Portland 98

               These pictures were taken at the 98 Portland Show. They will give anyone
               that has never been a general overview of the show. To those that have
               been, let's have a good year and, hopefully all will be back in 99.
               

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      mogul                load of lawn          lawn tractors        load of green          part of the
                                   tractors                                            engines                vendor area

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loaded for return     snoose air line          15 hp reid                 lawn tractor      another part of
trip to reidsville,nc                                                                                        vendor areas
with my new toys                                                                                      

 

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    more lawn          set up across                  foos              ken's set-up              ac tractors
       tractors                from me                                         from canada

These pictures were made a few miles north of Portland in the Amish area

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            amish farm and                       amish farm and                        amish general
                   home                                      windmill                                     store

The Amish People in this area live on narrow unpaved roads. The farms are well kept as indicated
by the pictures. The houses and barns are large indicating to me that these people are well off. Also
the houses do not have electricity. When I took the picture of the barn, the owner came out of the   house to get a drink of water but quickly disappeared. It is my understanding that these people don't want their pictures made. The general store was located at this farm. Like the house, there wasn't any electricity. This store had all kinds of baked goods, pies, cakes, canned goods, etc.

To sum up: We had  delightful trips to the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Oh. and visiting the Amish area north of Portland.


     

 

 

 

 

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