CanAm Model T tour Sept. 2009

1915 Model T Speedster. Nice wire wheels on this one too, if I must say so myself. This is why we need goggles and rain gear when the weather is wet. My new rain gear is camouflage, so nobody can see me, now!
The forest next to our picnic (lunch) spot. We were truly fed up! Very good, big lunch, with room for all at the picnic tables.
Blaze and Monica's 1914 Roadster. This car was much in evidence as these two organzied the run. Thanks ... was a terrific tour.
The trees and fresh crisp air is awesome.
Nice wire wheels and nice period costume. We have arrived at our lunch destination, the Elk Falls Provincial Park.
click for a larger view. When the cars were bunched closer together I could get a few more in the scene before the road curved.
a bit blurry. Its an overcast day. We had a bit of rain earlier.
The feature of this photo is the fence. :-)))
We followed this car for awhile. You can see where the back bumper sustained a bit of a bump.
I am sitting on our open Speedster and shooting at the cars in front of us. The road is not always smooth.
On the back of Steve and Diane's car. We followed them down the road for quite a while.

At home today we are having cooler weather. We had our Thanksgiving day duck yesterday, so today was a lazy day.

I have finished the murder mystery I was reading and could hardly put down for a minute. A Great Deliverance by Elizbeth George. I have now started a true story. . . A Mighty Heart. Its about the journalist, Danny Pearl who was kidnapped and murdered, in Pakistan.

I did a bit of a walk around the garden, dug out a few weeds while the pond was getting topped up. It is cool out there. On the Prairies they had snow, so I guess I won't complain too much.

Pat finished the ceiling in the laundry room and it looks really good, now.

CanAm Model T tour Sept. 2009

All model T's are not black...
Going in to do a trade??
An award winning chainsaw carving at the entrance of the building. Very nice! I should have taken notes of who, what, why...
The marina behind the Maritime Heritage Center, Campbell River, B.C.
A closer view of some of the cars, with the Inside Channel behind them. I think that is the name of the body of water. Cruise ships and all kinds of working ships pass by here. Please correct me on the name of this water body, if it is wrong.
EDIT: It is called the Discovery Passage. Thanks, Pat, Blaze and Monica, for the correct information.
Most of the cars parked at the Maritime Heritage Center. Our first coffee stop of the day. Its an excellent place to visit and have coffee. Skies are still cloudy and there is a bit of heavy mist about. :-))
Friday morning drivers meet. We are dressed for the wet weather. A bit of rain on starting out.
The rubber chicken award is earned when you have some kind of mechanical mishap. Once you have the rubber chicken you need to find someone else to award it to as the week end tour plays out.
This totem Pole is at a rest stop and view point on the Malahat

Pat and I put our 1915 Model T speedster on Lou's trailer and headed up over the Malahat on Thursday late morning, stopping at the lookout to check the tie downs. Everything is good. We stop in Duncan at Bravo for a most delicious Greek food lunch. I definitely have to go back there. I dashed up the street for a few minutes to have a look in the thrift shop. I came out of there in about 15 minutes with a huge, cranberry colored teddy bear, and 6 doillies.

We arrived at the meet hotel and unloaded, and got checked in. The Campbell River folks are the organizers this year, in particular, Blaze and Monica. There is a lavish spread for our 'wine and cheese' in the registration room. Visiting and tire kicking commences with the awarding of the chicken for the first instance.

In the morning we are up at a civilized hour to start the tour. It looks like rain, so I get into my camouflage rain gear and Pat's into his nice black stuff. We head off on a lovely tour where our first stop is the Maritime Heritage Museum for our coffee stop. There is a glass blowing shop just next door. I managed to find a purple vase that called my name. I was not allowed to take pictures in there. Pity. The people in Malta's glass blowing shop had no problems with us tourists taking photos. So back into our cars and onward....

Sunset

We had a glorious sunset last night. I did not get out of the house to shoot it though. This is from my dining room window. Too bad about the power lines. There is a glimpse of the Olympic mountains in the distance.

I pottered about in the garden for a bit. The front is fairly clean. I am getting those violets under control. The moss garden and the stone path at the back need my attention, next. We have been having a week of very nice Autumn weather.

I have finished reading Three Cups of Tea which is an amazing story about Greg Mortenson building schools for the poor people high in the mountains of Pakistan after the people of the village of Korphe save his life when he lost his way coming down from a climb to K2 in a weakened condition. His determination to build these schools against all odds and with no money reminds me of Cyrus building the new site with the same kind of perseverance and determination.