The summer
travels of the Purkeys continues…… Staying busy! ……
When we
stopped in to visit with Jim and Pat in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho they told us that
if we returned the weekend of August 31st, that we could watch
hydroplane races from their house. They
have a very nice house, on the edge of the lake that overlooks the lake. As it turned out the start/finish line for
the races was right in front of their house.
We spent 3 days partying with them and watching the races. The fastest class of hydroplanes is jet
powered and reach speeds of about 160 – 170 miles per hour on the oval track.
Jet boat turning the corner
There were
some people with hydroplanes that were staying in the same RV park that we
stayed in so Sunday evening, after all the racing was finished, we were able to
take pictures of the hydroplanes there.
It was a fun 3 day weekend with a lot of people and a lot of good eating. Thank you Jim and Pat for including us!
Monday
morning (Labor Day) we headed back to Bend, Oregon. Tuesday was the start of a Model A Convention
that I wanted to attend. There were lots
of people, and many Model A’s there.
Here are
just a very few of the cars and trucks.
A Model A tow
truck
You know I had to take a picture of a Woody. We actually got to take a tour of downtown Bend in this beauty, and Zoey rode along too, ears flapping!
A nice delivery
truck
One of the games. The passenger needs to keep from spilling the drink while the driver drives over bumps.
A very nice, and rather rare Model A
A nice roadster
On Thursday
afternoon there was a terrific hail storm that went right over where we were
staying at my brother’s house. The hail
stones were as large as ¾ of an inch! The hail broke
both roof vents on our travel trailer. Things got wet inside our trailer, but I was able to find some replacement vents in Bend and buy them and get them installed that evening! I am very glad I did as it rained some more
that night! (The repair shop in Bend said they could fit it in their shop on September 23rd!!! Yeah, right! Good thing Ben is a good fix-it type of guy!)
Hail in the driveway.
One of the vents. Completely destroyed.
While
here in Bend my brother Kenneth and I went to look at some old mines near
Prineville. I thought that the buildings
were in very poor condition for being used as late as the early 1960’s. These mines were mining cinnabar for making
mercury. The mercury was used mainly by
the gold and silver mining industries to separate the gold and silver from the
ore.
Mother
Load Mine. The ore processing plant.
I have no idea how all this worked!
The Blue
Ridge Mine. The ore was processed inside these buildings.
The best preserved building. Looks like a hotel and dance hall to me, but a fellow giving a guided tour to some other people claimed that he lived there as a kid, and that it was their house. Hummmm.
That is it
for this time. See you at the
Pendleton Round Up next week.
We've started a brand new album for September 2013, for more photos of the races and the hail storm, and gobs of Model A's.
Your "enjoying the warm days and cool nights of Oregon" friends,
Ben, Harriet, Sam (who is a bit gimpy now from squirrel chasing) & Zoey
We've started a brand new album for September 2013, for more photos of the races and the hail storm, and gobs of Model A's.
Your "enjoying the warm days and cool nights of Oregon" friends,
Ben, Harriet, Sam (who is a bit gimpy now from squirrel chasing) & Zoey