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Fall is here. Time to cram in every touring opportunity. So yesterday the wife and I decided it was time to give Stanley our '26 Fordor some exercise. Nice drive around the country and went to Huron, next town over to to go walk their pier. You can barely see the lighthouse in upper right FAR background!
I grew up in this area as a kid and literally lived on the water with my folks boat as well as various small ones of my own. Went out in weather that made my folks cringe..ha ha. Probly had a good life insurance policy on me too! But they knew I could handle it. The good old days! Not a great pic of stanley...facing the sun.

For any inquiring minds I found a couple of images of what is in the bottom picture of my first post....its a small "bay" that was formed way back in the 70's or early 80's when the Army Corp of engineers built this special "spoils site" to put harbor dredgings in. They quit using it before it was filled up. In my pic above it looks like just a small water area which it is not. I used to launch my little 12' boat down in an area wo the right (west) of this site area on the shore north of the houses.

Timm

Great pics and beautiful day, thanks for sharing.

Off Topic Question, Was Nickel Plate Park named for the Railroad?

Guess it is a bit different there than here. We tour all year round. January is very nice between rain storms and usually have a few dry days with about 70 degrees. January and February are our rainiest months. Very unusual to have snow except on the taller mountains. So we can go to the beach and to the mountains with snow and to the warmer drier desert in one day in a modern car. Only about half way in a T.
I have never ridden in a sedan or coupe T. Do they get a lot of exhaust fumes or blow by inside? I remember Model A sedans and coupes and I needed to open the windshield or windows a bit to get some fresh air.
Norm

Norm is right about the weather, which beats the pants off winter in the frozen tundra states. But fly-over country, without the enormous and tightly-packed population, has thousands of miles of uncrowded country roads. There are places near me where I can drive fifty miles and see one or two other vehicles. I lived in southern California from 1941 to 1985, and the last 39 years in southern Kansas. I find living here much easier to take. Is there anything about California that I miss? The Mojave and the Sierra Nevada.

jab35 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 04, 2024 9:55 am

Timm

Great pics and beautiful day, thanks for sharing.

Off Topic Question, Was Nickel Plate Park named for the Railroad?

Thanks Jim

Near as I know yes it was named after the railroad. Exactly why escapes me but I'll try to find out and follow up with you. Back in Huron's hey-day there was a "slip" for coal freighters to load and another one that had two of the awesome Hullett unloaders used for offloading iron ore pellets. Nickle Plate R.R. had quite a good sized yard there to handle the traffic. The beach is immediately to the east of this complex. It's all gone now. (Beach is still there) Those were the days. It was great as a pre-teen & early teen growing up there with my small boat running in and out of the slips and even "challenging" the freighters!

Norm...it certainly is different! What I (and others) wouldn't give to have your mild winter weather! Even tho our winters are far milder than back in the 60's & 70's it's still too rotten to tour. The "salt demons" as we call 'em don't help any. Often they lay down more salt and now this horrible brine on the roads than there's snow.

Thanks, Tim

With the high slung T and wooden floorboards it probably doesn't get as much salt damage as the later cars. One of my cars as a teen was a "38 Plymouth two door. It had come from Missouri and the whole lower part of the body panels were rusted out. I could get used floorboards from the wrecking yard but had to fabricate some lower side panels for the body. I used lead to fill in parts of it. Now we use "bondo" for that purpose.
Norm

Good point Norm...and since we try to drive as much as possible especially yours truly, here's 2 pics from today's "adventure". 47 miles of smiles and fun. Parked in back of one of our usual ice cream stops. The road pic was really mostly to show the gorgeous anvil thunderhead in the far distance. I've always been a weather buff and when I see one this distinctly gorgeous I go nuts! Ha ha. Man it was a great weather day to tour again. Got a big week coming up after this rotten weekend also.

Glad to see Jim breaking in new engine!

Tim W, I love looking at distinctive cloud formations! That thunderhead is beautiful.
I always enjoy seeing your outing threads. Thank you.

Joe Bell wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:01 pm

Glad to see Jim breaking in new engine!

Yep! Runs good.
Now I can't wait for Clara's!

Wayne Sheldon wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:31 pm

Tim W, I love looking at distinctive cloud formations! That thunderhead is beautiful.
I always enjoy seeing your outing threads. Thank you.

Thanks Wayne! Glad you like the clouds and my little tour posts. Always love sharing good times. Already making plans for a couple days next week! Got some great weather coming then. And yep the clouds can be quite a spectacle sometimes. Have a good evening.

One time my wife and I were in Colorado. We saw a very small cloud over the highway. The car in front of us was a convertible with the top down. It got rained on but we didn't get any rain. Clouds are funny that way.
Norm