Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Today was bright and sunny, but last night the wind was very gusty and we were rockin and rollin all over the place. It started to rain about 9pm and rained until early morning. The wind had settled down considerably from the night before and this evening it is almost calm, but the weather is cool. Things are drying out and most of the units are out of the mud they were in a couple of days ago. Some areas of AZ got up to 2 inches of rain. The higher elevations up near Flagstaff got almost 2 feet of new snow. Something unusual for this part of the country.
I found the guy that owned the truck in the photo. It is a 1959 Morris Minor pick up truck. A very rare vehicle indeed. The owner said he had been looking for one for years and finally found this one. It was in pretty good mechanical condition so he has been driving it, pulling this little camping trailer. Since he has been driving it, people have come up and told him of others that they had seen. Since then he has purchased two others. One in undergoing a frame up restoration and the third one he is using for parts. This one is celebrating its 50th birthday. He said there were only a few of this model imported. This one, as you can see, has a serious rust condition. The grille is being held on with bolts and the hood held down with bungee cords, but it is still running and doing its job. A cute match for the trailer that it pulls.
The rally is going well, we did win a $10.00 certificate for a local restaurant, so we will have to go out and eat before we leave town.
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