Bird of the Week Special

[whistles_n_bells]

Mike, Rose Mary:

I'm starting to receive responses on the bus I.D. I'll be back on
tomorrow evening with additional (hopefully) results.

Joe (Pappy) Hagan

St. George, UT

(Wannabe)


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "whistles_n_bells"
wrote:
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> Mike, Rose Mary:
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> I believe the bus is a circa 1935-37 Fitzjohn, possibly on a Reo
> chassis. I'll try to research this further with my old bus driver
> buddies that are as old as I am. The car appears to be a 1947 Kaiser
of
> Fraser.
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> Joe (Pappy) Hagan
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> St. George, UT
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> (Wannabe)
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> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" mbulriss@
> wrote:
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> > I love this week's photo! I believe our long term members, Rose Mary
> Smith and her mom, Clara, get the longevity in RV'ing award for this
> week. I had to lighten the picture up some to see Clara a little
better.
> Anybody have any pictures to verify that they have been RV'ing or
> camping longer? What a wonderful childhood summer vacation Rose Mary
> had!
> >
> > Please read the attached email that Rose Mary submitted as
background
> on the picture. She is looking for someone to identify the car and the
> bus. Who knows what makes they are?
> >
> > Happy Easter everyone!
> >
> > Mike Bulriss
> > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > San Antonio, TX - heading out soon for somewhere!
> >
> >
> > Hi Mike
> > Thought you might get a kick out of this old photo.
> > Me hanging out the door, mom's head just showing at top.
> >
> > When I was a kid we would go up to the Sawtooth Mtns. near Stanley,
> Idaho. We lived like hillbillys I reckon, check out the wash board and
> ICE frig., wood stove inside the bus. There were 5 of us kids. We had
a
> tent for the girls and a tent for the boys, while mom and dad slept in
> the bus. That was real boondocking! Ice cold water from a creek. We'd
> spend the whole summer up there. Dad harvesting poles.
> >
> > Trying to find out what that ole bus was? Think the car was a Kaiser
> >
> > Amazing the roads/climb that bus had to maneuver to get up to camp,
> not to mention crossing Hell Roaring Creek.
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> > Don't know how they got the old milk cow Bessie up there.
> > Horse was a necessity to pull down the logs to the landing.
> > This was in the 50's (mid?) I'm sure the bus was an oldster before
dad
> bought it to convert for our summer use.
> >
> > Regards
> > Rose Mary & Mom (Clara young at 88)
> > JP'S White Bird
> > making our was north (noooo) from Arizona desert
> >
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