from Star Wars in there. It was an original prop from the filming of the movies.
Current Altitude: 5278.19 Feet
We went to the first Quiznos today – it’s only one block away from the Capitol building! In fact, I drove right by it yesterday and didn’t know it.
Current Altitude: 5261.14 Feet
My sister wanted to meet us at the first Chipotle Mexican Grill resturant on Evans near Denver University. We went, we ate, she signed the hood.
Then the manager pulled us aside and asked about the car – he was very cool. He gave us two AWESOME shirts!!!
Current Altitude: 5280 feet
There was some olympic protest going on at the Capitol. I got a great picture, and from the same spot, a picture of Denver’s skyline. Really gives Iowa a run for its money!
