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Small show, but a good one nonetheless The show had about 40 cars, here is one that was exceptional: This car had jackups and so here, was sitting on its bottom, so to speak.

What a treat, following not too long after the visits by the B-24 and B-25. The Ford TriMotor is one of six left in the country, this one now owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association, on tour.   One could take a ride for $75 which was quite a bargain.  We didn't take them up on it, but many did. The wing was exceptionally thick and so the luggage compartment was in the wing.  One could access the compartment through this drop down door. The interior had a look of old time luxury.  Some of the TriMotors had wicker chairs for seating.  Also on the parking area was this old plane in excellent condion.  It was a C-??

The Collings Foundation makes a once a year tour of America, showing off the few remaining aircraft used in WWII. These are in excellent condition and one can walk right up to them for inspection, both inside and outside. There was as B-24 Liberator. This is Dee and the pilot of the B-24.  He was about to take off and take the plane to an airport in San Antonio. Here is a B-25, small by comparison.

This was a picnic that we had never attended before.  It was at the Lutheran Church in Hostyn, about two hours drive from home. We arrived in good shape, weather was good and not too warm. The food was as bit different, having been heralded as sausage and pork with all the usual trimmings.  The usual trimmings means green beans and sauerkraut.  The pork was a surprise.  At picnics, we only know pork as BBQ pork---but this was small cubes of pork of which more than half was fat.  It was in a liquid broth and scooped out onto the plate.  Others later told us that it was pork belly cooked in water with seasonings.  Need to avoid this next year. We sat alongside a lady who was from the area many years ago and now lives in Dripping Springs.  She was a wealth of information, and did show us a lot of her work as an artist.  Did not get her name---should have.  She was on the lookout for any one she might have known from her childhood in the...