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D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 5Omaha, Sword, Juno, & Gold Beach
The next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! This update covers June 7th as I make my way through the rest of the beaches (having spent the 6th on Utah). From Omaha to Sword, then to Juno, and finally to Gold Beach.
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D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 4June 6th – Normandy Victory Museum & Carentan
Tthe next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! This update covers the second half of the June 6, 2024 80th Anniversary. It includes a visit to the Normandy Victory Museum where there was a working TIGER II tank! Then a quick visit to Carentan to check out what festivities were happening, and finally back to Bayeux.
D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 3June 6th – Utah Beach and Sainte Marie Du Mont
The next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! This update covers the first half of the actual 80th anniversary on June 6th with the morning celebrations at Utah Beach. Then a trip over to Sainte Marie Du Mont to check out another large vehicle and reenactor encampment.
D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 2Overlord Museum, Sainte-Mère-Eglise, & Camp Geronimo
The next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! Picking up where the last update left off, we jump back into the Overlord Museum. These posts are going to be filled with lots of images and captions, so click through the photos to read the story! I plan for several weeks of these updates, so keep checking back for more.
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Another major milestone was reached as the Jeep turns 80 years old, following just 20 days after the D-Day 80th anniversary!
D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 1Disneyland Paris, Normandy Arrival, & Overlord Museum
I’m kicking off my multi-part series of blog updates about my adventures in Normandy, France, two weeks ago during the 80th Anniversary of D-Day! These posts are going to be filled with lots of images and captions, so click through the photos to read the story! I plan for several weeks of these updates, so keep checking back for more.
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Wings, Tracks, and Wheels 2024It’s been a while since the last update, and it’s time for a long overdue BIG one! This update covers two of the largest updates for the Jeep in 2024… the Wings, Tracks, and Wheels event at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in May, and a whole bunch of issues with the Jeep that I had to overcome! This update is so large in fact, that due to Facebook’s limit on photos per post, this will be a two-part update.
Happy Halloween!
I hope everyone had a great Halloween! While there hasn’t been anything to update with the Jeep lately, I was able to pull it out and set it up for Halloween yesterday guarding my neighbor’s crashed UFO. The unfortunate Civil Defense soldier manning the crash sight seems to have gotten on the bad side of the aliens. The Ammo Crate Radio on the hood was pumping out classic 1950s Sci-Fi movie themes during the evening. Even the new 1940 Ford Deluxe project got in on the Halloween spirit with another unfortunate victim of the aliens! Continue reading “Happy Halloween 2023!”
Tackling the overheating Jeep – Part 3Another long gap between updates, but this is a big one and also explains the long gaps between these overheating parts! This update includes custom radiator rubber tubes, fixing the thermostat elbow corrosion, some neat GPW finds, another fire extinguisher, and taking on a huge project!
Tackling the overheating Jeep – Part 2It’s been a few weeks, but a lot has happened over that time! Here I continue the quest to fix the overheating engine with a special surprise help from a friend. Follow along as I continue to troubleshoot this ongoing issue!