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Wednesday, July 16, 1997

DJ -Today's update comes to you from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Our travels today brought us quite a distance from Toledo to Cheyenne. From here we proceed on to Salt Lake, Reno, Sacramento and into San Francisco. That will be on Friday. Today was a very good day for both people and equipment because under conditions of long distance, the equipment performed well and people did well also. The travel today involved going from Toledo to Chicago, arriving in Chicago about Noon, and then onto Davenport and through Iowa in the afternoon, in the heat of the day and arriving in the evening in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska. And then during the coolest of the nighttime hours going across Nebraska, a very vast and large state, arriving in the early morning hours in Cheyenne, Wyoming safe and sound. The 1954 Packard, 40 plus years of age, is performing better and better each day as fine tuning takes place and the equipment settles into this kind of use. We send a compliment to Alan Bobilott and to his crew who have worked on the car for several months to bring it to the condition that it's in and to continue to find ways to make it even better. So Alan we thank you so very much. You would be very proud of the way the automobile is performing under these conditions. Nothing out of the ordinary today other than the great, great distance of travel. We've covered 65% of the distance across the United States and have done that over the course of about 36 hours. It's estimated that it takes 52 to 54 travel hours to go across the US. Carl and I have a grin on our face and we're aware that we're privileged to be out here doing this. We're thankful for our families who support us and allow us to undertake this journey and adventure and for that we're very appreciative as well. We want to report to you that our progress of traveling to Paris is well under way. We're very pleased that we undertook the initiative to make the across USA journey because the 2800 miles involved here go a long way to making us understand, aware and prepare for the 12000 plus miles that lie ahead of us in Peking to Paris completing Around The World. A catchy phrase, but very, very daunting task. So the report for today, as you catch up with us, is that all is well and that the equipment is performing well and the people are doing well. We're glad that you took the time to check in on us as we continue on our way, arriving in San Francisco on Friday. All is well at this point. So long for now.