From a previous nostalgia trip....the 2019 tour resumes at post #17...

On the way out, Jake's truck backfired and managed to ignite his air filter and carburetor when he restarted it. Tim got the flames out and using a well known mechanics' trick- "hit it with a wrench" he managed to dislodge some debris that was causing the carb to spit fuel. Then it was back on the road.

We had heard there was bad construction on I-40, so Tara found a detour that saved us at least an hour of sitting in dead stopped traffic. We made it to the venue around 4:00 and snagged some parking in a grassy area with shade trees.

Turns out, we were some of the earlier arrivals. People kept pouring into the venue through at least 5:30 and the line to punch in at the time clocks was one of the longest I have seen in 4 years of Power Touring. The GM Motor Medics were working hard fixing cars. One Chevelle had their transmission completely out of the car

Checking into the hotel was a bit of a process, there is a very small drive way and a very large number of cars trying to use it. Part and parcel of traveling with hundreds of cars. We found a neat restaurant in downtown Knoxville for dinner.


Afterward, we took advantage of the cool weather and Lori's portable bar and had some drinks on the hotel patio before calling it a night.

Tomorrow we are off to Charleston, WV and it's going to be an early morning because the route is one of the longest of the Tour (301 miles).