Yes, Don turned 75 on April 5, so I took him to the California Automobile Museum in Old Sacramento to relive the past... Don was hoping to see a 1968 Oldsmobile 442, to remind him of the car he owned in 1970 when we got married. (Ask him to tell you the rest of that story.) Unfortunately they didn’t have one in the special “1968” centerpiece showcase. However the exhibition was nicely presented and brought back many fond memories. While enjoying a nice “shrimp” dinner on the way home (my treat) I asked Don which was his favorite car. His prize goes to the 1929 Hudson (Hudson Motor Company founded in 1909) Super Six Roadster which was the fastest built car in 1929 making it a favorite with bank robbers & bootleggers.
My choice, the 1931 Ford Model A Deluxe Roadster, designed to replace the “aging” Model T to make the Ford more like a “little” Lincoln. We both liked the 1967 Chevy C-10 Pickup produced during the Glamor Era for pick-ups 1967-72. It was fast becoming the vehicle of choice for many American’s...those first RVer’s. They bought pickups to carry slide in campers or pull trailers. My dad owned one and we bought it from him in 1971 to haul a brand new 11’ Chinook slide in camper for which I sold my 1967 Pontiac Lemans (turquoise) convertible and all my IBM stock. That’s how our RVing adventures started.
Of course one must find a birthday geocache so we went in search of “Needle in a Haystack”, (which I found first - tee hee)!!! Another fun story, Don was approached by a drunk as soon as we exited our vehicle. Ask him about this sometime!!!
We arrived home before dark (does that tell another story?) and strolled the yard as we usually do to see what's new. Do you know what the blossom is at the end of the photos? It is known as one of the most beautiful broadleaf flowering evergreens, because of its glossy foliage, large clusters of small white flowers, orange-red fruit and very showy reddish peeling bark. And they are native to the Sierra Foothills where we live, and we have many on our property.
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| Nancy's Red Chariot - not a 1968!!! |
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| Not quite a Hyundai Santa Fe but looks good. |
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| The 1929 Hudson with a balanced crankshaft gave it better and smoother performance than other vehicles of the day. |
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| Nancy's favorite - 1931 Ford Model A Deluxe Roadster, the dual side mounted spare wheels, rear "trunk" and mesh grille guard were all options!!! |
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| Loved the Yosemite NP backdrop, the "grizzly" which we don't have in CA anymore the old camera, the famous "drive thru" redwood and yes the car. |
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| Top of the line 1967 Chevy Pickup - 396 V8 (an optional upgrade) |
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| Our 1967 327 V-8 Camper Special complete with a wood bed, next to our current mode of RVing!!! |
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| Don thought this might do the trick when he's too frail to haul that 35' 5th wheel. |
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| As I admired this great red Ford Convertible, I recognized the "bike" in the background |
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| and somewhere around here I have a photo of the one my Dad had. |
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| Don's dad had one of these and that's another story to have him tell you!!! |
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| This 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 sold for $25,00 |
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| Right above Don's head I found it... |
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| Birthday geocache "Needle in the Haystack" |
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| The magnificent Pacific Madrone |
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| What is it? |
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| To set the record straight, in 1866 Germany's Karl Benz filed a patent for a three-wheeled vehicle powered by a single-cylinder internal combustion engine. Most consider this to be the first automobile!!! His wife Bertha "borrowed" the car and made a 121 mile round trip to visit her mother and is the first long distance driver in history!!! |
Happy B-Day Don! Looks like it was a special day, as it should be. The flowering tree looks like popcorn! Love the old cars. Leaving Thurs. for the north country...caching all the way. ho ho ho
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