I took this photo of the antique AT&SF locomotive and caboose on display on Frontier Street in old downtown. We do live in a picturesque place in the high Sonaran desert in a beautiful and historic little western town. Click on the image to enlarge.
Nostalgia
Classic 1955 Chevrolet Stepside Pickup Truck
Verna spotted this nicely-restored ’55 Chevy stepside pickup parked in a lot on the way home from shopping today. This was one of my favorites as a kid. My Dad took us boys to a General Motors Autorama in Los Angeles when I was about 12, and I got to sit in the driver’s seat in a brand-new stepside. Click on the image to enlarge.
The Titanic 100 Years Later
Verna and I watched the interesting two-hour documentary “Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved” this evening. It was the story of one of the latest expeditions to document the disaster and to try and determine the actual cause of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (Verna says “It was the @$#! iceberg – get over it!”).
Underwater image of Titanic’s Stern on the ocean floor
All that aside, it was very interesting. The team of scientists, oceanographers and archaeologists sought to explore and map the entire debris field at the bottom of the North Atlantic. Ultimately, their conclusion agreed with Verna’s assertion; the accident was a result of the overwhelming force of the vessel striking iceberg. There was no actual fault in the construction and design and the crew was following standard procedures and because of unusually calm conditions, they were unable to see the iceberg until it was too late to maneuver the immense vessel around it.
If you’re a history and archaeology buff or interested in the technologies used by the expedition, we recommend you watch the documentary. We saw the premiere tonight, but I’m sire it will come on History Channel again.
The 2012 Classic Car Show
The 2012 Wickenburg Gold Rush Days is now in progress. One of today’s events is the Classic Car Show held on Frontier Street near the old AT&SF locomotive next to the chamber of commerce. We saw many of the same cars that were there last year, but there were many that we don’t remember seeing last year.
Verna took all of the photos in the slide show. I built the Flash™ animation from some of the many pictures she took. You can pause the slideshow by rolling the mouse cursor over the picture. Roll out to resume.
Classic Car Show
Wickenburg’s Gold Rush Days is in progress this weekend. The owners of dozens of classic cars showed them off on Frontier Street today. Verna snapped a hundred and seven images at the event. I selected several of her photos to include in this classic car slideshow. Move your mouse cursor over the slideshow to pause, move out to resume.
Wickenburg Fly-In
Last month, we went to see the Wickenburg Fly-in and Classic Car Show at the airport on the west end of town. It was a lot of fun and there were over 80 classic cars and many interesting aircraft.
Verna was taking a photo of a Cessna 195 at the same time a Piper Colt was taking off. It’s been a number of years since I flew a Colt. I was in the Navy attending Avionics school in Millington, TN and rented a Colt to keep current. I took one of my school buddies up for a sightseeing tour over Memphis and the Mississippi River.
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