Iron, Rods, Trees, and Family (lots of pics)

Radar67 · May 02, 2009, 10:50:12 PM

As the title implies, I spent the day with old iron, hot rods, a few old trees, and the family. We attended the annual Okatoma Festival today. Here are some of the highlights.

A Mennonite family is here every year with their John Deere Hit and Miss Ice Cream rig. They make the best vanilla and chocolate ice cream (not as good as Mom's, but still good). The young gentleman likes talking about his engine.

We found a dough bowl (five feet tall) and an old horse trough from England in the local antique store.

The joinery was exceptional.

There was an antique car show with many entries. Here are a few.

Here is a well known favorite, even had Barney's gun and bullet on the hood.

An old International Pick up.

An old Ford Pick Up.

Another Ford

A 56 Chevy with triple deuces.

A sharp 55 Chevy

Old Sparky was there too. He was the hit of the parade.

Here comes the morning stage with the guest of honor, Jeff Bates.

Now one of our favorite subjects, trees. Here is a good sized Dawn Redwood (I think), about 20 inches DBH.

And here is the best part, family and trees. This is one of the largest oaks in the downtown area. That's my wife's hand on it for reference. I won't even guess the size, but it is estimated at 150 years old, or more.

The best part of the day was spending time with my family and taking in all the noise and sights of the day.

fishpharmer · May 02, 2009, 11:19:02 PM

Looks like a fun time was had by all. Thanks for sharing.

Did you happen to find out where the fella with the hit and miss was from?

Nice trees too.