Across the USA 2013 #8 (Hoak’s 4WD)
Our last stop before shipping The Turtle V to Europe was Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, home of Hoak’s Four Wheel Drive Center. This was a safe harbor to do a final oil & filter change, remove all lights, cameras, GPS, etc. from the outside and the cab for safe transport in the double-locked camper, and finish up a few last minute projects. In-between all of this, we took time to play tourists with our gracious hosts, Ben & Ann Hoak, owners of Hoak’s Four Wheel Drive Center. The local specialty is crab cakes, so that was a must. A weekend farmers’ market had such delicacies as smoked dog bones and a wonderful assortment of homemade pies, cakes and jams by the local Amish. A popular tourist town was Intercourse. We hear Paradise was nearby, but we didn’t go there.
![Hoak’s Four Wheel Drive Center was a safe harbor to do final oil & filter change and prepare the truck for shipping.](https://www.turtleexpedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Bens-BD-018-225x300.jpg)
Hoak’s Four Wheel Drive Center was a safe harbor to do a final oil & filter change and prepare the truck for shipping.
![Yes, there is a town named “Intercourse”. Looks like there is also an Intercourse Island in the Dampier Archipelago off Western Australia. Probably not related?](https://www.turtleexpedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Bens-BD-0111-300x225.jpg)
Hm, there is a town named “Intercourse”. Looks like there is also an Intercourse Island in the Dampier Archipelago off Western Australia. Probably not related?
![Tidy Amish farms dotted the rolling countryside. Steel wheels were norm, and five mules provided power on this farm wagon It’s an Amish thing.](https://www.turtleexpedition.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Bens-BD-015-300x225.jpg)
Tidy Amish farms dotted the rolling countryside. Steel wheels were the norm, and five mules provided power on this farm wagon. It’s an Amish thing.
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