We had a surprise for Kendall today. We drove about an hour and half to Allentown through back roads to America on Wheels A Museum of Over the Road Transportation. September 28 is Museum Day Live! and allowed free entry to many museums. The other surprise for Kendall was that we were going to meet Jackie and Luis Cardoso at the museum. They are also waiting for children from Costa Rica and sent Kendall a wonderful birthday gift.
This was also HOOPLA weekend and included a Car Cruise Jamboree Festival at America on Wheels. Antique cars traveled from the Allentown Fairgrounds to America On Wheels. There was great music, wonderful food and, of course, fabulous company. We loved learning about cars and talking in English and Spanish with the Cardoso's. Our favorites were the old ambulance and the Amphicar. The Amphicar is an amphibious car, the first such vehicle mass-produced for sale to the public starting in 1961. The German vehicle was designed by Hanna Trippel. Its name is a portmanteau of "amphibious" and "car". The Amphicar was designed to be marketed and sold in the USA. Compared to most boats or cars, its performance was modest, and only 4000 were produced by 1965. Nevertheless, it is still among the most successful amphibious civilian autos of all time, and still often prized and preserved as novelty collectible automobiles today. This car was for sale for $60,000. We all wished we had and extra $60,000 to buy it :0)
America On Wheels Museum
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