Edit by Fred and Dielof

After a comfortable night rest, everyone in his own bedroom, Joke has prepared a delicious breakfast. Jan always has oat porridge and so have we.

Fred goes with de De Bruins to church.

A flat tyre is repaired with the help of neighbour Karel and an appointment is made at the barber.

tire repair

In the evening we are invited at the Kraay family, where food and beverage is excellent.

Monday morning Dielof cleans the inner of the Land Rover cabin.

Fred has a long social talk, he is friend of the De Bruins.

After catching up with the reports Dirk is off to the barber. A treat with a brand new shampoo.

He has fresh curly hair now.

Dirk’s restyle 1

Dirk’s restyle 2

Jan has arranged that we can visit the Western Development Museum.

welcome at the museum

Before we go into the museum Dirk is handed over a plaquette by the Saskatoon Antique Carclub. Than he is interviewed by a local radio station.

plaquette

interview

Jason, the manager, shows us and other members round in his interesting museum.

It shows us situations from about 100 years ago, with the items of that time. Cars, houses, agricultural machinery etc.

in the museum 1

in the museum 2

On the way back the restaurant were we should have our dinner, is closed.

Tim Hortons helps us out. Here Dirk receives a licence plate from an interested fan.

Tuesday morning Dirk is invited to have a look at the only Derby car left over, build in Saskatoon.

Derby’s restoration crew

Dielof and Fred go into town. They meet Robin de Bruin and his water truck.

Now we are going to prepare us for leaving tomorrow morning.

Edit by the 2 D’s

Today we have a busy program.

We want to visit the town of Edam in Saskatchewan and we have an appointment with Fred;s friends in Saskatoon.

This trip is about 240 miles, so pedal to the metal.

Edam 26 km

Edam 1 km

welcome to Edam

plaque founding Edam

After visiting Edam we still have to do about 120 miles to reach Saskatoon, so again pedal to the metal.

During this trip through huge grain fields we see some old barns and big grain elevators.

grain elevator

old barns

At about 7.15 PM we arrive at the house of Jan and Joke de Bruin in Saskatoon.

A special compliment to the Model T for this long trip without any trouble.

Edit by the 2 D’s

The first of August we drive from Anzac to Lac La Biche, to make our camp there.

Tomorrow we continue our tour to Makwa Lake near by the village of Loon Lake.

This day we had many gravel roads with a lot of dust.

These bad roads are hard for most cars but not for the Model T and the Land rover.

They just whirr on.

worldtraveller

The next day, August 2th, we drive from Lac La Biche to Makwa Lake, a trip of about 165 miles.

Again the tour goes through huge fields and in the middle of nowhere, just at the moment we want a coffee stop, there shows up Eric’s grocery.

Eric immediately makes fresh coffee for us.

Eric’s grocery

In his shop you can buy everything you need, and he says when we don’t have it, you don’t need it.

inside the grocery

At about 6 PM we arrive at the campground of Makwa Lake and the first thing Dirk does, is jumping into the lake.

Edit by Dirk and Dielof

Today we visit Fort McMurray.

This is a small town in the North of Canada, functioning on oil industry.

This oil is gained from tar sand.

There are huge sand fields from which big draglines dig off the tar sand.

oil plant

dragline 2

dragline 1

After the fields have been dig off and the sand is cleaned it is given back to nature.

Even the bison’s come back to the fields.

bisons

In a bar in Fort McMurray we can use internet, so Fred has an opportunity to send congratulations to his wife Sytske, who has her birthday today.

Fred’s office

Edit by Dirk and Dielof

July 28th we are going to visit Edmonton.

There is an old street car that is still in use.

Chris is one of the volunteers who keep this street car going.

We go by Model T to the starting point of the street car to make a city tour.

old street car

city view

July 29th we say goodbye to our host Chris and his wife Michelle and of their friends Jerry and his wife.

saying goodbye

Chris guides us in his Kissel out of town.

guiding out of town

We going to the direction of Fort McMurray, but that will be a to long trip for wone day.

up to Fort McMurray

In the evening we arrive at the campground North Buck Lake near by Caslan.

campground Anzac

The next day, July 30th, we travel from Caslan to Fort McMurray and make our camp near the Gregoire Lake, near the village of Anzac, not so far from Fort McMurray.

Edit by Dirk

Today, Saturday Juli 27 we are invited to visit the old-timer car show in Leduc, about 30 km south of Edmonton.

Our host Chris guides us in his T-Ford speedster.

towards Leduc

At the show we have our own small stand, where also the Dodge from 1954 of Chris and Jerry is showed. In this Dodge the men make also long trips.

at the car show

Dielof on a ’32 bike

Dielof as an instructor

After the car show we visit friends of Chris, Lynn and Ray Fowler.

Ray is one of the actors in the movie, made in 2008 about the Great Race in 1908.

Ray and Lynn live at an old farm house of her grandmother and they collectors of old car stuff.

at Ray and Lynn’s bar

the cowboy

still looking good

Before we leave we take a picture of Ray, Lynn and Dirk with the Model T and the McLaughlin.

some cowboys

Edit by Dirk and Dielof

Today we say goodbye to our host Jan de Goey and his wife Ada.

Before we go to Edmonton, we first visit the Reynold’s museum in Wetskiwin.

This museum has a huge collection of old agriculture machines, airplanes and unrestored cars.

old tractors 2

old tractors 1

unrestored cars 3

unrestored cars 2

unrestored cars 1

After that we go to Edmonton on an upaved gravel road.

We have an appointment there with Chris and Michelle Damford.

We met Chris at the barbeque in Calgary and he has a very nice Kissel Kar, which was used in the early twenties by the chief of the fire brigade.

Model T meets Kissel

After diner we make a city tour with Chris in de Kissel.

Kissel city tour

Edit by Fred

Joe and Caren had two nice bedrooms ready for us. We slept very well. After a shower they served a nice breakfast. There was Wi-Fi, so at 9 am Dirk, Dielof and I are all very busy with the lap-top to make the information ready for internet. I had still to talk a lot with Joe, nevertheless after the coffee we had to say goodbye and thank them for their hospitality.

Fred, Jo and Caren de Wit

Our new destination is Wetaskiwin. There lives family De Goeij.

They have a big dairy- farm, milking over 400 cows. They do this with their 2 sons/wife’s and some staff. We know Ada and Jan de Goeij from our flight last week when we came from Amsterdam to Calgary.

Dielof and I had a very nice contact in the plane with Ada and Jan, and they invite us to visit them. At 5 pm we arrived at the farmhouse, nobody at home, after 10 minutes Jan shows up.

He is totally surprised when he sees the Model-T and the Land rover. At the same time Ada and her sister from Amsterdam show up, together with Ada’s daughter in law. They want to know everything about Dirks project. And Dirk is happy to tell what he is doing and why.

Jan and Ada de Goeij

Ada wants to know what we’ll have for dinner and Jan suggests: pizza.

Maybe he and Dirk can go with the model T? And there they go. A special experience for Jan.

Dirk knows he needs oil for the model T. Jan knows a bulk-store. So they come back with pizza and 12 litres. Oil (donated by the shop).

the oil man

Report of Wednesday 2013-07-24
Edit by Dielof

This morning just after 7. I wake up. The zipper of my tent is open already so Dirk has started his daily procedures. First I wake up Fred.
Where of the hell is Dirk…….
His hotel is still closed. After looking around for some time I decide to call for him, it’s a little late. Dirk opens his hotel and says it’s Wednesday, and I always am allowed to sleep a little longer.
We prepare the breakfast and start to break down our tent. After the breakfast we’re ready to leave. The save trip wishes with a nice flower for missing Trudy.

Trudy flower

Fred films the departure of the campsite through the river again.

crossing the river

Via Nordegg and Rocky Mountain House we are heading for Carstairs. There lives Joe, Fred’s nephew, with his wife Caren. We travel through hilly country-side. Enormous farmlands. And the road goes on. Up hill, down hill.

hill up, hill down

The GPS takes us directly to the address of Joe and Karen in Carstairs. The greeting was very warm.
Just to explain the situation. Joe is Fred’s nephew and Joe left Holland 60 years ago. Joe and Fred didn’t see each other that long. Nevertheless, it was a nice meeting. They talked till late in the evening with a picture-book to bring up nice memories.

Report July 23rd, by Dielof.

Dirk zipped open our tent. He has already started his greasing-ritual. Now and than interfered by a lady or gentleman for a model-T moment.
After a nice breakfast in Banff with a delicious cappuccino up to Lake Louis. There is beside the lake a big castle/hotel from the beginning of the 20th century.

at Lake Louise

And than back on track again.
We have to leave the park before 4 pm. And we manage to do that just in time.
At the right of us we have a mountain range and the beginning of lake Abraham

Dielof and Dirk in the Model T

At the left there is also a mountain range. There is an exit quite steep towards the lake. Time for a swim. Fred changes underwear, I go as Adam. Dirk films this all. And off we go.
Now there shows up a sign: GAS. We tank at a first nation gas station.
Dirk goes to the side the road. He has seen a campsite a little way back, off the road some 6 km. We have to go through a little stream. Model T first, Fred films it. A picture is taken.

crossing the river

Than the Land rover follows. Good experience for Fred in low-gear. Now we are on the camping, very quiet. The “murmur “of the river in the background.

meal

musquitos at the camp site

After a simple onion/ carrot/potato-meal with a salad we satisfied go sleeping.