DJ -We made up our mind that we're going to Paris, but first we have to go through Cleveland. Our report for today, Tuesday, is coming to you in the evening as we're coming up on Akron and very soon Cleveland. We left Times Square and the New York area at 3 o'clock, Eastern time, today, Tuesday. We had a very cordial send-off in Times Square from New York City officials who presented us with a flag about Times Square 2000. We're going to carry that flag all the way Around The World to Paris and promote the big event that's scheduled to take place in Times Square on New Year's Eve of the new Century. Everyday in Times Square, they tell us, one and a half million people cross the streets and walk the streets of that several block area, right in central Manhattan. Well, we left New York and we're on Interstate 80 headed now for San Francisco. 2,886.4 miles. You get there on Interstate 80 and take a left hand turn on 280, on the edge of the city of San Francisco and go to the Mayor's office. So we just keep looking for that sign that says 80, and I'll think we'll be able to get there. Maybe we won't even need a map to figure out how to get to San Francisco. Boy, the weather's been versatile. A hundred degrees in the shade in the New York/New Jersey area today. We ran into some thunderstorms in the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania and that was a nice relief when the temperature dropped to 80. Had some fog for a short time. Drove through some clouds in the elevations of 2,200 in the Appalachians. So we're doing fine. The car is performing very well at the moment. We're happy for that because we've learned a lot about the temperament of the automobile and we also learned what we really knew, but forgot. That was about fuel. One of the benefits of this odyssey, this epic trip, will be the learning. And we've learned that when these automobiles were designed, they were intended to be run on leaded fuel and that the absence of that quality in today's unleaded fuels really, seriously impacts the performance of this car. Got some technical advice from people along the way. Mike Alura and his staff in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Joe Dixon in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. We figured out that there is an upper cylinder lubricant that has to be added to the fuel in order to make the engine run smoother, run cooler and perform better. We're now into fine tuning, we're watching our oil temperature, our water temperature, through instrumentations that we have in the automobile, all in an effort to get good fuel performance. We're averaging 12, sometimes 14, miles per gallon of fuel. The food is nothing to brag about when you're traveling. Sometimes you forget to eat a meal and then you fall into the trap of a stop at Wendy's or heaven forbid, Dunkin' Donuts. We did have a very nice apple fritter in DuBois, Pennsylvania. If you ever get to DuBois, Pennsylvania, go to the Dutch Country Kitchen there. I'm going to introduce for the first time my co-driver and my partner here on Come Along with Carl and Don, for a few words tonight and more words in the future. He's never short for words here in the car. We get to spend a lot of time together, so let me have Carl give you some comments about the day.

CS - Well, I've got a few comments for my family and friends. We're headed West on 80. Car is running great. Seeing America. Enjoying good food - had a great meal last night in New York City. Very entertaining. Interesting people. You heard the story about our activities in downtown Newark, hope we won't have to have any more chapters come in like that. Headed for San Francisco. Hopefully, we'll have lunch there with Martin Flig if he calls in and lets us know. Temperature is just perfect for cruising tonight. Traffic is not too heavy. Tomorrow we'll be crossing the great corn belt from Moline to Ames and maybe my friends in the quad city will call in. Jimmy Clark, if you're going to call in, we will be coming by Ames, maybe you can come out and bring us a hot cup of coffee or something. So here we go. We're on our way Around The World and now back to Don.

DJ - Well Carl, we just passed one of those great American landmarks. You know we're going to go across many rivers in our trip Around The World, they tell us 13 will be without bridges throughout China and India. We've just crossed the Guyahoga River here on the outskirts of Cleveland and the river looks pretty tranquil and we've accomplished that, if nothing else. The day began for us in an exciting way - we visited with Weather Man Al and Katie at the Today Show this morning. Got to tell them a few brief words about traveling Around The World. They were sort of puzzled by it. They didn't quite understand how someone could do that. Television doesn't allow time for great explanations. Well we're on our way. We've shaken hands and said, "Let's go to Paris!" And we're glad that through technology you can come along with us. So until next time, thanks for coming along with us and good-bye for now.