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Celebrating the 2016 Moisture Festival

April 7, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Guy found a Youtube of Stevie Coyle’s Stairway to Gilligan:

Original post: Ann and I and her son Daniel joined my aunt and her beau for the 2016 Moisture Festival in Ballard (northern Seattle). The vaudeville celebration is always fun. Among the magic, juggling, comedy, and acrobatic acts my favorite was Stevie Coyle, a guy from San Francisco who played Stairway to Heaven on an acoustic guitar, but managed to sing the lyrics to Gilligan’s Island at the same time (A little research on Google showed this combination was first done by Little Roger & the Goosebumps in the 70s, but Coyle’s is far better). It was an unforgettable comic blend that worked surprisingly well!

So, no updates Today. Meanwhile, today we will be tiptoeing through Mt. Vernon’s tulip festival. This will make my wife very happy 🙂

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In line at the Moisture Festival next to Hale’s Brewery in Ballard.

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After the Festival and on our way out of Seattle we spotted this mural near Dick’s Drive-in on 45th in Seattle. Of course, I had to join them. My wife got creative with the extra images.

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1944 Article: A Jeep Named Galloping Gael

April 4, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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St. Marys High School in Eugene, Oregon, purchased this jeep, christened the Galloping Gael, as part of the war effort. The name is memorable enough that maybe someone has seen an old photo of a jeep with the name on it? The article came from the March 28, 1944, issue of the Eugene Register-Guard.

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1947 Craftsman Annual Project Magazine

April 1, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, Models, toys This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The 1947 Craftsman Annual Project Magazine contains forty-four wide ranging projects for the builder who was to try constructing everyone. Of course, there’s a battery toy jeep project among the items (directions shown below), but also included in the magazine are plans for building from scratch a welder, a battery-less telephone, a Jolly Roger boat, a hand vise, a rocket, a farm tractor (from car parts), and much more.

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Fort Houston Museum in San Antonio

March 30, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Museums This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Tim & Cathy’s rental jeep

Tim and his wife Cathy rented a jeep in San Antonio and explored the city. Tim wrote, “We rented a Jeep (again) wrangler and visited many area attractions, including the River Walk, and the LBJ Ranch. At the Army Medical Department AMEDD Museum at Fort Sam Houston we found Jeeps in medical service, including an M-718, M-170, and a 1942 Willys.”

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1942 MB Slat Grille

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M-718

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Early Ambulance

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