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MsTaboo Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2006 Posts: 4065 Location: East Kootenay, British Columbia
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:07 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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Not everyday you can park next to a Lancaster Bomber!
They had pulled it outside the museum (Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Nanton) to run up the engines.
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coqcitywesty Samba Member
Joined: February 20, 2018 Posts: 401 Location: Coquitlam, BC
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2018 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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The Oregon Coast dinosaur appears to be a popular stop - sadly, I missed out on the Paul Bunyan statue a little south of this.
.....and Moran State Park entrance on Orcas Island in WA
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Jake de Villiers Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 5911 Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:36 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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MsTaboo wrote: |
Not everyday you can park next to a Lancaster Bomber!
They had pulled it outside the museum (Bomber Command Museum of Canada, Nanton) to run up the engines.
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Awesome! Those planes are amazing creatures. _________________ '84 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX
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MsTaboo Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2006 Posts: 4065 Location: East Kootenay, British Columbia
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2018 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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I've always wanted to see one and there it was as we were driving to Calgary, surprise! The plane is really different compared to the B-17's my Dad flew.
The bomber is being restored into a replica of the "Dam Busters" Lancaster. Even has a spinning barrel bomb underneath.
A really nice little museum with great displays and lots of info. Worth a visit to Nanton if you're in the area.
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Jake de Villiers Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2007 Posts: 5911 Location: Tsawwassen, BC
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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MsTaboo wrote: |
I've always wanted to see one and there it was as we were driving to Calgary, surprise! The plane is really different compared to the B-17's my Dad flew.
The bomber is being restored into a replica of the "Dam Busters" Lancaster. Even has a spinning barrel bomb underneath.
A really nice little museum with great displays and lots of info. Worth a visit to Nanton if you're in the area.
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Oh, Nanton! We might be playing the Shady Grove Bluegrass Festival outside Nanton next summer - I'll keep the place in mind.
My uncle Robert was a navigator on Lancs in WWII. They had one as an exhibit near the lakeshore in Toronto when I was a kid - I spent many happy hours climbing on it! _________________ '84 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4485 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 10:00 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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Dambusters weapon background below. Some PBS show (found it--Nova's episode called "Bombing Hitler's Dams") did a recreation of the design, construction and testing since detailed records had been lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS2-QyzaS1U _________________ '87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic
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dhaavers Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2010 Posts: 7733 Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2018 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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FIFY...
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Dambusters weapon background below. Some PBS show (Nova?) did a recreation of the design, construction and testing since detailed records had been lost.
Link
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MsTaboo Samba Member
Joined: June 02, 2006 Posts: 4065 Location: East Kootenay, British Columbia
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Needforspace Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2014 Posts: 36 Location: Norway
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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This is the world's tallest moose, until they do some adjustments on the one in Canada to make it taller. |
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4485 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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On a trip through Maine we saw a moose made of chocolate in a shop but van pix from the trip have no moose in them and moose pix from the trip have no van in them.
And I do not mean "mousse;" the one we saw was a life size moose statue carved out of chocolate. _________________ '87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic |
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E1 Samba Member
Joined: January 21, 2013 Posts: 6379 Location: Westfalia, Earth
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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campism wrote: |
...the one we saw was a life size moose statue carved out of chocolate. |
"That's what I like about you, Wyatt, you can talk yourself into anything."
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Jeffrey Lee Samba Member
Joined: February 04, 2014 Posts: 1488 Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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While circumnavigating Lake Superior we saw a life-size fiberglass moose posed in front of a gas station. As we approached, the 'fake' moose lurched out into the roadway in front of the Westy, requiring a bit of enthusiastic braking.
I really wish the Canucks would bolt those things down ...
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Alaskaberrys Samba Member
Joined: June 19, 2016 Posts: 1000 Location: SE Alaska
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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Jeffrey Lee wrote: |
While circumnavigating Lake Superior we saw a life-size fiberglass moose posed in front of a gas station. As we approached, the 'fake' moose lurched out into the roadway in front of the Westy, requiring a bit of enthusiastic braking.
I really wish the Canucks would bolt those things down ...
https://campwestfalia.com/a-superior-state-of-mind-day-1/ |
This interactive art thing is getting out of hand!
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On a trip through Maine we saw a moose made of chocolate in a shop but van pix from the trip have no moose in them and moose pix from the trip have no van in them.
And I do not mean "mousse;" the one we saw was a life size moose statue carved out of chocolate. |
As a sculptor of chocolate myself I have got to see this!! Please PM me a photo if you don’t think it’ll stick here (w/o a Vanagon in it). Mark
Edit - Oops, sometimes I forget I’m on the internet . Search found what looks to be a life size chocolate moose. Can’t be too many of those about... _________________ '91 Westfalia, Bordeaux Red Pearl 2.1L 2wd Auto
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4485 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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If you found "Lenny" that was it.
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Jeffrey Lee Samba Member
Joined: February 04, 2014 Posts: 1488 Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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I sometimes enjoy mousse, but some of that chocolate is bearly edible ... |
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WestyWanter Samba Member
Joined: February 15, 2017 Posts: 459 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:15 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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Jeffrey Lee wrote: |
While circumnavigating Lake Superior we saw a life-size fiberglass moose posed in front of a gas station. As we approached, the 'fake' moose lurched out into the roadway in front of the Westy, requiring a bit of enthusiastic braking.
I really wish the Canucks would bolt those things down ...
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I've lived in the Upper Pen. now for 4 years and am yet to see a moose on any of my voyages out and about! Yet to see a black bear either! |
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kendalwoolf Samba Member
Joined: January 20, 2006 Posts: 68 Location: Fayette, MO
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mtnride1 Samba Member
Joined: March 30, 2011 Posts: 194 Location: la quinta, CA
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:35 am Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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Polo fields in Indio CA. Site of Coachella Fest
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Jeffrey Lee Samba Member
Joined: February 04, 2014 Posts: 1488 Location: Wisconsin
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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Went for a little jaunt this afternoon for ice cream and couldn't resist snapping a roadside pic of this Boeing C-97G, parked on the lawn in front of a theme-room motel. Before landing in its home here, the plane "... had been used to film car commercials starring actress Farrah Fawcett and a live cougar for the Lincoln Mercury Cougar XR-7. Farrah autographed the fuselage, though it has since been painted over."
http://www.cultofweird.com/americana/don-q-inn-plane/
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jimf909 Samba Member
Joined: April 03, 2014 Posts: 7404 Location: WA/ID
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon Photos @ Road Side Attractions |
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Jeffrey Lee wrote: |
Went for a little jaunt this afternoon for ice cream and couldn't resist snapping a roadside pic of this Boeing C-97G, parked on the lawn in front of a theme-room motel. Before landing in its home here, the plane "... had been used to film car commercials starring actress Farrah Fawcett and a live cougar for the Lincoln Mercury Cougar XR-7. Farrah autographed the fuselage, though it has since been painted over."
http://www.cultofweird.com/americana/don-q-inn-plane/
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Holy cow! You’re 8 miles from where my folks live. The Don Q Inn is legendary for being a crazy hotel (cave room, church steeple room, scary hot tubs and mirrors in the rooms, etc.).
I’ll bet the drive was beautiful. I’ll be there next Friday. _________________ - Jim
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