Yesterday Sweet Pea, the pugs and I, all made the trek out to Fort Worden to visit the Labor Day Weekend Historic Military Vehicle Show. We packed a picnic lunch, loaded up the BGS bicycle, and made the hike up to the top Artillery Hill. It was a small encampment with most of the vehicles from British Columbia and a few from Washington State. We had expected a larger gathering with a couple of reenactment camps from WW1 and the Spanish American War, but the camps were nowhere to be found........ We had a great picnic lunch courtesy of Sweet Pea and we enjoyed looking at the vehicles. I got some great shots of the Bundesgrenzschutz bicycle in front of a HUGE M-818 Truck and in front of a WW2 Chevrolet Communications Van.
This M-818 was a BEAST! These things are HUGE! This one was set up as a camper rig for running up in Alaska........... Very cool! It even had a little window set up for their little dog to look out.
There was a good mix of vehicles.......... a couple of ambulances, three motorcycles, several deuce-and-a-halves, a couple of Jeeps, a Humvee............... the motorcycles, Humvee and a Jeep were leaving on a "road trip" to Fort Flagler when we arrived, but I did get a few quick pictures before they took off.
The WW2 Chevrolet Communication Van was great! It was set up as a Canadian Army rig with trailer and it had all of the original radio gear inside. They had a BSA folding paratroop bicycle on the front (not an accurate BSA bike, but still pretty cool). I couldn't resist snapping a few pictures of the BGS bike next to the BSA folder that was strapped on the front of the Chevy......
Here are a few shots of the BSA folding bike on the front of the Chevy....... original frame, but the bars and stem, etc. were newer.....
Here are a mix of shots from around the show:
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