RTG AlMex Daily Dispatch - FINAL - Flipbook - Page 26
27 August to
26 September 2023
Day 14 Walla Walla to Boise (499km)
10 September 2023
By their nature marathon, endurance rallies span huge distances. It’s a fact known primarily to navigators,
that they also span a lot of paperwork and the story of a 30-day rally is too big for one book. So today,
we reached the not insignificant milestone, of opening a new road book and moved into act two of three
of the Alaska to Mexico Marathon.
photo: Marcus rowe - gerardbrown.co.uk
John and Nicole Whitelock, 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL
we also have three regularities to deal with today and
transitioned into the Mountain Time Zone on our way
through oregon and into Idaho. Added to the new road
book are some new faces. rob dance takes the helm of the
1937 Cadillac from Jim Gately for a couple of weeks, to
give the lake Tahoe legend some time to deal with pressing
business matters back at the ranch. Archie McAlpine has
replaced his twin brother Henry in the navigator’s seat of
the family range rover, whilst Steve Krippaehne joins lee
Harman as the map man in the ford Model A, as winston
Conyers waves farewell to his maiden event.
24km from the questionable charms of the Marcus
whitman Hotel, the lincoln Mountain road set the scene for
the first regularity. A couple of cars struggled with the steep
gradient and narrow track, but these troubles faded away
by the time the crews reached the Time Control at the Blue
Banana Café in lostine. This eclectic shack, with an aeroplane
tail sticking out of the roof, served extremely good coffee.
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