September 8, 2007

Today we started early. We were at Bill and Jeanette’s house at 06:30 AM. Bill already had his Fordson tractor loaded on the trailer and was tying it down. I helped him finish while Char went to the house to see Jeanette. Bill and I then took drove to Door Village, unloaded the tractor and returned back to his house. Today and tomorrow is the Door Village Harvest Festival and Bill is showing the Fordson tractor, his 1927 Model T Ford and 1949 Plymouth. Back home, Bill got the Model T and Plymouth out and we were ready to leave again. This time Bill and Jeanette went in the Model T and Char and I had the privilege of driving the Plymouth. This is as good as it gets. This is my first time to drive a 58-year-old restored car to a car show. THANK YOU, Bill.




This is Bill on his 1930 Fordson tractor. Martin, this tractor was made in Ireland.

This is Bill’s 1927 Model T Ford and 1949 Plymouth.

This is Lynn L. Warner a woodworker specializing in toys, puzzles, boxes and other useless gadgets demonstrating his wood working skills on his hand-made foot powered saw.

This is a regular size postage stamp that Lynn put on wood and then cut into a puzzle. Below you can see the backside of the puzzle. This is very precise cutting and he is one of the best.

We saw this beautiful pair of yoked oxen getting ready to walk around the area.

Here you can see Bill demonstrating how to walk on a pair of homemade stilts.

Later in the evening we went to dinner with our niece Julie and her two girls Tammy and Melissa. After dinner we went for a walk at Lake Michigan. It was a beautiful evening and we took some great pictures.

This is Tammy and Melissa just before they ditched the older folks.

Here are Char and Julie on the walk out to the lighthouse.

This is the lighthouse with the Chicago skyline in the background at sunset.

This is a fantastic sunset at the end of great day for us with a view of Chicago's tall buildings in the distance.