Trucks

The butte in the background is called Horse Mountain.

That is a "potato truck," used to haul potatoes, onions and garlic grown in the area.

Tulelake Irrigation District on the door. I reversed the one on the right for aesthetic purposes, in case you're wondering about the right-hand drive. Finding out what this truck is took all evening and inquiries at the Heavy Equipment Forum. (Uh-huh, I'm a member.) Thanks to Don Barrett for getting me started and to the guys at the H.E. forum. tinyurl.com/hmf7ant Here is an interesting thread about the use of this truck in Australia: g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=180739 It seems highly likely this truck was used at the Newell Internment/Segregation Camp discussed here: www.ipernity.com/doc/1227338/43644304

There was a third one, also blue, but I thought that might be overkill.

Highway 97 northbound, Midland, Oregon.

Highway 97 going south, Midland, Oregon.

Foo Fighters: www.youtube.com/watch?v=308KpFZ4cT8 This beauty was at the Round Lake mobile home park near Keno, Oregon, USA. The license plate is South Dakota.

Farm and ranch supply store and they've just moved into the old K-mart building. Now, they really are BIG!

Call me nuts, but I just love this kind of thing. I was trying to figure out what to call the thing on the left, tried "lever," and came across this: I swear, this exact illustration has been used since the 1950s in elementary school textbooks and handouts! I had to laugh. Now, what would you call the paddle shaped thing on the right? The ON switch for a nuclear detonation?

Someone was taken away in an ambulance, but I was completely unaware of anything amiss until I left the store. Something I've always wondered: why does a gigantic engine always show up with the ambulance? Maybe they suspect an entire family needs medical help instead of one person, even though they've been told one person. Maybe it will be a case of spontaneous combustion. Maybe I think too much.

Early 1960s? (A better take of a subject I photographed a long time ago.)