>> THIS IS A 1958 CHEVROLET CORVETTES.
MIKE: A CURIOUS CAR COLLECTION.
>> IT HAS BEEN IN MY POSITION SINCE 1966.
NEEDLESS TO SAY A LOT OF ME IS IN THIS AUTOMOBILE.
I HAVE HAD IT LONGER THAN MY LIFE.
THIS IS A 1941 DODGE POWELL MILITARY ISSUE.
MIKE: IT SERVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A SNOW PLOW.
>> EVER SINCE 1958 IT HAS BEEN PLOWING.
MIKE: HIS PRIDE AND JOY IS THIS FIRE TRUCK.
IF THE CHEAP CLOUD SNOW AND THE CORVETTE COMMUTES TO WORK, WHAT DOES THE FIRE TRUCK DO?
>> I SAY TO GO HAVE ICE CREAM.
WE READY?
KEEP HANDS INSIDE THE TRUCK AND WATCH OUT FOR BRANCHES.
>> PEOPLE LOVE TO GO FOR A RIDE.
I HAVE DONE BUCKET LISTS, I DO THEM AS I HAVE IME, NOT FOR MONEY.
HARVEY: AND THERE ARE PARADES, PART OF THE AFTERLIFE TO THE CITY OF REVERE.
>> THE BEACHFRONT HOUSE.
THERE WAS A LARGE AMUSEMENT PARK SINCE THE LATE 1800S.
THIS TRUCK UNFORTUNATELY WAS PRESENT FOR THE DEMISE OF THE BEACH WHICH BURNED MOSTLY IN HIS REGIME.
MIKE: DURING ONE BLAZE THE TRUCK ITSELF CAUGHT FIRE.
>> SOME FIREFIGHTER JUMPED IN.
HERE WE ARE SOME 60 YEARS LATER PLAYING WITH IT.
A YOUNG MAN LOST HIS LIFE FIGHTING THE OCEAN VIEW BALLROOM IN 1959.
IT WILL KIND OF STAND AS A MEMORIAL TO HIM.
MIKE: STEINMETZ BOUGHT THE TRUCK BECAUSE IT IS A MACK.
>> PLAYED IN THE 1950’S AND NEVER GREW UP.
MIKE: HE OWNS HIS CHILDHOOD TOY TRUCK.
>> IT IS A GOOD REPLICA.
IT IS A MATCH.
MIKE: THE BIG MACK BRINGS JOY TO FIRE TRUCK ENTHUSIASTS OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY INCLUDING HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
>> WE DO THE TRUCK IN SEVERAL TOWNS.
MIKE: CALL IT WANDERLUST, APPETITE FOR ADVENTURE, RELENTLESS CURIOSITY.
>> WE ALWAYS WANTED AN INTERESTING KID AND HE IS INTERESTING.
MIKE: TODAY THAT KID ERIC SAWYER AND HIS MOSTLY TRUSTY KAWASAKI ARE BACK HOME IN WATERTOWN AFTER A JOURNEY TO THE TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA AND BACK.
>> 10 YEARS AGO I LIVED IN VIETNAM.
EVERYTHING IS MOTORCYCLES, REALLY LOW-QUALITY MACHINES FROM SAIGON TO CHINA.
HE STARTED LOOKING AT LANDMASSES.
IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS CONNECTED SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE FUN.
MIKE: SAWYER BEGAN HIS RIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
>> THE HARDEST PART IS COMMITTING TO LIQUIDATING YOUR LIFE.
THIS IS ALL OF MY CLOTHING AND THIS IS MY BED.
EXTRA OIL, EMERGENCY WATER, THIS LIGHT USED TO FACE FORWARD BUT IT POINTS TO THE SIDE WHICH IS NICE FOR SCANNING, DUCKING IN AND FIND A PLACE TO SLEEP.
MIKE: SO YOUR DOCUMENTED HIS TRAVELS, THE PEOPLE AND HARDSHIPS.
>> ISOLATION AND SOLITUDE SURPRISED ME MOST AS FAR AS DIFFICULTY.
THE TAKE AWAY HIS THE WORLD IS UNBELIEVABLY KIND.
I CAN’T BELIEVE HOW MANY TIMES I STOPPED A STRANGER IN THE STREET IN A LANGUAGE ESPECIALLY EARLY ON I DID NOT SPEAK AND I NEEDED HELP WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE,
SO PEOPLE WOULD GO OUT AND SPEND EVERY TIME TO HELP STRANGERS.
MIKE: ONE PLACE HE WOULD VISIT AGAIN.
>> COLUMBIA.
IT IS A NICE COUNTRY, GENEROUS PEOPLE, THE FOOD IS GOOD.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL IN A WAY THAT IS HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH AND THE BEAUTY IS PRESSED AGAINST YOUR EYEBALLS, PERU OR ECUADOR, IN THE DISTANCE.
>> WE GOT AS FAR AS GUATEMALA CITY, GOT SICK AND CAME HOME.
>> NO SURPRISE THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE RUNS IN THE FAMILY BUT WHEN THE PARENTS GOT THE CALL --
>> WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN IDEA THAT WOULD NEVER COME TO FRUITION.
>> I STARTED TO CRY.
IT WAS TOUGH BECAUSE HE WAS BY HIMSELF.
IF HE HAD BEEN WITH SOMEBODY ELSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER.
>> THERE IS NOT A LOT WE CAN DO FROM HERE.
MIKE: THE RETURN TRIP WAS LESS ABOUT THE MISSION AND MORE ABOUT A JOYRIDE FROM ARGENTINA TO MEXICO INTO THE UNITED STATES AND UP THE EAST COAST.
>> IN THE EVERLASTING SPIRIT OF IRONY AFTER 45,000 MILES ON THE ROAD, THE BIKE GAVE OUT COMPLETELY IN PENNSYLVANIA WITH 450 MILES TO GO BEFORE -- MIKE: CLOSE ENOUGH TO PHONE
HOME.
>> A LOVELY SUPPORTIVE PICKUP TRUCK AND DROVE TO PENNSYLVANIA AND LOADED ME AND DROVE HOME.
>> WE BOUGHT THIS TO GO ON THE COLLEGE TOUR, THE SENSE OF COMING BACK TO THE SAME THING.
MIKE: THERE IS AN ARTISTIC ASPECT TO THE BIKE.
A MONUMENT TO LIFE ON THE ROAD POISED TO PERHAPS ROLL AGAIN.
>> I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THE MOTORCYCLE DOESN'