The Blue Whale first went to the Montreal area, where my two brothers are living, and then came back to Quebec City after a stop in Sorel, where my aunt lives. A few days later, the Whale went to Edmundston, New-Brunswick, my Mom's hometown. They spent a few days in northern Maine, visiting Jocelyne and Gerry, then went back north to QC on the Lower St-Lawrence area (Trois-Pistoles) before heading back to Quebec City. Finally, Mom and Dad drove the Travco to the Lac St-Jean area (where my Dad comes from) during the Labor Day Weekend, where we had our annual family gathering.
This first picture was taken at the Edmundston Airport. The aircraft on the picture is an Avro Lancaster, a WWII bomber.
This bomber, one of the few remaining Lancasters in the world, has been on display at this airport for many years. You can read the story of this plane by clicking HERE.
(I know I'm off topic with this, but we're all aviation buffs in this family!)
Another picture, taken at our family gathering, shows the Blue Whale side by side with uncle Yvon's 1975 Winnebago. Yvon, just like Dad, put a lot of work into his motorhome, and turned it into a very fine vehicle.
A few hundreds kilometers of travel, during wich the Whale performed almost flawlessly, Dad having only a few minors problems to report: a minor issue with the wipers, the speedometer going bad (again), and a little tweaking of the steering and wheel alignment. Otherwise, everything was just perfect, everything worked and nothing broke down. A nice reward after having spent hundred of hours working on the vehicle.
But that's not all: Dad and Mom found out that travelling aboard a Travco is something quite unique! On many occasions along the road, people waved at the Whale, thumbs up, took pictures from their car, etc. In overnight parkings (i.e. Walmart) the Whale was immediately noticed and usually attracted people all over. One time Dad wasn't even done parking the motorhome that groupies were already gathering outside, eager to take a closer look at the shiny old Travco!
I guess many people were thinking that the Whale is a much older vehicle than it actually is. Since the look of Travcos didn't change much from 1962 to 1979, the Whale looks like a relic from the Sixties. The rounded futuristic shape of the Travcos was probably very hot back in 1962, but it makes the "youngsters" like the Whale (born in 1975) look much older than they really are.
So Dad and and Mom had quite a few visitors, met very nice people, some of them even gladly inviting my parents to park at their place for a few days! So if you feel lonesome, get an old Travco, chances are your social life will improve quickly!
Back in Quebec City, Dad started to work again on the Whale, I'll have the details on my next post!
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