JOTT - Special Edition - Roadside Relics

No blog of a drive across country would be complete without a collection of photos of the old cars I encountered along the way. At least no blog of mine... The way I'll do this is I'll note where I saw the car, and to the best of my ability without ready access to my library of car books to verify, I'll try to give the year and make of the car. Contrary to the way I've organized my posts in the past, the location will precede the photo, while the identification of the car will be below the photo.

We start in Garrett, IL.
1954 Mercury Monterey.


Shelby, MT
Left to right: 1960s Volkswagen Transporter, 1951 Chevrolet, 1955 Studebaker, 1950 Plymouth, 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air, 1947-50 Chevrolet Pickup.

Hood ornament on the Chevrolet Pickup.

Hood ornament on the 1950 Plymouth.


Cut Bank, MT.
1968 Chevrolet Caprice.


Glacier National Park, MT.
Collection of 1937 White trucks (updated with modern Ford mechanicals).


Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.
1960s Saab (I'm no good with older European iron).


Gardiner, MT.
1950s - 60s Willys pickup.


Yellowstone National Park, WY.
1937 White (updated with modern Ford mechanicals).


La Barge, WY.
Left to right: 1930s Internation Pickup (I think), 1940s Dodge Pickup.

1950s International Pickup.

1940s International Pickup.

These next series of cars were also in La Barge, but part of a car show on the main thoroughfare, rather than being relics parked along the highway.

1928-31 Ford Model A.

1964 Chevrolet Impala SS.

Early 1950s Ford Pickup with a late model Ford Ranger bed.

1953 Chevrolet 210.

1951 Chevrolet Deluxe.

1956 Ford Thunderbird.

1966 Chevrolet Impala SS.

1950s - 60s Willys Pickup.

1951 - 53 Chevrolet Pickup.

The Chevrolet Pickup engine.


Steamboat Springs, CO.

Late 1960s Mini.

Early 1970s Jeep Commando.


Breckenridge, CO.

Early 1970s Chevrolet Blazer.

1960s Volkswagen Beetle.


Leadville, CO.

Late 1950s - early 1960s Mercedes.

Early 1970s Jeep Commando.


On the highway between Leadville, CO and Aspen, CO.

1967 Pontiac LeMans.


Ouray, CO.
1947 - 1950 Chevrolet Firetruck.

Left to right: 1950s Dodge Panel Truck, 1970s Jeep Commando.


Silverton, CO (a great place for old cars on the road).

I have no idea, but I can narrow it down to a late 1950s - 1960s European sports car.

A row of early 1940s International trucks.

1940s Dodge Tow Truck.

Left to right: 1967 Chevrolet El Camino, 1974 - 1983 Jeep Cherokee.

1928 - 1931 Ford Model A truck.

A WWII era half track. Any more I cannot say.

1970s Toyota Corolla.

1910s - 1920s Ford Model T with Snowmobile conversion

Same.

1928 - 1931 Ford Model A.


On the road near Taos, NM.

1969 Chevrolet Camaro.


Rachel, NV.
1947 - 1950 Chevrolet Tow Truck with alien spacecraft.

JOTT - Special Edition - American Flora

It's flower time. Since I don't know much about flowers, I'll just present these photos with their locations.

The first flowers I photographed were in Wind Cave National Park.

Then Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

But Glacier National Park was really the high point for wildflowers (and the occasional mushroom).











After Glacier, I next saw a number of flowers in Yellowstone National Park.




From Yellowstone, I went a few days without seeing many. Then I chanced upon the Steamboat Springs Botanical Garden.




Spending a morning walking around Breckenridge, CO revealed several gems.


And how can we forget the fake roses in the woods above Lake Dillon?

A couple of days later in Aspen...

This Dandelion was the size of my fist.

And the day after that in Ouray, CO.

And the final flowers I saw before heading out across the barren expanses of the Nevada desert were at the Santa Fe skiing area.


Stay tuned for more special editions!