Skid and Sandy's visit

On their return trip from the Ableskiver rally, Skid and Sandy honored us with another visit. They arrived early in the evening and we set about chatting, blogging and eating! IIRC, there was even some wine flowing...

Early the next morning, we set out for Gateway, CO, home of the Gateway Auto Museum. The Gateway Canyons complex is owned by John Hendricks, of The Discovery Chanel fame. The museum is first rate and boasts of  owning the only Old's F-88.

The ride was a beautiful one. Blue skies, black and red rocks, and a gentle breeze made the day perfect. We did run into some road construction on Hwy-141. It was a pain, but not too bad. For more photo's see Skid and Sandy's blog: http://skid1850.blogspot.com/2011/06/silt-colorado-gateway-ride.html

Our arrival at Gateway Canyons

The Gateway Auto Museum

Yvette found and Indian

An original Indian

1906 Cadillac Model H Coupe

Skid called this 'The first Smart car"

1913 Pierce-Arrow Model 38C Brougham

1930 Duesenberg Model J – Transformable Cabriolet

1947 Chrysler Town & Country Convertible 2 Door Convertible

1953 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible

1954 Oldsmobile F-88 Convertible Concept Car

"The F-88 seen here is literally the only car left of its kind – and was sold to John and Maureen Hendricks at the prestigious Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona for an unbelievable $3,240,000."

1934 Ford Custom Coupe, In Excess

1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 Fastback

1981 Pontiac Trans Am 'Bandit' Edition

1957 Ford Thunderbird Convertible

For someone nicknamed 'Corvette' she sure took a shine to this Thunderbird...

Ford Fairlane Stationwagon and Airstream trailer.

This was not one of the exhibits, it belonged to a couple who was travelling Colorado!

1956 Ford F100 Truck (Good Humor)

Skid doing what Skid does best... talking!

This is the couple that owned the stationwagon and Airstream trailer.

We stopped  at this diner in Gateway, the 141 Diner. It's a neat place with good food. 

Skid and Sandy

Skid really should try to not be so shy... here he's talking to a couple of HD riders who also stopped for lunch.

Two pretty ladies, an Drifter and a Pegasus

Scenery shot traveling Hwy 141 headed back towards Whitewater.

More scenery...

Heading into Clifton, Co.

Skid and Sandy in Debeque Canyon east of Grand Junction

More Debeque Canyon on I-70

Outside of Debeque on I-70

Skid getting ready to load the Wing into it's trailer.

Here he comes!

And he's in...

Skid and Sandy's W.H.O.R.E. house. 

We had a super fun day. There were tons more cars at the museum, I didn't even try to take pictures of all of them. This was my first trip, and it occurred to me that the next time Jazz is in town, he would most certainly enjoy it. 

It did get a bit warm coming home, near 100° in Grand Junction. It stayed warm all the way home, all of us craved an ice water as soon as we got into the house. Skid loaded up the Wing, and started to catch up on his blog. I had asked them what they wanted for dinner, and Skid wanted hot dogs. Yvette wanted some of my Texas chili to go with them, so Skid and I went to Wally World to get the necessary ingredients. I whipped up a batch of chili, grilled the dogs, heated up some fresh corn on the cob and we had a feast... 

Tomorrow I have to go back to work, and Skid and Sandy will resume their homeward trek. We are sure glad they stopped and spent some time with us, they sure are good people... 

We already look forward to their next visit...