The Ladies (Steph, Gina) and I are doing something a bit
over 3,100 miles in six days…. From San
Francisco to South Florida… a true Cannon Ball Run…
The Cannon Ball reference comes from a series of races, or
runs… Sometimes the Cannon Ball Rally… Sometimes the Gumball rally… in any
case, a fast cross country run… commonly a race… There are movies based on the run… Legends…
In the case of the
Canon Ball, Redondo Beach or Santa Monica to Long Island… West, the Pacific, to
East, the Atlantic…
We can blame the concept on Brock Yates… On Car & Driver magazine, on a couple of
movies… more likely David E Davis…. Journalist,
car enthusiast… these were the automotive
journalists of my youth…
Our trip is not a race… there are no competitors excepting the
clock… We are traveling West to East…
San Francisco, aka San Mateo, to South Florida, aka the Atlantic… Since not
racing, we get to take time out to sleep, to explore Cajun country and eat in
New Orleans… Walk the river walk in San
Antonio, look for lights in Marfa, and visit family in Tucson…
Still it will be a hard run…. And, We are making a longer run than the
classic cannon ball…
I think we can dedicate the run is to the spirit of David E Davis… Automotive Journalist… Editor of Car &
Driver… Founder of Automotive Magazine… I
think he would approve of our run… not a race…
not a time and distance test… not a just about cars… but instead about a
fast journey… we will stop for food, road food, not corporate fast food, about local
road food… We will go slowly near New Orleans…
Still, it will be a 3,100 mile run in 6 days… fast, a
celebration of the road, occasionally the interstate, sometimes the Highway, in
any case the road. We will be civilized…
staying in Hotels, motels, sleeping in comfort… eating well, while not wearing
suits, we will dress nicely for the road… I will sport a beard… As David E Davis did... It is a point of pride...
We will likely too often drive too fast… beyond posted speed
limits… We have miles to go before we sleep, and speeding makes the journey go
faster…
It will be a good, hard, fast run...
Randy
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