Fiero Fest Northwest 2011 Status report

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   Day 1. 

Redwilley and I joined a reportedly 15 minute line-up at 7:00am.   As it 

turned out, the border person for our line played 50 questions with 

everybody in our line....except me.  While the other lines may have taken 

15 minutes to get through, ours took 45 minutes.   The car in front me, in 

fact, was given a red slip and told to go into US customs.  

When I got there, he asked where I was going and when I was coming 

back and sent me through.   Redwilley took longer....

We stopped in  Ferndale for breakfast at Denny's then at Arlington for gas.  

Went to Everett and turned east on Hwy 2, through Stephen's Pass to 

Leavenworth.  Stephen's pass has gorgeous scenery and a great driving 

road.  We need to do a club drive through there one day.   We had lunch at 

Leavenworth and it might be a great day trip for our club there.  

After lunch we drove to Yakima to gas up and cool down a bit.  After that, 

we continued to Richland, arriving about 6:30pm.   So with our gas stops 

and about 2 hours in Leavenworth, and a 45 minute border lineup, the 

trip took about 12 hours.  Dinner was at the Fiero Fest meeting room.   

Redwilley's car did not fair so well.   Some bumpy roads caused her car's 

interior review mirror to fall off and crack.   Then when we got to the hotel 

and checked in,  the car would not start.   Her starter motor may be on its 

way out.   After a few hours, the car started fine.  So it may have 

overheated from the drive. 