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Rest day means work at the administration. Making reports, maintenance on the Model T and reorganize our daily thinks.
After all this work we have a nice dinner in a pleasant Pizza restaurant.
A charity tour for orphan children
Trudy and Dirk Regter from the Netherlands go on a world tour in a 1915 Ford Model T, covering all continents of the world. They are making this trip with the aim of raising money for orphans worldwide.
To date, they have driven 64,000 miles across 31 countries and have raised more than $45,000 spent on children's projects in Colombia and Bolivia.
An earlier trip by Dirk in 2007 from Beijing to Paris in the Model T raised more than $140,000, of which 2 children's projects were built in Mongolia.
The last part of their world tour,about 10,500 miles, takes them back home to the Netherlands via Asia.
If you support the purpose of this journey, you can take ownership of some of these 10,500 miles of this final leg.
Buy your miles and thus contribute to a better future for orphans.
Edit by Coby.
Rest day means work at the administration. Making reports, maintenance on the Model T and reorganize our daily thinks.
After all this work we have a nice dinner in a pleasant Pizza restaurant.
Report 02 october
Edit by Coby.
We start our trip today on time, on the road we stop by a nice board from the city of Amsterdam
In Amsterdam by the Mac Donald’s we drink coffee and tea, in de Mac Donald’s there came a nice women and she gave us a donation, we are so happy that there are people like this woman.
By the Mac Donald’s Dirk had connection with internet and there came a beautiful picture of the three grant children, so nice.
We follow our trip to New-York and on the road you see a lot of big trucks, so big and impressive. On the road there was also a rest and coffee moment also for Dirk on his Model T
This day we arrive in Plattekill a small village near by New-York.
Report 01 October
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We wake up 7 o clock in the morning with beautiful weather and sunshine, our target today is Amsterdam. We follow our trip over nice roads with a lot of hills up and down.
On the road there was a vey nice souvenir shop where we buy food, souvenirs, postcards and also the American flag for the cars
After the souvenirs shop we continue our trip and on the road there was very nice photo moment with the Model T
Our target today Amsterdam was to far but never mind we found a beautiful camp near a small water fall.
Report 30 September 2013.
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On the road to America with the last beautiful pictures from Canada
Just before the border we spend our last Canadian dollars on candies peanuts and chips.
Oké we cross over the bridge to America
Dirk and Trudy have no problem with the customs and for Coby and Sjaak it was not so easy to cross the border. But with help from Trudy and an address from Jannie the problems are solved. And so America here we come.
We found a beautiful camp whit a lake and beach.
Report 28 en 29 september 2013.
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When we leave the camp we see on the window of the Land Rover feet’s, what kind of animal this was we don’t know, we think it was no bear. We follow our trip over touristic routes and Sjaak follow the Model T
On the road the nature is always beautiful
Dirk shows his Model T with a beautiful nature on the back ground
When we arrive at the camp a lot off people come to look for the Model T.
The next day on our rest day Dirk and Trudy receive a message that they became grandparents of Simon Regter, this was a very big surprise
At the end of the day we celebrate the birth of Simon with a nice dinner.
Report 27 September 2013.
Edit by Sjaak
When we leave the campsite people gave us a donation, the are very interested in what we do for the SOS children.
On the road again beautiful lakes and trees in very nice colors, we saw also a water plain on our route, we see on the road a lot off beautiful trucks.
At the end of the day Dirk found a moment for his administration.
Report 26-09-2013
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Kettleby-Algonquin Park (Minden)
This morning there are a lot of activities on the farm from Brain, The school children came
And brain show us the turkeys
Dirk had an interview with the local news paper and Brain and Sue make a trip with the model T over their beautiful farm
The hobby of Sue is beautiful she makes dolls and you can see them all over the farm
When we leave the farm, Brain gave us an donation for the SOS children villages and he placed a sticker on the Land Rover. We can also not leave without tomatoes and sausage, thanks for everything.
We follow our trip and by an coffee break near Lake SimCoe we are invited to drink coffee in the garden of Janis and Paul whit a beautiful view over the lake.
At the evening we make music and Dirk was in his favourite dressing.
Report 25-09-2013
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Today we start our trip and leave Niagara Falls whit his beautiful water falls. On the corner of the camp their was a oil fill station and in a half hour time we continue our trip direction Toronto
On the road there are beautiful farms and houses and the nature was beautiful with his nice colors. We saw also a nice tractor on the road.
After a beautiful trip we go looking for a camp, this was not so easy. Trudy goes to a fuel station to ask for a camp, the camp in the village was closed. A local farmer offers us to come to his farm. This was a very surprise a special farm for school children. We place our tent and the T-Ford under a tent.
The farmer and his wife are very whit on there farm, they call the hole family to look to us.
Report 24-09-2013
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Today we stay also on the camp in Niagara Falls. Dirk have to do some daily maintenance on the T-Ford.
The rest of the crew go to the little town for a shopping and to look for paint and wallpaper shop for Coby.
Back on the camp we make a sticker moment and the handover of the keys.
The rest of the day we stay on the camp.
Report 23 september 2013.
Edit by Sjaak
We stay to on the camp. Dirk has to do same paper works and Coby slept out.
The last days there was a lot of rain and everything was very wet. Today the weather was very nice so everything dries good
In the afternoon to the Niagara Falls, it was a great experience to see so much water coming down.
At the evening we had a good dinner in a very nice restaurant. After dinner we go to the light show of the fall this was also very exciting.
After the fall to the camp making a camp fire drinking something and to bed, Up to the next day.