Writing from Breckenridge again. Woke up bright and early for the trek to the top of Hoosier Pass and the Breakfast Run. It was cold! Got the car started at about 6:45am (5:45 pacific). Showed signs of rain last night. Fired up the defroster and the water on the windshield froze. Of course we were driving into the sun so we had to stop and let it thaw. Got off on the run at 7:15. Only took 20 minutes to reach the pass at 11,541 feet. Breckenridge is 9,600 feet. The cars were lined up and we jumped into the coffee and donuts. Still cold enough to see our breath. They had a professional photographer taking pictures as people left but we had no time to clean the car so we passed.

The rest of the morning we spent on the Breckenridge walking tour. The event organizers handed out questions and you had to walk through the town and write down the answers. We spent about 2 hours answering the questions and then stopped for lunch. The town was built during the late 1800's as a mining town. Most of the old buildings are still there. Instead of mining, it's now a tourist location. Lots of things to do year round.

The afternoon was spent cleaning the car in the car wash area and then going through the autocross tech inspection for tomorrows event. Tonight we are attending the Breckenridge or Bust bar-b-que and dance up on the mountain. Tomorrow we have the group photograph then the autocross.

Photos attached are some of the cars. There's a rare TR-10, a TR4 race car, and a shot of the autocross tech inspection.

Bob and Lynn

From Colorado

Day five at the nationals. We started out the morning with an early drive up the mountain for the panoramic photo. Very small space with a lot of cars. There's a picture of the staging area after we were parked. Nothing much to do all day except the autocross. We found that we were running in the afternoon group so we watched the stock classes and Bob even volunteered to work the course. Not like I haven't done it before. A lot of cars were running and one highlight was an early thirties Southern Cross. Photo of the green car. There are only two of these known in the United States and both are here! We'll get some better photos tomorrow at the car show. Several 1800 Roadsters from the late forties. These cars are the roadster version of our Renown. In the afternoon we got to run the modified class. Several race cars were running in the 39 second range. I got in line about the time the local police arrived and started writing tickets for the area I was parked in. My first run was 41. something and then my second run was 40.9. A very good run. Maybe I'll get an award?

Now that the day's activities are over, we're kicking back waiting for the group to come by for dinner.

Tomorrow is the Concourse next to the river in Breckenridge. We'll get some shots tomorrow of the amazing restored cars that have come.

Last day of the National meet. Woke this morning to wonderful blue skies. Dusted off the car and moved it into place at the car show. This was held next to the river in the middle of town. Lots of cars were packed into a small parking lot. they were supposed to park them a door width plus one hand apart but we were about a foot and a half apart. Many pictures attached. There was a 1929 Super Seven roadster there as the oldest car. We took part in the participants choice voting which was very difficult due to the large amount of nice looking cars. Very hard to decide. The national also has a concourse judging against a 100 point scale. Some very nice cars. We watched people in the parking lot last night working for hours to get their cars clean inside and out. We spent about 20 minutes this morning. The weather was beautiful until about 11am when the clouds started forming. As the afternoon wore on the clouds got blacker. At 2pm the first rain drops started falling and we buttoned up the car. We left the car show as the big drops started and made it into the underground garage as it really started coming down. We went up to the room and watched the other cars come up the hill. Some still had their tops down in the pouring rain. It's now overcast but the rain has stopped.

Tonight is the awards banquet. Every event is judged and we think we may have done well in the walking tour and autocross. We'll have to wait and see. Tomorrow we head back to Green River Utah by way of interstate 70. We want to take a detour to Arches National Park since it's only about 30 miles out of the way.

Bob and Lynn

From Breckenridge, Colorado

Sorry for the missed day..... Sunday we got off to an early start from Breckenridge for our first day on the return trip home. Started off great. The weather was good and the views were fantastic. Interstate 70 runs through Glen Canyon which is a great drive in itself. Steep canyon walls with a river running through. We stopped part way through for a break and to enjoy the views. Later on the temperature started to rise as we passed across the Utah border. Before reaching our nights stop in Green River we diverted south to Arches National Park. Temperature was in the 90's so we spent about an hour before leaving. In Green River we all grouped together and decided to get an early start as the weather channel was showing Las Vegas at 108 degrees. Lynn and I were heading there on Monday. The rest of the group were stopping in Mesquite which was frying at 113 degrees. Monday morning we left Green River at 4am. Just before the Nevada border the TR3B in front of us lost a rear tire. We all pulled over to help out and found the right rear fender had folded up under as the tire disintegrated. This was the car which won first place in the people's choice car show this weekend. Looks like some work is in store in the near future. Lynn and I said our good-byes and left for Vegas as they searched for a tire store with tubes.

Las Vegas was very hot! The news tonight said it was a record 111 degrees today. Supposed to be going down to 107 tomorrow. We are not planning to get back into Fresno until Wednesday. Might have to leave early AM again to beat the heat. Only have 7 more hours of driving and the trip is done.

Sorry for no pictures. Here's some results from the event. I won first place in class in the men's autocross, modified division out of 15 cars. Our group from California won first place in the people's choice car show in the TR3B, TR4, TR4A, TR250 and modified classes. Plus first in the TR7 men's and ladies autocross. Lot's of hardware on the tables at the banquet. Next year's national is to be held in Minnesota. A bit far for us.

We'll give a final update when we get back to Clovis. Tomorrow is a day off in Vegas. See you soon.

Bob and Lynn Klope