Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
It’s not universal but most trucks are generally considered “his.” At last weekend’s Irrigation Festival car show there was a trio of trucks that, by the look of them, are probably “hers.” The pink is a giveaway.
The touches of pink extend into the engines. It looks like somebody’s having fun.
This man from Sierra Leone was making and selling market baskets at the Arts and Crafts Fair last Saturday. The baskets were gorgeous and finely woven. We talked while I took his picture and his hands didn’t stop working for a moment. His smile was enough to brighten anyone’s day.
I have a leather handled African basket of this sort and love it. Beautiful, durable, and well made.
You know you’ve entered an, uhm, interesting stage in your life when cars you remember seeing as a child are called “vintage” or “collectors.” I think we had one of these parked in front of our house when I was very young. But it was never, ever this clean.
I don’t remember what the color of this Chevy was called, but it was oh so popular for what seemed like a long, long time. Or maybe it was just because there were a lot of them on the road.
The Sequim Irrigation Festival will continue this coming weekend with all manner of events. Click here to learn more about the festival and what is planned.
Here’s a Model T that was on display next to the Arts and Crafts Fair on Saturday. The cars represent the Sequim Valley Car Club which gives bragging rights to owners of vintage cars 25 years or older. Though they display their cars at events, they bill themselves as primarily a touring club and you can, from time to time, see groups of these gorgeous vehicles motoring around the Olympic Peninsula. By the looks of them I suspect the gents lined up on the other side of this car represent the club.
Here’s an Oldsmobile. It has a windshield unlike any I’ve seen before.
My guess is that cars of this sort aren’t parked and forgotten in the driveway.
The 117th annual Sequim Irrigation Festival has begun. It’s Washington State’s longest continual festival and celebrates the completion of the irrigation ditches that made agriculture possible in the Dungeness Valley. The very first festival drew picnicing revelers by horseback and wagon from near and far. They had such a good time they decided to keep having it. These days the event runs two weekends and started this weekend with an art walk, Arts and Crafts Fair, and a Kids Day and Family Picnic, among other things. The beautifully restored cars above were parked next to the Arts and Crafts Fair.
So in a setting like this guys will go, “Wow! A 19XX Ford!” and launch into car stories, talk about flathead V8s, cars they’ve owned, and stuff like that. But a guy wasn’t taking these pictures. I took pictures of the car jewelry.
I know. These are probably a big disappointment if you are of the boy persuasion. I’ll post a couple of car pictures tomorrow.