Had my little T tour yesterday and the day before. Had a total of about 10 cars, some stayed both days, some one, some two, etc. We had a great time, went to the top of King's hill up Deep Creek Canyon the first day and along the Missouri River Canyon on the recreation road yesterday. Had a cookout last night and sat around the fire until it got late and cold. Nice moon and pleasant sitting by the creek but was down to about 55 degrees when I left at midnight.

Here are a couple pics, the first one is the Hardy Creek Bridge over the Missouri about 60 miles north of here.



Very nice right hand drive.



This is John Burrell checking his T after they got to my place.

Pretty pleasant down by the creek with the smell of Brats cooking and oil smoke from Ken Meeks 2 dr sedan. Hal Schedler (in the red shirt) is supervising the investigation into why it barely runs and smokes really bad.

Stan. I was only there a week and I miss Montana already! I'll be back, I'm sure.

Here's a couple more. This is John Steel, Ken Meeks and Hal Schedler with Ken's car, my main gate in the background and my hayfields behind it.

Keith Gumbinger getting ready to load his pickup. We cut a hole in the fence to make a bigger entry to get the big trailers and motorhomes in. Steve Boyd had a huge trailer and Ken's motorhome is bigger than my house.

Stan, tell Ken and Marge hello from Anja and me. We've missed touring with them this year, but it hasn't worked out.

Stan - Thank you for a great "Middle of Montana" Tour. We enjoyed it all very much, especially the campfire and songs you sang for us.

For the Forum readers, we had to help Stan get the cows back into the pasture and help fix the fence to keep them in, but it was fun. We had sunset dinners on Wednesday and Thursday, they were great!

Some of us had problems with out Stromberg OF carburetors, and Stan knows how to fix them best.

The scenery is breathtaking and everyone we met was super friendly. Can't wait to do it again.

Thanks again, Stan.

Keith

Looks like you've all had a good time.

Looks like fun. Sorry I missed it. By the way - King's Hill ain't no hill, it's a mountain!

Stan, will I see you in Whitefish?

Tom

I think King's Hill is about 7500 feet, I forgot to take a picture of the sign at the top. I also tend to forget that there are flatlanders who never see mountains, let alone drive up and down them. We are so used to it here we don't think a lot about switchbacks and sheer cliff drop offs beside the road.

Tom, I dunno. I'm two weeks behind on work because of all the T touring. We have a real estate auction coming up in Colorado, a real estate and personal property auction here and a car collection auction in Missoula that I am prepping. I am also working on a big car collection auction in Billings that I may or may not get. Wednesday I thought I had it sewed up, doesn't look too good now, haven't heard back from them. Depending on what happens with all of those deals and some other things going on I may or may not make it to Whitefish for a day. I'd sure like to come and do a shake and howdy run through all my friends.

I suspect Ken Meeks' car was smoking and barely ran because it belongs to Ken Meeks. I'd have loved to have gone, but had to get back to practicing medicine, not mechanics. Glad you guys had a great time. Teresa and I enjoyed meeting you in Rapid City.

Stan: One thing about it you sure pick nice country to have a tour. You keep that up and your going to have more "settlers" move in!

All I can say about that scenary is WOW!
Good pictures of some purty cars to.
You keep posting this,and you will have more folkes comeing to see ye next time for sure.

Stan it was a good time, good food, and great people. Steve Boyd thank you for letting ride along with you in your 1914 T Touring car Thursday. It was a fun day. The one thing that kind of made wonder a little bit about a some of people in the group though was their fascination with cow manure(fresh). They took pictures of it, got some on their car tires and and took pictures of that, and in general thought it was kind of special. Its a by product of good beef and it does make things grow better but after Thursday I think I might start taking it to tours and swap meets to sell. It was fun.

Stan and Doc the 2 dr is fixed and no more smoke it was a little problem that was simple to repair had a great time with stan and the rest of the group even chasing the cows and dodging the cow paddies

Stan - King's Hill is 7393' I have the picture of the sign but can't remember how to post pictures on the Forum. I'll send them to you and you can post them if that's ok. Thanks, Keith

Stan - Thank you for a great time. The Missouri River Canyon was especially pretty. I'm the guy who photographed the cow paddies to show to my city slicker friends. I'll try to attach a picture here for the whole world to see. The picture is Kieth Gumbinger pointing to a slippery spot

Thanks again!!

Sorry about the typo KEITH

I remember hearing somone say "Aren't you glad cows don't fly". Now you know the reason why.

You live in very beautiful part of the country Stan. If I had anything faster than my old 25 MPH truck I would have loved to have been there.

Sorry for the side-trip, but someone triggered a memory.


Birdie, birdie, in the sky,
Drop a turdie, in my eye,
But I'm a boy, so, I won't cry,
But gee, I'm glad that cows don't fly.


I remember that from when I was about six. Please forgive me.
It is beautiful country and looks like a good tour. I have got to get back onto tours.
W2

Wayne, here where I live, it was a bit different.
Blackbird, blackbird, fly over high
Drop some whitewash in my eye
I no baby, I no cry
I just glad that cows don't fly!
Dave

By the way Stan, looks like a great time! Wish I could have been there. Dave

When Captain Hook was asked about his eye patch, he replied, "It was a seagull splat."

"Seagull splat blinded you?"

"No, I had just got my hook."