 |
| Not a fiesta! |
Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Carolina. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
A case of mistaken identity... it's NOT a Fiesta!
One of the bane's of Festiva ownership is that people aren't sure what kind of car they're looking at and are prone to call it something other than what it is. The most common alias is Fiesta, and it has happened to me so often I've given up correcting them!
So for more of a lighthearted post I thought I would share a few mistaken identity stories from the Festiva.
Sunday, October 6, 2019
If you plan it they will come... day ten
Sunday October 6th
Our previous road trips have been quite structured in that we had hotels booked for every night so that we knew where we had to be and when.
This is where travelling with an RV is an advantage as we rejigged our route so that we would end up close Jacksonville FL and start our next day at the beach.
We bid farewell to the Madness crew and made our way to to I-95 via I-440 and I-40. The drive south was fairly uneventful with no planned stops other than for fuel and refreshment.
Our previous road trips have been quite structured in that we had hotels booked for every night so that we knew where we had to be and when.
This trip is different... we only had hotels booked for our three nights is Washington DC and for another two nights upcoming in San Antonio, TX. Our original destination for this day was the Montgomery AL area then Pensacola FL the next. Andrew said that he'd like to head to a beach on the Atlantic so that meant an adjustment.
This is where travelling with an RV is an advantage as we rejigged our route so that we would end up close Jacksonville FL and start our next day at the beach.
 |
| Getting ready to say goodbye on Sunday morning. |
Friday, October 4, 2019
If you plan it they will come... day eight
Friday October 4th
Early in the planning for this trip we were going to spend the morning in DC before heading on the four and a half hour drive to Raleigh NC and our rendezvous with the Festiva Madness crew. Instead we decided to leave after breakfast and spend a bit of time in Richmond Virginia. After breakfast we left the hotel, filled up with gas and headed out on I-495, joining I-95 at Springfield VA.
From there we headed south and other than the expected weekday morning commuter traffic it was as pleasant a drive as can be expected on a major highway. Our first pit stop was at the Virginia Welcome Center near Fredericksburg.
We got separated from Phyllis and Andrew at some point after that but weren't too worried about it as we had both entered the same end point address into our GPS's.
Early in the planning for this trip we were going to spend the morning in DC before heading on the four and a half hour drive to Raleigh NC and our rendezvous with the Festiva Madness crew. Instead we decided to leave after breakfast and spend a bit of time in Richmond Virginia. After breakfast we left the hotel, filled up with gas and headed out on I-495, joining I-95 at Springfield VA.
 |
| Crossing the state line into Virginia. |
From there we headed south and other than the expected weekday morning commuter traffic it was as pleasant a drive as can be expected on a major highway. Our first pit stop was at the Virginia Welcome Center near Fredericksburg.
 |
| At the Virginian Welcome Center, Fredericksburg, VA. |
We got separated from Phyllis and Andrew at some point after that but weren't too worried about it as we had both entered the same end point address into our GPS's.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Festiva Madness trip... day nine
Well here we are in beautiful Raleigh NC. Except for the occasional breezy periods the weather was great!
We were the 12th Festiva to sign in and by noon the total was up to 73 Festivas and Aspires, beating last year's attendance by four. A group of five or six cars came up from Florida.
I would say that about a quarter of the cars there had engine swaps ranging from mild, like ours with a SOHC B6 to Chris's Mazda KL-ZE 2.5l V-6 shoe horned into the engine compartment. The most common swap appeared to be the Escort GT 1.8l DOHC engine.
We took the longest distance traveled (one way) with 2750 miles. Second went to Charlie from Arizona whose one way distance was 2200 miles. Third was from Sioux Falls SD with a distance of 1100 miles.
Lowest mileage went to the car with only 53100 original miles, highest went to a car with over 300,000 miles.
We had a great time meeting a lot of people who we've only met on the http://www.fordfestiva.com/ forum. Some of them have said that they are considering coming up for Westiva 2012, our upcoming Kananaskis Festiva meet in July!
Here are a few photos that we took. Here's a link to more. If you're interested I'm pretty sure that there will be a link or two to even more on http://www.festivamadness.com/.
We left Raleigh at about three-thirty and headed off to Dandridge, Tennessee. Arrived at the hotel at around 9:45pm after a drive through some pretty twisty roads. Unfortunately it was dark when we went through the mountains and weren't able to enjoy the scenery. Tomorrow's drive takes us to St. Louis passing through four states.
We were the 12th Festiva to sign in and by noon the total was up to 73 Festivas and Aspires, beating last year's attendance by four. A group of five or six cars came up from Florida.
I would say that about a quarter of the cars there had engine swaps ranging from mild, like ours with a SOHC B6 to Chris's Mazda KL-ZE 2.5l V-6 shoe horned into the engine compartment. The most common swap appeared to be the Escort GT 1.8l DOHC engine.
We took the longest distance traveled (one way) with 2750 miles. Second went to Charlie from Arizona whose one way distance was 2200 miles. Third was from Sioux Falls SD with a distance of 1100 miles.
Lowest mileage went to the car with only 53100 original miles, highest went to a car with over 300,000 miles.
We had a great time meeting a lot of people who we've only met on the http://www.fordfestiva.com/ forum. Some of them have said that they are considering coming up for Westiva 2012, our upcoming Kananaskis Festiva meet in July!
Here are a few photos that we took. Here's a link to more. If you're interested I'm pretty sure that there will be a link or two to even more on http://www.festivamadness.com/.
 |
| Welcome desk! |
 |
| An overview |
 |
| One of the two Festiva truck conversions. |
 |
| Charlies car after a 2200 mile drive! He won the "fan favorite" award. |
 |
| Sharon, E, I, B and me with the Festiva. |
 |
| Another overview |
We left Raleigh at about three-thirty and headed off to Dandridge, Tennessee. Arrived at the hotel at around 9:45pm after a drive through some pretty twisty roads. Unfortunately it was dark when we went through the mountains and weren't able to enjoy the scenery. Tomorrow's drive takes us to St. Louis passing through four states.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)