Motoring Challenge

There is Something Fishy at Fort Fisher


One of four of North Carolina’s aquariums is there, and although we weren’t really in Fort Fisher to visit it, we were there for the 3 points awarded for riding on a ferry in the Motoring Challenge, visit it we did. Today we only took three photos towards the challenge, but received almost as many points as we did for yesterday’s eight.

Sunday Fun Day

A fun day on the road today, we drove through the largest city in Tuscany, before driving south of the border into Mexico on our way further south to Bolivia to shop ironically in a Thieves Market. Along the way we took in a lecture about early guerrilla warfare from The Swamp Fox, asked for directions to the East Indies from a fellow named Christopher and we nearly robbed by a highwayman until we showed him the contents of my wallet and he let us pass.

Thought We Forgot About This?


It has been almost 2 months since we last took any Motoring Challenge photos, but we were out cruising yesterday evening when Donna remembered seeing this rug shop in downtown Augusta she had seen before. Seeing as we were somewhat close by, we detoured that way to grab a point.

We are now at 158 points out of 257 possible or 61% and we are 260 days into the 365 days or 71% of the allotted time to get those points. I guess we better pick up the pace some.

The CTBNL got a wash this afternoon to remove all the plant matter stuck to its sides from driving around post hurricane and get rid of the dead bug on the nose from the Bug Splat 6 weeks ago.

Got It

117 Years of Transportation – 2017 Fiat 124 Spider: A co-worker has had this Fiat 124 Spider for several months now and this is its normal parking spot, but this morning she was early enough, and I was early enough and we both had our tops up, so that I could get an uncluttered photograph of the 2 of our cars. (7/24/17)


I have been planning on taking this photo for the Moss Motoring Challenge of the CTBNL next to this Fiat 124 Spider for several months now and this morning my co-worker was early enough, and I was early enough and we both had our tops up, so that I could get an uncluttered photograph of the 2 of our cars.

Two hours later at my morning walk this is what that corner of the lot looked like:

More Motoring Points

On the way home from yesterday’s Peach Parade we opted to drive back by ourselves and take a couple photos. First up was an old abandoned peach farm barn, first is worth a point. Then a few yards down the road there was nice little sign advertising for the festival in front of a big ol’ orchard, yet another challenge point available.

Halfway Home


I vowed to write one post a night for the entire month of June, well today is the 15th, so with this post I am halfway to my goal. On the way to Olar to get a 1927 car for that challenge we passed right through the Town of Denmark. We used a Denmark picture before in the challenge, the first time is was for the “Letter D” in our first Challenge in 2014. This time it was for the “Around the Wold” category (Signs with the names of locations outside of North America.)

I don’t think we’ll use Denmark’s sister Scandinavian country city names (Norway & Sweden) for this year’s Challenge this year though, we have plenty to finish the category just using city streets in Aiken.

Roaring Twenties

This 1927 Ford Model T Police car marks the halfway point in our Moss Motoring Challenge quest of getting a picture of a vehicle from each one of the 12 decades since the turn of the 20th century. And it is worth 6 points. Something from 1910 to 1919 is worth seven points and anything from the nineteen aughts is worth 10.

Every year in October the small town of Olar in South Carolina hosts a Model T’s festival. Olar has a special connection with Ford Motor Co. because of Henry Ford’s relationship with C.F. Rizer, an Olar native, in the early 1900s. You can read about it in this Charleston newspaper article from 2011.