Two Coasties Head West: June 19th

Friday, June 19, 2009

June 19th

WE ARE IN......??

Seligman, AZ!!

319 miles traveled today. From Torrey, Utah, South on highway 89A to highway 89, then South to highway 24 to the Grand Canyon. From the Canyon, continued on 24 South to I-40, and West to Seligman, AZ.

Seligman is located just off I-40 on the old Route 66!!!. Hold up here for the night. Tomorrow we start off on about 60 miles on the old Route 66 and then onward toward California.

4 comments:

UnknownJune 20, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Breathtaking pictures! Can't even imagine what it must be like to actually be there.
Via con Dios!
Ruth
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UnknownJune 20, 2009 at 8:43 PM
You may not know it, but I've been able to stay right with you guys. The lap top is a real smooth ride. Looking forward to the details, face to face over a cold beer.
Safe travels
Vince
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Jim ChandlerJune 21, 2009 at 6:44 AM
Hey, happy Father's Day to you both...
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AnonymousJune 21, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Hey Louie, Hear you are in Cali heading up the coast. Looking forward to a video shoot of your trip up the Oregon coast. Keep us posted.
Bev
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Blood Brothers - Trip Video

Blood Brothers - hosted at Vimeo.

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About This Blog

Hi everyone. As you know, we're fulfilling a lifelong dream to travel across the United States by motorcycle. Our main objective is to visit with four other Coast Guard Shipmates, a.k.a. BROTHERS (see more below) now living in various states along the way.

We hope to use this blog to document our progress along this journey. Thanks to everyone for their support, and their prayers.

Please bear with us as we figure out the blogosphere. And please leave comments - we really appreciate them!

~Chan
~Louie

Coast Guard Brothers

Six of us old shipmates were stationed together 40 years ago on the Coast Guard Icebreaker Staten Island (WAGB 278).

Louie Carrillo (a.k.a. LOUIE)
Bobby Chandler (a.k.a. CHAN)
George Kelly(a.k.a. KELLY)
Bobby Van De Pol (a.k.a. STORK)
Ray Weber (a.k.a. WEBER)
Walter Kline (a.k.a. SPUD)

If you are wondering what the term BROTHER is all about, well, it was 40 years ago that this ship, along with these shipmates, departed Pier 91 in Seattle Washington on a six month journey over the top of the world - the Northwest Passage - with the super tanker and ice breaker USS Manhattan. During that trip, we circumnavigated the North American continent, while spending 123 continuous days in the polar ice cap, away from civilization.

After the first month in the ice, mail calls are a thing of the past -- as well as supplies of bread, milk and other perishables.

After two months in the ice, meals are prepared strictly by cans and you find that you have seen every movie onboard at least 3 times.

After 3 months in the ice, attitudes and patience dwindle big time!

And after 4 months in the ice, if someone says good morning and you don't punch them right on the mouth, you get to call that shipmate BROTHER!

After 40 years, these old shipmates have come back in contact with one another, and so that is what this trip is actually all about.

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Two Coasties Head West