The "Wayback Machine"

Go Fleiter · March 23, 2012, 02:23:32 AM

Bob, I found the bridge on Google earth: nice place in the woods!

Subbaiah · March 23, 2012, 01:39:28 AM

Wonderful to see these pictures. Can sense the satisfaction of these trips. You people are blessed I must say.

In India, whenever you go on drives people ask you some standard questions

1. Is the car petrol or diesel? (Diesel is about 35% cheaper than petrol)
2. What is mileage? (India is obsessed about mileage)
3. Are you selling? (In the absence of exposure people are trying to understand values of such cars)

Absence of discipline on the road is a major pain :-[. People keeping coming in your way trying to take pictures on their mobile camera's.

In the next few months we plan to do may drives in my 32 PLY PB and hope to add to this thread.

Cheers

Subbaiah

36 Ply · March 21, 2012, 08:51:09 PM

Bob,

Cool photos.

Go,

Have fun at the fair.

Pat O'Connor

RC Drown · March 21, 2012, 06:18:23 PM

Go,

The name of this bridge is the Beaverkill covered bridge. try that

Go Fleiter · March 21, 2012, 05:50:46 PM

in Google earth, I found a Livingstone Manor Covered Bridge, but that seems to be much less cared for.
That wasn?t Your place?

Always nice to see Your pics (and feeling someone still sustains the slowlyness of this server...)
Today, with 62 deg. F, I took off my additional 12V electric web (Radar alarm, quarter power window motors, MP3 Radio, GPS power)
and had a 16 Ah Gel- Battery 12 installed. I need it for the change to electric power steering. I have to reverse back several times to get into my garage, and my deteriorating right hand doesn?t like the heavy turning any more.

Afterwards, I can add everything to the 12 V Batt, until now I used a 6 to 12 V unit, which wasn?t reliable.
I will put a second generator under the original one, using one (longer) V- Belt.

Saturday I will go to the Techno Classica Fair at Essen (25 minutes in Plymouth), one of the biggest in Europe.
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go

RC Drown · March 21, 2012, 03:57:59 PM

Cooper and I were out and about this morning. This covered bridge is located not far from Roscoe, NY. It was built in 1865.

RC Drown · January 09, 2012, 04:06:01 PM

Thanks Chet for the compliment.

The last I knew was that Belleayre was making man made snow as was Hunter

chetbrz · January 09, 2012, 07:55:37 AM

Bob,

The weather has been great. The wife, some friends, & I took a drive to the beach on New Years Eve. Weather was like spring. Your pictures of the Catskills area are incredible. I bet the skiers are not happy but the locals are.

Chet?

RC Drown · January 08, 2012, 07:45:33 PM

Cooper and I were out and about both yesterday and today in the Plymouth. I don't believe in "Global Warming" but sure am not complaining about the mild winter to date here in the Catskills of NY

RC Drown · January 01, 2012, 02:38:01 PM

Cooper and I took our first ride of the New Year this morning, didn't go far, but had fun at it. Hard to believe that right now it is almost 50 degrees here in the Catskills of NY. Before we went for a ride, I grilled some hamburghers, ah life is good, yes it is.

I sincerly hope that everyone is having as good a day as I am, Happy New Year to everyone,
Bob, Patty and Cooper

rreid740 · December 17, 2011, 10:26:39 PM

Quote from: RC Drown on December 13, 2011, 01:59:49 PM
Just had to take advantage of the nice day. With todays mileage, I have 2511 miles for the year and have driven it every month this year alteast once

Define coolness? A digital camera, an old Plymouth, no time clock and - a really nice December here in the northeast!

Of course we paid a lot of weather-dues in September and October. I'm still mucking out, though my issues were fairly minor.

Thanks for stream of pictures, Bob. They're great. I count the days to retirement...and try to make the most of my weekends!

RC Drown · December 13, 2011, 01:59:49 PM

Just had to take advantage of the nice day. With todays mileage, I have 2511 miles for the year and have driven it every month this year alteast once

RC Drown · November 21, 2011, 11:21:39 AM

Bob,

I have just over 2250 miles so far this season on the "Wayback Machine" I would like to get atleast another 150 miles on her, that is my highest so far, but this is the fourth year in a row with over 2000 miles on her.

After I posted the first part, I went for another ride this morning, here are a couple of photos. The white building was an old store/garage back in the 30's and '40's Closed up when the reservoir was built in the late '40's and early '50's

41PlySD · November 21, 2011, 10:14:07 AM

More beautiful photos Bob!...I see you got my favorite 'ol barn backdrop in there thank you...Keep 'em coming as I hear there's more nice weather in our forecast. Going to hit the mid-50's by week's end and will stay dry too :-) By now you have to have an all time record for miles in one season on the Wayback Machine huh??

Bob

RC Drown · November 21, 2011, 08:09:15 AM

Out and about yesterday

Go Fleiter · October 29, 2011, 10:36:45 AM

Beautiful!!

RC Drown · October 28, 2011, 06:16:18 PM

Here is a photo I took a few minutes ago, I think it shows the leaves pretty good. Hard to believe that we are under a winter storm warning with upwards of a foot of snow possible

RC Drown · October 18, 2011, 03:24:08 PM

Cooper and I have been out and about today, we reached and surpassed the 1900 miles driven this season with the "Wayback Machine two weeks earlier than last year. Not bad considering she was laid up most of the month of June waiting for a pinion seal, and both inner and outer rear axle seals. Most of those 1900 plus miles Cooper has been my Co-pilot and GPS unit. Gosh how I love that little bundle of fur!!!!

41PlySD · October 18, 2011, 11:34:30 AM

My wife and I took a ride south into the Finger Lakes region (Canandaigua) of NY state last week. I was surprised at how much better the leaves were down there. At the time we virtually had no colors at all up here by the big Lake (Ontario). Now a week later we're just starting to get some nice colors in the trees. Just like Pat said... We need a hard frost for the trees to change. On the other hand we're still picking tomatoes and zuchini...so it's not all so bad. Keep taking those photos Bob. I also enjoy them so much...

Thanks, Bob

RC Drown · October 11, 2011, 07:57:29 AM

Thanks Go,

Up until a few days ago, the leaves were very dull, but now they are beginning to have some bright colors

Go Fleiter · October 11, 2011, 04:41:01 AM

I love Your fotos, and these tree colours!
Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go

RC Drown · October 09, 2011, 03:32:48 PM

My wife, Cooper and I went for a ride this morning, here are some photos that I took along the way. The trees are finally beginning to get some nice color to them

Pat, with the wet weather here all summer we have been blessed with not many bugs, which is rather odd, but true, although the Japanese beetles wrecked havoc on my wife's flowers

36 Ply · October 08, 2011, 09:10:34 AM

Bob-

Our fall colors are pretty decent this year, but we need a hard frost. I was attacked by (biting) Japanese beetles, and tiny black (biting) bugs when I took clothes off the clothesline. They also munched on me while I was laying in our driveway, pulling the (oil) drain plug on the '36.

Pat O'Connor

Go Fleiter · October 07, 2011, 01:26:35 AM

Nice country! Your Coopper will become Plymouth expert!

This Saturday, I have to go to Sauerland Mountains, 2:1/2 hour one way, but we have heavy rains this weekend, I have to take the Diesel.

Greetings from D?sseldorf! Go

RC Drown · October 06, 2011, 12:05:04 PM

Cooper and I were out and about this morning, the leaves are turning, but not any vibrant colors, maybe more colors now that we had a hard frost this morning and supposedly another one tomorrow morning

RC Drown · August 24, 2011, 10:30:44 AM

Thanks Pat, once the leaves turn, I'll get back and try to recreate that photo with the autumn leavesi

36 Ply · August 24, 2011, 08:59:01 AM

Hey Bob,

I especially like the shot through the windshield. I'll bet that view is great when the leaves turn...

Pat O'Connor

RC Drown · August 23, 2011, 11:23:59 AM

Fall is in the air this morning, 44 degrees around 4am, once the sun came up, nice morning, so Cooper and I fired up the "Wayback Machine" to go for a ride. I went to an old farm that is off the beaten track to take these photos. Hope everyone enjoys the photos and is having as much fun as we are today

Go Fleiter · August 18, 2011, 03:30:31 PM

Thank You very much, we wil make plans very early...

RC Drown · August 17, 2011, 03:48:18 PM

Go,

If you and your wife do retire and decide to ship the Plymouth over, you three are more than welcomed to stop in. The Catskills of NY are beautiful in the Fall

Go Fleiter · August 17, 2011, 02:41:42 PM

Bob,
I love indian summer, please post!

Hoping to retire in 2014, I?m thinking over to ship the Ply to its roots and cruise 6 weeksin indian summer and else...
No chance for such long holidays until than!

Wife likes Ply and USA too, both beeing freelancer professionals with short holidays only, we have never been in the US...

Greetings! Go

RC Drown · August 17, 2011, 12:39:39 PM

Seb,

Thanks for the kind words and idea, I appreciate the feedback that I get from the photos I post. If all goes as planned I will get some photos this Fall with the Autumn leaves, "Wayback Machine" and the covered bridges.

Sebastiano · August 17, 2011, 12:20:38 PM

Hi Bob,
I always like your photos and if I not confirm my approval don't mean not to appreciate.
However I believe that it ould be a beautiful idea for you that you live in the country to introduce the photos of the car in the same places in the different seasons.
The snow in the winter, the flowers in the spring, the blue of the sky in the summer etc.
what do you think?.
To send a photo of city, nothing changes. The houses are always grey but you are in contact with the nature and it would be beautiful to share this beauty
Thanks always to share your emotions with us
Sebastiano

RC Drown · August 15, 2011, 09:01:16 AM

Pat,

Good to hear that you had the '36 out yesterday for breakfast and the planes. No such luck here yesterday, overcast and raining, in fact it is raining here right now, with rain mentioned most of the week. Our local fair is this Fri, Sat and Sunday. Sunday is the car show during the fair, hopefully it will be nice.

36 Ply · August 14, 2011, 09:11:49 PM

Bob-

Looks like another fun trip in the '40. We took the '36 to a fly-in, drive-in breakfast this morning at a local airport (grass runway). We saw three Piper Cubs and a few other planes from the same era.

Pat O'Connor

RC Drown · August 14, 2011, 12:28:22 PM

It is a rainy, cool, Sunday morning, thought I would share a few recent photos with everyone. If you look closely, Cooper is peaking his head out of the one by the Robin Hood Pub, I had stopped for a cup of coffee to go

RC Drown · July 23, 2011, 08:39:17 AM

Bill and Go,

Thanks for the positive comments, I really appreciate that.

There is another covered bridge about eight or ten miles from the one that I posted the other day. If all goes as planned, I will get up there also this summer. I could have went that same day, but wanted to make an extra trip out of it, that way giving Cooper and I more driving time in the "Wayback Machine" :)

Thanks again,
Bob

Go Fleiter · July 23, 2011, 02:42:33 AM

Bob, very interesting that they chose an arc construction in wood!

In austria this year, I saw a newly built covered wood bridge, but I couldn?t look inside.

It?s aways nice to see Your pictures !

Bill Davis · July 23, 2011, 12:42:39 AM

Bob,

l sure do like the photos of your '40 Plymouth at the covered bridges. l do not think that there
are any wooden bridges like those in my area. Thanks for the photos.

RC Drown · July 20, 2011, 12:49:33 PM

About a month ago Cooper and I went for another ride to get these photos of another covered bridge located in Livingston Manor, NY. This bridge was also built in 1860. It is called the Van Tran Flats covered bridge. Look at the way the bridge was constructed on the inside, made to last, that is for sure