The Coachmen's Clubhouse - Picturesque!

The Coachmen's Clubhouse

PICTURESQUE! 08/03/2020

8/3/2020

Tom's Harley

I am not sure I want to follow your decision for my Harley. Certainly falling off a motorcycle is somewhat more serious than falling off a bicycle. However, I have also found a certain pleasure in just "having it there" (in the Man Cave) and even just dressing up in Harley regalia. I then can strut around "in costume" (in the privacy of the cave) for a while. Then I take it outside, start it up and let it rumble for a while. I may even sit on it. I must admit however, I am contemplating actually going for a ride.

Westy

PICTURESQUE! 07/27/2020

7/27/2020

Sharon's Trip back to "Spirit of the Rivers"

My Aunt, who lives in Manitowoc, celebrated her 96th birthday on Sunday, July 12th. My sons (Todd on the left and Christopher on the right) and I took a side-trip to see Skip's masterpiece.

Why didn't you take the photo from the front, you ask? The yahoos in the background showed up just as the camera, which was propped on a fence post, went off!

Sharon

PICTURESQUE! 07/20/2020

7/20/2020

red-headed woodpecker

I thought I’d share the photo of this stunning bird, taken in the Hoppa crabtree outside our window. These birds used to be more common in Manitowoc and it seems to me I drew several for classmates for assignmpeents in grade school and high school. They seem not to be so common in town these days so I was happy to see one in the yard. Their niche may be being taken over by the beautiful but poorly-named red-bellied woodpeckers in this area. the photo also illustrates the tripod system (leg, leg, stiff tail) woodpeckers use to so easily scale trees.

Skip

PICTURESQUE! 07/06/2020

7/6/2020

Dick and Marie know how to do it right! It's never too late to have fun!!!

MARIE'S NEW TOY!

This is how you stay young! Good job! And, well, now you've got me thinking!
Harv

PICTURESQUE! 06/29/2019

6/29/2020

My apologies to Tom and Ginny for not posting this trip in December 2019.
Well! We won't miss out! Here it is . . . a delightful Thanksgiving excursion to Vancouver in 2019.

THE WESTOVERS THANKSGIVING TRIP TO VANCOUVER

TOM & GINNY

We just returned from Vancouver for a quick trip during Thanksgiving. Over the years, we have traveled there by car and train but with the drive being more problematic due, it part, the increased boarder security and the train ride although scenic is just too long.

Enjoy the weather, stay warm and be careful out there.

Westy

A highlight of our brief visit was shopping for the "organic gemstone", Ammolite. https://www.gemsociety.org/article/ammolite-jewelry-gem-information/ On the enclosed picture, Ginny and I are standing in front of what is claimed to be (one of) the largest fossilized Ammonite (the animal from which the gem originates) in existence.

The picture from the seaplane is of Edmonds, Washington as we prepared for our approach to Seattle

Recently there has been seaplane service between the downtown areas of Seattle and Vancouver. It takes 45 minutes and you have what amounts to your own customs agent when you arrive.

PICTURESQUE! 10/28/2019

10/28/2019

Bob Kattner and Dale Sievert tour selected Western US National Parks
by Dale Sieverts

Bob and I were in Utah and AZ for seven days early in October. These Photos are of Bob and I hiking in The Narrows, where the Virgin River gets very narrow at the end of Zion Canyon in Zion National Park.

The photo below show the "Narrows" are really narrow. We walked in water up to two feet deep almost all the way.

These 3 photos were taken in Antelope Canyon near Page, AZ. Part of it cuts 65 feet underground and another part cuts through rock so the top is 100 feet above you.

Below left shows Bob drinking the last drop because of the barren surroundings in Kodachrome State Park in Utah. Below right shows me in the same park--behaving myself. I must say we had a fun time!

PICTURESQUE! 09/09/2019

9/9/2019

Tom (Westy) Westover

One of the local "Summer's Over" events in our town of Edmonds is the Classic Car Show. Each year I anticipate (and participate) in this event. The Cobra was polished and ready to go however, the weather had other plans. Alas, the Sunday morning rain with a forecast of more on the way made taking an open car to a day long event not appropriate.

So there I was yesterday, in my garage (Man Cave) staring out at the rain and descending into a state of depression (not really). What do I do now? How do I revive my long planned "car day"? The two pictures address the dilemma .

This first picture is what I intended to do . . (display the Cobra along with fictionalized fantasy tales about my storied racing experiences foisted on any passerby that would listen).

This is what I actually did yesterday to get my Cobra "fix" at the local mall.

A SPECIAL NOTE FROM GINNY

"I don't usually dive in here but thought I'd mention it's the Alderwood Mall in Lynwood, WA. I like to go there and watch parents make their kids suffer . . they put them in the Cobra and you can tell the kids are thinking, what did I do to deserve this? Or, couldn't you have found a pony instead? Some look like they're about to bawl but most just endure, with puzzled expressions."

Ginny

"Dosen't look that way to me! Although, I must say, the "puzzled expression seems to fit."
Harv

PICTURESQUE! 09/02/2019

9/2/2019

Dale Sievert

A couple of weeks ago I took my grandson to D.C., and on the way we stopped at Old Town, MD. Following are three photos from that trip.

The toll bridge - Gateway to Virginia.

Nice Buick (I think), though I'd like a whole car.

I offered the guy who owned the Opel $15 for the car. It's still there

Dale

PICTURESQUE! 08/26/2019

8/26/2019

SKIP WALLEN

I’m in Alaska for two weeks, mostly to talk with Juneau city officials about some issues with the whale sculpture, but also to set some old-time wooden hooks to try to capture a soaker halibut in Glacier Bay. A few days ago I enjoyed casting for and catching bright-as-a-silver dollar cohos on the Kenai (KEEN-eye) River using spinners.

Alaska prices have taken me aback, even after living up here 50+ years. You’d think I’d be inured to them. It must be the sudden contrast with Manitowoc prices. And Juneau and Anchorage are a-crawl with tourists. But I had a moment on the river that made all worthwhile. We were quietly drifting in smooth, blue-green glacial water, carried by the swift current along a wild shoreline. At least two loon families were competing to be heard, all calling at once and using their whole repertoires of laughing and haunting cries. A moment so perfect that effort was needed to hold back tears.

Here’s an image of one of the loon choral groups, an individual that ventured fairly close to the boat to check us out.

Good thoughts,

Skip

PICTURESQUE! 08/05/2019

8/5/2019

Kenny Chermak

Great weather & fishing in the Copper Country of the U.P. On the Kewenaw Bay south of Houghton/ Hancock ,MI

Kenny hanging out in Lake Superior

Kenny holding a fish just caught . . . ( the fish is on the left)