Our modus transportandi had undergone various changes too. I have always thought of the early 90s as our automotive Golden Age. In the years before, we had owned two VW campers and an array of other VWs, Toyotas, a Honda, and a BMW. By 1990, however, our fleet was one of the more unusual, at least for people who are not automotive fanatics.
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| After our 1989 family European vacation, in a rented RV, we bought the Millennium Falcon in Dallas; a Ford van with a fully self-contained camper package manufactured by Falcon; in 1990 we bought the 1974 harvest gold Austin Mini, to become Rebecca's car, surely the most unusual car in the student lot at Hockaday; we had been Mini enthusiasts since college, and we'd love to have another real Mini |
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| The automotive love of my life, of course, was the 1982 911SC; it later became Rebecca's freshman year at Cornell; Vicki and I actually tent-camped out of this car in Colorado and Wyoming in the later 80s (off the web) |
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| Which brings us to Wheeler Peak in Nevada, summer of 1990; we drove the Millennium Falcon from Dallas to the Oregon coast--its maiden voyage with us--visiting the assorted Four Corners states and national parks en route, and stopping here at the nation's then newest national park, Great Basin; Wheeler Peak is Nevada's highest actual peak, a bit over 13,000 feet, and it is a significant and very enjoyable walk-up from the campground at 10,000 feet (not to be confused with New Mexico's Wheeler Peak, also its highest, also a fine walk-up and which I did sometime in the late 80s) |
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| From near the campground |
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| On the summit ridge |
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| I generally sign the summit register, if there is one; and in this case actually photographed it |
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| View from the summit |
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| Ditto |
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| The Great Basin |
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