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A Country Drive with Dad

Saturday, we had blue skies and sunshine.  Dad wanted to visit the ghost towns, so we packed up lunch, snacks and water and took a road trip.

Dad

I’ve posted about some of the ghost towns before, so I’ll give you wildflowers.  The hillsides were in full bloom this day and were lovely to behold.

Thistle

Thistle

Mullien

Aster

Indian Paintbrush

Fireweed

Clicking on the photos will not only give you a larger view, but also the name of the flowers.

Wagon Wheel

Homestead Gate

This fella was also out and about, enjoying the beautiful day!

Western Rattlesnake

To see posts on Old Molson Ghost Town, click here, here, here, here and here.

To see other ghost town posts, put ‘ghost town’ in the search bar on my blog.

Old Molson Ghost Town – Part Five

This post concludes our little road trip.  I hope you have enjoyed it!

For Old Molson Ghost Town – Part One, click here.

I should think it was bad enough to have to crank your car to get going, but the tractors too!

Crank Tractor

Crank Tractor 2

Steam Threshing Machine

Front of Threshing Machine

Saloon

Crank Tractor 3

This is the office for you…if you’d like to be a resident ghost in Molson:

Real Estate Office

Story of Molson

By the way, clicking on any photo will show an enlarged photo, and my attempts at identifying what we are looking at.

Old Molson Ghost Town – Part Four

For Old Molson Ghost Town – Part One, click here.

Buckboard

Steam Machinery

Carriage

Wagon Wheel

Horse Propelled Hay Baler

Stove Cooktop

Take note, youngins; you must provide the heat for this oven.

Oven

I think this is one wicked cool power saw!

Power Saw

Power Saw Driving Mechanism

By the way, clicking on any photo will show an enlarged photo, and my attempts at identifying what we are looking at.