PART II PICKING UP THE ATOM I had previously decided, because of the weather, that I wouldn’t fly up to Oregon and drive the Atom back. Instead I decided to drive my Dodge Ram truck and trailer and pick it up. I didn’t want to trust it to any of these delivery companies either. So I hitched up my trailer, you can see the pics here.
So the trip began. I headed up the 5 freeway all the way to Ashland, Oregon. It was the middle of winter and there’s a place called the Siskiyou Pass, a mountainous, twisty pass just inside Oregon. Chains were required and my heart sank, because although my truck is a Dodge Ram Dually, it’s not 4WD. The weather was really poor and I couldn’t face the thought of something bad happening to the Atom on the way home.
I finally got into Ashland and pulled into Brammo to what frankly, looked like a shed. I couldn’t believe I was in the right place, and I hesitatingly looked all around to make sure I hadn’t ended up on the wrong street. Eventually, I had to knock on the door and sure enough, it was Brammo. Read the rest of this entry »
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