On July 3rd 1991, Ken and myself in our 1911 Lozier and Marge and Earl Young in their 1913 Pierce-Arrow embarked on another “Great Adventure,” driving from our homes in the Chicago area to meet with the crews of 21 other vintage automobiles gathered in Williamsburg, Virginia to participate in the tenth Transcontinental Reliability Tour. This was our eighth tour cross country and the sixth for the Youngs. Tour Director Millard Newman, Judy and Howard Henry and Althea and Ernie Gill have done all nine tours, including the Transatlantic Tour that circled the British Isles. Our 945 miles to Williamsburg was relatively uneventful except for running out of gas and being held up by a parade in Ripley, Ohio.

Williamsburg was warm, but we did manage to visit Colonial Williamsburg and have lunch in Chowning’s Tavern there. Sunday, our July 7th kickoff banquet in the Williamsburg Inn was a happy occasion, greeting old friends an meeting new ones, including Donna and Noel McIntosh from Australia, and receiving our final instructions. Monday morning, we were anxiously awaiting our 9:00 departure, this being the only time during the tour that we leave en masse. We drove in rather humid weather that reached 99 degrees part of the day.