10 Suggestions for Success
In 2008, I was nearing the end of my career as a forester and wildland firefighter. My two older children were out of the house, and I came to the realization that I had not spent enough quality summer time with them. I was determined to make that up with my youngest son, Gunnar.
We had purchased a very nice 1943 Dodge WC-56 Command Car. We thought about taking it on a slow and extended cross country camping trip to visit both sets of grandparents who lived back east. As we were making early plans, we read about the MVPA intention to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first Transcontinental Military Motorized Convoy staged by the US Army over three months in the summer of 1919, from Washington, DC to San Francisco. The MVPA was organizing a convoy to follow the orginal route of along what became known as the Lincoln Highway.
We contacted the convoy’s commander,Terry Shelswell, and signed up. Terry was looking for cadre help, so I volunteered, having a bit of convoy experience in the Army.
RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 1: Only you can initiate your adventures. Any new experience includes a bit of risk-taking (which, in the case of MVPA convoys, is minimized by all the other helpful participants).
We chose the Command Car as
