Bumble Bee - MY TRIP CROSS-COUNTRY

We have lent our beloved Bumble Bee to our friends John and Michele Jenkins in 2004 for their cross-counrty road trip due to their Porsche breaking down in Arizona; where Wayne Baker rescued them. They have exchanged their Porsches in Yuma and so they continued their trip with BumbleBee and put 14,000 miles on it. They have successfully completed their mission and have never gotten in an accident. They were on a mission to find the best BBQ joints in America and to visit friends and family on the East Coast. (that was before the Food Network guy doing the same in a recent TV show...)

See picture below former president Bush's favorite BBQ place in Llamo,Texas.

(please exuse photo quality scanned from the originals)

BumbleBee here in front of a Victorian style home somewhere in New Jersey.

We chose to document BumbleBee's original condition to preserve these precious memories!

So this is how the story goes....we have received all these postcards from their favorite stops all over the U.S. written to us as if "BumbleBee" was re-living their adventures:  

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GREETINGS FROM TEXAS:

Nancy & her boys: You'll be pleased to know we christened the Bumble Bee in West TX on an entrance ramp near Pecos, TX. Adjusted the valves this morning. Oil change tomorrow. B.B. still running great. Bought some seat pads at Target.  Austin, TX  - 21 Sep 2004

GREETINGS FROM ARKANSAS:

Wayne: Found a 10/9 mm open-end wrench laying next to the road that extends from under the floor board back thru the tunnel. Your throttle won't be sticking any more. It was rubbing/wedged next to the throttle rod.  Little Rock, AR  - 25 Sep 2004

GREETINGS FROM VIRGINIA:

You know the guys you see in KFC commercial on TV? we took this picture at the London, KY Chicken Festival. Blocks of booths, tents, food carts, etc. Blocks... Not one whole damn town. Not one single chicken. Not one. Roanoke, VA - 28 Sep 2004

GREETINGS FROM BERKELEY PLANTATION :

Wayne & Nancy: I took some pictures of your car here. You can say that your car has shared the same space as two USA presidents. Other presidents, e.g. Thomas Jefferson, visited often. BumbleeBee seems to be "sorted out" now for the long haul. Richmond, VA - 02 Oct 2004

HELLO FROM THE MAINE COAST/GREETINGS FROM FAR FAR AWAY:

Drove through New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire today. A beautiful clear autumn day with crisp air, turning (color) leaves, and two lane roads. Bumble Bee is running great. Portsmouth, NH - 3 Oct 2004

GREETINGS FROM CANADA!

BumbleBee wrote the postcard this time:
"I got a break today! They put me on this big boat so I get to ride. It's not fair, though. They get to sit up in a lounge while I ride in this dingy hole. Me, with my shiny wax job, and no one is allowed to see me. I really looked good next to all the fall leaves. Yellow is the best color with gold, red , and orange. Runnin' down the road, Bumble Bee." - New Brunswick ~ Nova Scotia, Canada 04 Oct  09:00 am 2004

GREETINGS FROM NOVA SCOTIA:

Move over lobster, we're eating scallops now.  O← scallop juice! After lunch we'll be driving around the island enroute to Halifax. This will be last card for a while. Digby, Nova Scotia - 07 Oct 2004

GREETINGS FROM DREAMLAND MOTEL / UPPER PENINSULA:

Wayne,
Valves adjusted  here at 40,771. Just above freezing this morning. At least the wind wasn't blowing. Will set oil & change it as soon as I can find Castrol. Best Regards, BB  Duluth MN -12 oct 2004

End of the trip....Back to California now! See you soon daddy :)  The End.

Hopefully many more trips like this to come.....

Thank you Nancy & Wayne Baker @ Personalized Autohaus.