Just got home from a 5,200 kilometre/3,200 mile road trip to across British Columbia, Alberta and most of Saskatchewan, then back on different route. On the way we stopped to look at the sites and will share some of the stuff that made the trip an adventure.
A couple months ago I posted vintage black and white's of old prairie towns that were economic hubs of their areas, 20 Model T's lined up for a Sunday cruise, old garages, tractors working with a threshing crew etc. Today they are worn out hamlet's, the might have a food store, maybe a gas station, the hotel is half open, no rooms just beer. It was a great trip, no broken windshield, lots of bugs, too many beers one night but full of memories.
Terry
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Middle of no where we found an auto wrecker.
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1957 Meteor
Paint blocks still there.
Meteor Country Sedan.
Cannot remember ever seeing one of these before.
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Let the comments begin.
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Might need a helicopter to get at some of these.
Herbert, Saskatchewan - home of Homer Simpson (actually Matt Groening's father)
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1956 Mercury - $1,000.00 :canada:
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Would have liked to get inside this old tractor dealer.
There used to be a horde off the side of the Trans Canada around Estevan, Sask. Back then I was looking for Edsel stuff but I think he had a couple 57's there.
That Niagara would be worth saving if possible. Nice pictures.
On the touristy side of the truck, this was the view.
Longest and Highest train trestle in the world.
Great pics! Would love to get my hands on that 56 Merc truck.
One beautiful trip!! Thanks for sharing. If I had my pick it'd probably be the '61ish wagon. I've never seen one before either, but I don't live in Canada.
Really curious what that radical custom next to the hgarage started out life as....early Mark ? '56ish.
WOW! Some interesting cars there...and that scrap yard looks like a combination of potential projects and parts supply yard! Thanks for the pics! Great shots.
And personally...I think your trip was better than Maui could ever be. :003:
Beautiful shots !
Obviously the old cars are great, but my favorite is the mountains with the hay bales and the eagle....what a pic !!!!! Amazing scenery and photographic eye !! :004:
Thanks,
The wind was blowing a constant 70kph, and the gusts were pushing me around. I think it was a hawk, it was soaring way out in the field I then came back towards us and went by in a flash, and was only hoping I got it and was happy I did.
I took these with my Google phone, even though we had two other cameras in the truck, the Google is my go to machine.
They tell me that you can watch your dog run away for two days.!
That Niagara is a Rare Bird.. Awesome trip!!!!!!!
Is this a "find the hidden hawk" test? LOL, we have hawks here, but mostly buzzards, and mostly the smaller black variety, but I did see a grey one sitting in the road a few years back that was about 3' tall!!
How many miles of gravel road did you have to drive on?
Wow! Really enjoyed those! I like that Kustom too, hard to tell what it rolled off the assembly line as.
Something about quad lights....lol!
Looks like you had a great trip; fantastic pics!