My header dog Jake had to finally be put down last Friday. He just got too old to walk. He wasn't my dog, he was my friend's father's dog, who adopted him. Then when the father died Jake went to my friend. And now he's gone to that place where all good pets go when they die.
He was a good dog. He didn't jump on people, he wasn't out of control, and he didn't bark very often. He measured his barks. He was a friend to all who met him. Too bad all dogs aren't more like he was.
R.I.P. Jake.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
My Flathead Lake picture
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The original post is Seeing Bears on my side bar..
I guess it's been one of those days..
Friday, November 23, 2012
Canned Ham Travel Trailer
I noticed the unmistakable shape of a vintage canned ham travel trailer ahead of me on the highway as I drove to Thanksgiving dinner. I wanted to get a good look at it and I had to speed to catch up. I just managed to snap this picture as it took an exit off of the road. Of course I had my camera set wrong, but I still got this image. BUM it said on the back.. Bum, I thought.. Hmm,..
I've often felt like a bum going to someone else's house for Thanksgiving dinner. And I do like vintage travel trailers that others might consider junk. I finally got to my exit and left the freeway. At the stoplight there was a homeless guy. As I looked at a text on my phone, he flipped the cardboard sign over he was holding and on the other side it said "Drive Safe".. Is this guy a bum I wondered? He probably lives in a cool vintage travel trailer, I thought as the light turned green and I drove off to get my free turkey dinner.
I've often felt like a bum going to someone else's house for Thanksgiving dinner. And I do like vintage travel trailers that others might consider junk. I finally got to my exit and left the freeway. At the stoplight there was a homeless guy. As I looked at a text on my phone, he flipped the cardboard sign over he was holding and on the other side it said "Drive Safe".. Is this guy a bum I wondered? He probably lives in a cool vintage travel trailer, I thought as the light turned green and I drove off to get my free turkey dinner.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Kootenay National Park pictures
Here are a couple of pictures of the Kootenay River in Kootenay National Park B.C. Queenie and I had a nice time exploring the shore. We've decided to camp in the Aristocrat travel trailer here on our next vacation.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Aristocrat Travel Trailer
Here's a picture of our 1968 Aristocrat travel trailer on it's happy summer parking spot. I'm pretty sure it is a Mainliner model based on what I can see from the Tin Can Tourist website. They have the exact floor plan in a Mainliner publication. This one looks like a Loliner from the outside though. It has the dropped axle and it's low to the ground, but it's not like any Loliner I've seen on the inside. It doesn't have the lowered center floor and doesn't have the kitchen in the center. The kitchen on this one is in the rear and it has a toilet room with a recirculation toilet. Having the toilet is a big bonus in the middle of the night when camping in bear country..
Anyway this thing is a pleasure to camp in. There's plenty of room to lounge around and lots of windows to look out of.
I miss camping season already. What a care free thing to do.. I just can't get enough of it.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Cedar Trees in Idaho
Here's a picture of some Cedar trees in Idaho. Soon there won't be much color in this part of the world. Just snow and shades of grey. But right now it's pretty in the forest even when the sun isn't out. Smells nice too.
Big Arm Bay Flathead Lake
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Sunday, October 07, 2012
Stove top at the cabin
A morning picture of the stove top we have at our fire pit in Montana. This thing has my old man written all over it. I still cook on this thing.. Well not directly on it..
And here's a picture of mom's eggs (and meds) inside the cabin. The fall morning air was crisp even inside the cabin.
And here's a picture of mom's eggs (and meds) inside the cabin. The fall morning air was crisp even inside the cabin.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Retro Camping with the Aristocrat travel trailer
Here are some pictures of the 1969 Aristocrat travel trailer and 1979 Ford F250. Just some retro fall camping in Montana. Sometimes I wish things weren't changing all of the time. I don't want to sound "old" but some things were better back when. Now it seems if you want a travel trailer it has to be huge. WTH? (what the heck?) I pulled into Cascaed Campground along the Clark Fork River in western Montana late Saturday night and had a hard enough time backing the little Aristocrat travel trailer into this spot in the dark. (and I can really back up a trailer,..)
Anyway I wish they'd stop changing blogger too. This is my first post since they changed the editor so we will see. I have no idea what this post is going to look like.
There is of course a lot of forest fire smoke in the air throughout the west. It made for some very warm lighting. It's also been sort of hard to put up with all of this smoke as i have a very hard time breathing in it. None the less I had a nice time camping. Played guitar a little and got to read a little too.
Anyway I wish they'd stop changing blogger too. This is my first post since they changed the editor so we will see. I have no idea what this post is going to look like.
There is of course a lot of forest fire smoke in the air throughout the west. It made for some very warm lighting. It's also been sort of hard to put up with all of this smoke as i have a very hard time breathing in it. None the less I had a nice time camping. Played guitar a little and got to read a little too.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Vintage Schwinn Varsity
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Like any bike, wheels and tires make all of the difference. These wheels which were off of a newer Schwinn Continental and are like new, and the tires are new 27 inch Continentals. That makes this old dumpster find ride like new. It's going to be a great town bike, and the cockpit is now comfortable enough for me to go on distance rides with. Other changes I made were; saddle, bars stem and brake levers and pads, pedals, clips, chain and cables. Lastly I found some NOS Varsity fenders on Craigslist. It sounds like a lot but I had most of the parts I needed on hand. Oh,. and I put some white Benotto cello tape on the bars. It's hard to find cello tape nowdays. Never thought I'd see that day...
Varsities aren't that bad. They got a bad reputation when lighter more high tech bikes came to the states in the bicycle boom of the 70s but I think they make great casual retro rides. I've always wanted one and after I get the rack on it, I'll be riding this bike to and from work the rest of this year. It really has a nice feel, and was far too nice to just throw away. It just needed some attention..
And now I have two red bikes. My Gitane Tour de France is below.
And now I have two red bikes. My Gitane Tour de France is below.
Sunday, September 09, 2012
Big Arm Bay Flathead Lake
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Flathead River
Friday, July 27, 2012
Two Medicine and Saint Mary
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
Logan Pass photo
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Glacier Waterton park vacation
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We camped on the west side of Glacier for the first part of the week in Apgar and then we moved to the east side and made Two Medicine our base camp. Here's a pic of the 1969 Aristocrat travel trailer that was our home for a week. It was very comfy and everything worked with the exception of the oven pilot light which kept going out, but I'm sure I can resolve that problem. The fridge worked as did the toilet and we kept dry in the most intense rain storms.
Here's a pic of queenie and me on Logan Pass. I haven't had time to blog lately but I plan to post more pics of this vacation as we took a lot. It was really beautiful up there and there's a lot to go through.
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Boat trip to Wild Horse Island
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Replacing the roof vent on the Aristocrat travel trailer
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After I removed all of the screws, I pulled the old vent out and then cleaned the opening removing all of the old putty tape.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Brown black bear
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Monday, June 04, 2012
Retro camping
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Queenie has been collecting Melmac to go along with the rest of our retro camping gear. So we got to have coffee for the first time in the lovely cups she found, and we made the coffee in the retro Revere Ware coffee pot that used to be part of the Gochenour collection. I appropriated it for our summer camping.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Painting in Missoula
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Big Arm bay Flathead Lake
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Vintage Melmac Dinnerware
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Aristocrat travel trailer
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Next I need to work on the truck side of my lighting issues. I think I have a bad ground somewhere in my truck connector as I get very weak lights on my boat trailer as well and I don't have this problem with the other tow vehicle, so I'm going to take apart and solder all of those connections. Then I need to figure out the wiring situation inside the trailer. The interior lights work but I don't understand how the running and tail lights are hooked up or how the RV battery plays in. I might even have to take this in to someone to reslove this but I'll try myself first.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Kootenay National Park pictures
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Melita Island in Flathead Lake
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