{"id":19326,"date":"2025-11-03T20:06:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=19326"},"modified":"2025-11-03T20:09:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T01:09:23","slug":"october-travels-historic-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/19326","title":{"rendered":"October Travels: Historic Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things we try to do as much as we can, is to leave our trips as unplanned as possible. This does a couple things: First, it keeps me from fretting about time and what we have and haven&#8217;t done etc. If we don&#8217;t have a hard timeline, then we can take as much or as little time at places as we want, and if we see something interesting, we can just stop.<\/p>\n<p>One of those places we decided to randomly stop at was the <a href=\"https:\/\/boyertownmuseum.org\/\">Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I am fascinated by old vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>First, I love the way many older cars look.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891361646\/in\/album-72177720330001715\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_117\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891361646_9e67e08a2c_c.jpg?resize=800%2C526&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"526\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_117\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891657930\/in\/album-72177720330001715\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_139\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891657930_9a92b44497_c.jpg?resize=800%2C536&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_139\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Secondly, I read a lot of historical mysteries and romances&#8211;some of my favorites are those that weren&#8217;t historical when they were written (like <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/doyle_arthur_conan.php\">Arthur Conan Doyle<\/a> &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/mystery\/doyle_arthur_conan.php\">Agatha Christie<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to read about a doctor&#8217;s buggy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891608469\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_057\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891608469_b542a9c69c_c.jpg?resize=735%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"735\" height=\"800\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_057\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;or a stage coach&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891658210\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_053\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891658210_cdc72d240a_c.jpg?resize=800%2C678&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_053\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;or a WWI military ambulance.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54890486592\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_045\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54890486592_f89a79c57c_c.jpg?resize=800%2C660&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"660\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_045\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54890486587\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_048\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54890486587_59597ecb12_c.jpg?resize=800%2C539&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"539\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_048\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s something else entirely to see that vehicle in person.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891608204\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_126\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891608204_d3dd6248e2_c.jpg?resize=800%2C773&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"773\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_126\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To imagine packing all your worldly goods and everything you&#8217;d need to build a homestead into a Conestoga wagon and taking off for parts unknown.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/54891361951\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_079\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54891361951_fcdb9aff3c_c.jpg?resize=800%2C587&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"587\" alt=\"2025-10-24_Boyertown-Historic-Vehicles_079\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Or to be rushing through London streets in a Hansom cab (or even worse, to be thrown from atop a carriage in an accident).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The carriage suddenly jolted violently, knocking her to the floor, and for a split second, it felt as if the whole of it would tip on its side. But after a few terrifying heartbeats, it slammed back down to the road and came to an abrupt stop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bess\u2019s voice came from the other side of the carriage and Winnefred\u2019s calm disappeared in an instant. Bloody hell, the girl had been thrown from the top of the carriage.<br \/>\n&#8212;<em>Nearly a Lady<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/romance\/Johnson_Alissa.php\">Alissa Johnson<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>You observe that you have some splashes on the left sleeve and shoulder of your coat. Had you sat in the centre of a hansom you would probably have had no splashes, and if you had they would certainly have been symmetrical. Therefore it is clear that you sat at the side. Therefore it is equally clear that you had a companion.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8212; <em>The Adventure of the Creeping Man<\/em> by Arthur Conan Doyle<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So I was delighted to stumble across this transportation museum and be able to take my time looking at all the different vehicles, and maybe tie them into the stories I&#8217;ve read that featured them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things we try to do as much as we can, is to leave our trips as unplanned as possible. 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