Thanks for all the novel ideas on how we can traverse the prairie with cannons and gear legally. Regarding the 'Big Dummy' by Surley Cycles, Mike said, "I'm going to bring my pliars with us so I can pull all those cactus spines out of you when you tip over! Are you nuts?" The fact that we could probably drop ship two of these to Dominick for some cross-brace welding and pedal extensions,(thanks Carronader),and then pick the 'Prairie Traveler' up on our next trip east in October, didn't seem to change his mind. Rebuffed, I thought quickly, and asked Mike, "What do you call one of those Plains Indian luggage hauling frames?" "A Travois", says he. Googled travois, yep that's it, but most of the descriptions included a 'Beast of Burden'. After I finished reading that last part, we both looked at each other and exclaimed, with one voice,....."LONGMONT!" He, he, he.....ha, ha.
I've been under sail-power quite a bit in my youth at Church and YMCA Camps, and even sail-rigged an official, Soapbox Derby Racer, built by my grandfather for an older cousin who actually raced it in Akron, Ohio. But a Sail-Rigged Suburban would be a bit too optimistic, even for me. MAD MAX Movie: sails on a 1,000 Lb. open frame vehicle, O.K. My Suburban, empty, is about 7,600 Lbs, a different order of magnitude, KABAR2.
Back to black powder cannons fired during our members, Youth: Are there any more old photos out there in GBO, Cannon and Mortar Membership land?
Tracy and Mike