Climbing on Weasels at military shows is allowed, right?? But, Ann said it was a good idea!
Today was another great day of jeeps!
We began the day at Hotel Hovel (aka the Vacation Inn, a run down former Days Inn). It was neither the cleanest nor the best maintained place we’d ever stayed (peeling bathroom paint, linoleum glue stains on the walls, and caulk filling holes throughout), but, to its credit and despite our concerns, it turned out to be a very quiet place to stay. so, we weren’t sorry to say goodbye.
We began in Phoenix, drove to Mesa, then to Sun City, and finally to Palm Springs.
Our morning objective was the Southwest Military Transport show, organized by the Arizona Historical Military Transport Association. It’s President, until yesterday, was none other than our beloved Joe-in-Mesa aka Joe Snodgrass. His reign over the association came to an end in a coup or vote or something like that (or maybe he said he’d finished his term …). So, on Sunday, he had the time to show us around and meet some of the people from his friends. It was greatly appreciated!
The first thing I saw when we walked in the gate were a couple columns of military jeeps.
I didn’t realize just how many jeeps would be there, so that was a wonderful surprise! The earliest I saw was a slat grille.
There were MBs, GPWs, and at least one Higgins reconditioned jeep, too.
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