{"id":6285,"date":"2025-10-14T18:41:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?page_id=6285"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:44:07","slug":"guy-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?page_id=6285","title":{"rendered":"Guy 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#0016a3\">BIG MEET Official Video Just Released<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Cadillac Event of the Year \u2013 BIG Meet 2025 (Official Film - in 4k)\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KRdJSRvv6qs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Skip this video if you don&#8217;t want to feel bad about all the fun you missed this summer at Austria&#8217;s premier Cadillac gathering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>The Beginning of the Long Hauls: on the Road to Portugal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Passau to Bolzano, Italy 250 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released from his covered parking retreat, Guy was immediately put to work transporting his charges through northern Italy to France. First stop was Bolzano, Gateway to the Dolomites. We expected to struggle up some long grades, but the highway followed a valley thick with fruit trees. Apples, apricots, pears flanked the highway for tens of miles. Italians loved the old car, and showered it with praise at every opportunity. \u201cQue bella machina!\u201d was a phrase often heard. Some other classics shared the accolades, however:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2011-1024x525.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6290 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2011-1024x525.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2011-300x154.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2011-768x394.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2011-1536x787.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2011-2048x1049.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2011-624x320.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">This trio of East German Trablants was a rare sight for us Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a  night\u2019s rest in Bolzano, we continued south to Cuneo, which we were told means wedge in Italian. The wedge of the town separates the Gesso and Stura Rivers. As luck would have it  the town square where our hotel was located was the assembly point for a European car rally, the Ruota D\u2019Oro Storica. The rally attracted about 75 older European classics about to take off on a weekend driving adventure. It was great to mingle with the Italian motorheads, and appreciate the work they put into preserving their cars. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolzano to Cuneo 320 miles<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6293\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6293\" class=\"wp-image-6293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175600-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6294\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6294\" class=\"wp-image-6294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175713-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6295\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6295\" class=\"wp-image-6295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250913_175645-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2041.mov\"><\/video><figcaption>Guy takes a tour of the Cuneo square<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuneo to La Ciotat 200 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Cuneo we left the Autostrada behind, and finally headed into the hills for what we believed was a shortcut to the French coast. However, steep grades, numerous halts for construction, and impossibly narrow village lanes slowed our progress. For a car conceived to roll on wide American boulevards, Guy\u2019s considerable avoir du poids, and lack of power-assisted steering or brakes makes him quite a handful for the chauffeur in the mountains. Tipping the scales at 5500 lbs, it takes a bit of effort to budge the tall whitewalls just to make a lane change. You\u2019ll get a real workout at the big banjo wheel cranking hard left into a power-on 180-degree uphill hairpin with a quartet of impatient motorcycles on your bumper. Of course, Guy rises to each challenge, gears engaging smoothly, clutch holding, and, perhaps most importantly, single-circuit drum brakes never fading. After a full day of driving, we reached the home of my old friend Jacques Buisson in the coastal town of La Ciotat near Marseille. No stranger to the old-car scene, Jacques has an affinity for VW buses and trucks. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-768x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6309\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6309\" class=\"wp-image-6309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2066-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jacques ran the motor pool for the US embassy in Mali<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-768x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6310\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6310\" class=\"wp-image-6310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2060-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Following a Roman Aqueduct <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-768x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6311\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6311\" class=\"wp-image-6311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_2054-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Not out of the woods yet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6337\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6337\" class=\"wp-image-6337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20250915_191416-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Perfect Meddie breezes for kite surfers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6338\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6338\" class=\"wp-image-6338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG-20250918-WA0003.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">VW Lover Jacques<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a great time visiting with our friend Jacques, the stiff Mediterranean breezes allowed the kite surfers to put on quite a show for us. One day we took the ferry to Isle des Porquerolles, an undeveloped island perfect for biking, hiking, and swimming. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Ciotat France to Matar\u00f3 Spain 316 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Next stop the Barcelona region of Spain. We opted to stay at an Airbnb in Mataro, about 40 miles from downtown Barcelona and use the commuter train to travel to the city. The arrangement worked out well for commuting, but parking on the narrow streets was out of the question. An underground parking lot was located, and a helpful attendant helped me slot the Cadillac into a short, narrow parking spot. Of note, Guy did set off the facility\u2019s CO alarms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2273.mov\"><\/video><figcaption>Getting out of your Euro garage can be as traumatic as getting into one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-768x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6328\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6328\" class=\"wp-image-6328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2224-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">I almost had to pay for two spots!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-768x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6329\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6329\" class=\"wp-image-6329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2235-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Plenty of Gaudi admirers in Barcelona.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6342\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6342\" class=\"wp-image-6342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_140143-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Barcelonians on the move!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6343\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6343\" class=\"wp-image-6343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250918_112007-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Not quite finished after 100 years<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Mataro to Zaragoza Spain. 208 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had originally planned to cross the Iberian peninsula driving two days, but I had second thoughts, and added a stop in Zaragoza. Driver and passenger fatigue was certainly part of the reason. Day after day in the hot old car can tire out the crew. A nice modern, air-conditioned autoroute hostelry would be just the ticket. Also, Guy had developed a thump, thump, thump at highway speeds which emanated from the left front. The noise\/vibration appeared to be at wheel rotation speed, so mentally I ran down the list: bearing, wheel, tire, brake? In any case, it would need attention. Our Zaragoza motel had a comfortable covered parking area, so I got the left front corner jacked up and gave the wheel a spin. The bearing was smooth, the brake did not drag, and the wheel ran true. The tire, however, had a knot in it the size of my fist. Changing the wheel was no big deal. The spare tire, of course, was not a 4-inch wide white, but a utilitarian black wall. To make matters worse, the spare wheel could not accommodate the wheel cover. I hoped a neighborhood tire store could swap the black wall onto the whitewall\u2019s wheel so we could at least roll with the wheel cover, but, alas, my best high-school Spanish couldn\u2019t convince the tire shop to complete the task. I suppose there are worse things than driving across Spain with only three whitewalls. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2288-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6333 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2288-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2288-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2288-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2288-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2288-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2288-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Even with the spare tire mounted, Guy attracted many admirers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Zaragoza to Mendinaceli Spain 100 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A shorter day of driving preceded our two night stay in this historic hilltop village. Local residents encouraged us to visit a Roman arch, and the city walls from where you can view the evaporation ponds for salt collection. The town was also a stronghold for legendary Spanish warrior El CID and the town sits along the El CID discovery hiking trail. These days the town is a destination for tourists, and events. We were witness to at least one big wedding, with guests spilling out into the ancient streets to pose for photos next to the old car. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6340\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6340\" class=\"wp-image-6340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250921_111909-624x468.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Reconstructed Roman fort in Mendinaceli<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-768x1024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6341\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6341\" class=\"wp-image-6341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250922_070008-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Just how mysterious can Guy get?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6393\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6393\" class=\"wp-image-6393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2300-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A new dimension in Franco-American relations<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mendinaceli to Azoia Portugal 500 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This would be our last full day of autoroute driving, but there would be no taking it easy. We were scheduled to get to our Portuguese vacation rental near Lisbon before dark, so we were anticipating a 12-hour day. Guy had performed admirably on his epic 4500-mile journey from Iceland to the Spanish coast. But do previous results guarantee future successes? How many 500-mile days can you expect from your 86-year-old limousine? Frankly, most cars this age can be found in museums, not cruising a Spanish freeway. There is plenty of time to reflect on all the things that could go mechanically wrong with the car, but by keeping the speed under 55mph, and a keen eye on the gauges, the car performed well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6363\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6363\" class=\"wp-image-6363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2330.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">sharing a parking spot with the &#8220;cane of Provence&#8221;, an invasive species  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-1024x823.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-1024x823.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6364\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6364\" class=\"wp-image-6364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-1024x823.png 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-768x617.png 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-624x502.png 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">handy Lisbon trolley<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6377\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6377\" class=\"wp-image-6377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Kev and Renaldo finally meet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6367\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6367\" class=\"wp-image-6367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Lisbon Coche Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6366\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6366\" class=\"wp-image-6366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">good view from the drivers seat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6368\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6368\" class=\"wp-image-6368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">and I thought my &#8220;coche&#8221; was fancy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6373\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6373\" class=\"wp-image-6373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">requisite pilgrimage to Fatima<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142809-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142809-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6372\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6372\" class=\"wp-image-6372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142809-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142809-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142809-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142809-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142809.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Beaches, beaches, beaches<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6374\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6374\" class=\"wp-image-6374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-624x1110.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Still beach weather in October<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-683x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6370\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6370\" class=\"wp-image-6370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-624x936.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Lynn giving a tired marathoner some encouragement<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6371\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6371\" class=\"wp-image-6371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142455-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Maybe they can melt down the medal and fashion it into a knee replacement.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6375\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6375\" class=\"wp-image-6375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Cabo da Roca most westerly point of continental Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6376\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6376\" class=\"wp-image-6376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Lisbon Tile Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Portugal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our race across Spain brought us to the tiny town of Azoia, Portugal which would serve as our home for the next five weeks. Our little stone house, named Casalinho Macieira, (the pretty house with the apple tree) would serve as base camp for some planned, and some spur-of-the-moment activities. Here it is worthwhile to note Guy was completely out of his element. The paint-scraping stone walls that lined the impossibly narrow streets provided precious little room to maneuver&#8211;let alone safely park. Additionally, Guy found the twisty and often foggy mountain roads a challenge. Guy was therefore safely ensconced into another underground car park, and a rental car was obtained. The rental proved an extremely useful vehicle shuttling us to and from Lisbon, and other tourist sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2337-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6385 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2337-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2337-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2337-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2337-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2337-624x468.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2337.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Home for a couple of weeks, underground Cascais parking garage. <\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chianti, Not Just a Wine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Portugal would be where we flew back to the States, Lynn and I had one last side trip to complete. L&#8217;Eroica is a weekend-long bicycle festival in Tuscany. The bicycle riding re-unites mostly older riders with their older bicycles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6399\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6399\" class=\"wp-image-6399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175420-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">No carbon fiber here&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6406\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6406\" class=\"wp-image-6406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251003_175547-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">or here!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141726-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141726-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6402\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6402\" class=\"wp-image-6402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141726-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141726-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141726-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141726-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141726.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141736-768x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141736-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6401\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6401\" class=\"wp-image-6401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141736-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141736-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141736-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141736-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_141736.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Finished, bike and rider intact<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6404\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6404\" class=\"wp-image-6404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251004_120746-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Bike party<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6405\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6405\" class=\"wp-image-6405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251006_135827-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">pretty Tuscon landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Ten-speed racing bikes manufactured before 1985 are the only bikes permitted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Saturday riders leave before dawn on a 125-mile tour of the region, beginning and ending in the quaint town of Giaole in Chianti. Sunday&#8217;s ride, which I took, is 75 miles. About half the tour is on paved roads, which, note to self, are not closed to regular traffic. The other half is on gravel&#8211;known in the region as the &#8216;white roads&#8217;. The &#8216;heroic&#8217; aspect of the day&#8217;s pedaling is navigating the hilly, twisty white roads on skinny high-pressure tires. Loose gravel, washboard surfaces, pot holes, and complete washouts conspire to topple riders, bend wheels, and, of course, blow out tires. Organizers suggest traveling with two spare tire tubes. You are on your own: the only SAG vehicle I saw was pushed off to the side of the road with a flat!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My 1985 Peugeot racer traveled from the US in the rear seat compartment of Guy Noir. Not a big bike by any means, once packed away in its hard-shelled container it nevertheless took up substantial room in the back seat. Of course, it had to be securely locked away each night in our lodgings. So, yes, it was a labor of love (or a royal pain) to get the bicycle to Italy for one Saturday adventure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Time to Say Goodbye to Guy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After serving as trustworthy transport for 5000 miles, and providing a source of endless entertainment for the motoring European public, it was time to work on getting Guy home. Of course, much inscrutable paperwork was necessary, both on the Portuguese end, and on the American side. If you&#8217;ve ever entered a steep learning curve dealing with and solving problems which you will never have to deal with again, you understand the challenge. International shipping of antique cars for touristic purposes is rare, and my European shippers found it quite confounding. In the end, however, I was able to convince both US and Portuguese customs we had the correct documents, and Guy was safely tucked away in a 20-foot container which was placed aboard container ship EA Gannet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6433\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6433\" class=\"wp-image-6433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image11.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">See you soon, Guy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6434\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6434\" class=\"wp-image-6434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21-624x832.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image21.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">looks secure, right?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">19&#8217;6&#8243; car in a 20-foot container<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>More Portugal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With Guy on his way home, we could concentrate on exploring Portugal, and its capital, Lisbon. We found our little Fiat 500 rent a car to be the perfect companion to navigate the narrow streets and tiny parking spots. One venue of transportation interest was the National Coche Museum which displayed dozens of elaborate coaches&#8211;many from the 16th and 17th centuries. Older son, Charlie, joined the fun and took a week off from his day job at Channel 41 to enjoy the beach scene. Later he and his mom found time to cheer on an aging runner during the rainy Lisbon Marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6400\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6400\" class=\"wp-image-6400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_161156-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Some nice Lisbon architecture <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6376\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6376\" class=\"wp-image-6376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_130051-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">National Tile Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"823\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-1024x823.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6364\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6364\" class=\"wp-image-6364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-1024x823.png 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-768x617.png 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf-624x502.png 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/trollf.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Lisbon is so cool!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6377\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6377\" class=\"wp-image-6377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250924_140145-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Another Reynaldo fan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6375\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6375\" class=\"wp-image-6375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250925_085843-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Cabo da Roca western point of continental Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6368\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6368\" class=\"wp-image-6368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142319-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">These &#8216;coches&#8217; make the V-16 look plain<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6367\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6367\" class=\"wp-image-6367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_143640-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">There are hood ornaments, then there are hood ornaments.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6366\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6366\" class=\"wp-image-6366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251028_144301-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Chauffeur&#8217;s perch<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6373\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6373\" class=\"wp-image-6373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20250926_110920-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Fatima, always on the list<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6370\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6370\" class=\"wp-image-6370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-624x936.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142559-scaled.jpg 1706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">You got this, Tom!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6374\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/?attachment_id=6374\" class=\"wp-image-6374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258-624x1110.jpg 624w, https:\/\/kccadillacclub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251101_142258.jpg 1123w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Chuck enjoying the surf<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Guy&#8217;s Adventure by the Numbers:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Miles driven from Aug. 6 to Oct. 13, 2025: approximately 5,000<\/li><li>Countries Visited: eight<\/li><li>Major Cities Visited: six<\/li><li>Art Museums: 14<\/li><li>Castles Visited: ten<\/li><li>Different Accommodations: 31<\/li><li>Total Trip Duration: 88 days<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In Conclusion:  No one said &#8220;no.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it\u2019s a feather bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terence McKenna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG MEET Official Video Just Released Skip this video if you don&#8217;t want to feel bad about all the fun you missed this summer at Austria&#8217;s premier Cadillac gathering. 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