The Futurliner prepares to travel to the Fleetwood Country Car
Cruize-In in London, Canada. Driving the Futurliner onto the trailer
likens itself to landing on an aircraft carrier. When you are
standing on the deck it looks huge, but when you're coming in for a
landing, it looks like a postage stamp. |
You're guess is a good as mine as to what he is attempting to do. He
could be pulling, kicking or just expressing some body language as
the tractor hooks up with the trailer. |
The Futurliner is secured to the trailer with chains. |
We're ready to do some trucking to Canada. |
Entering Canada was a new experience for the team. We had all kinds
of paper work to fill out prior to us taking the Futurliner across
into Canada including posting a financial bond. |
Our Futurliner volunteers going into Canada included: Wally and
Audrey Snow; Chuck and Gail Snow; Conrad and Judy DeJong; Don and
Carol Mayton. They did an outstanding job as hosts for the
Futurliner. |
Friday evening the Futurliner was positioned in front of the "BIG
TENT" that was used for that evening's banquet as well as the
performing artists. This tent is reported to be the largest in
Canada. |
Saturday the Futurliner was moved to a high traffic area near Steve
Plunkett's (our host) house. They were expecting around 2,500 cars
at the show. They had special guests such as George Barris, Batman,
Catwoman, and all the vehicles that the Batman TV Show series used
such as the car, helicopter, and motorcycle. For the evening show
there were musical artists. |
Nothing last forever and we headed back to Michigan. We had a
wonderful time and we made some great new friends. |
Traffic was light as we traversed the bridge to Michigan. We had a
little delay with the paperwork and ran through a rain storm but we
made it back to Grand Rapids with no problems. |