International Light Line truck, c. 1974

 

Caught in Denver by Markus Anstadt. Great, clean plainjane pickup. Dog-dishes rule. We could call it a wheelbarrow, a genre of truck that you know we admire--an awfully clean, well-cared-for wheelbarrow. We posted a trio of older Internationals from Saskatchewan and one of our favorite trucks is the R110 in Colorado Springs. Here's the L-110 spotted in Salida, CO a while back. And an International panel truck delivering Vagabond Coffee in Portland, Maine.

mid-1990s Land Rover Defender

From Markus Anstadt, on the summer streets of Denver. Did you see the 1971 Land Rover Series IIA we posted from Harraseeket, Maine a couple weeks ago?

 

On Eggemoggin Reach

 

The Reach is a ten-mile long stripe of saltwater between Deer Isle, Maine and the towns of Brooklin and Sedgwick on the mainland. Eggemoggin Reach connects Blue Hill Bay and Jericho Bay at the eastern end with Penobscot Bay on the western. Eggemoggin is an Abenaki word. It translates to "the fish weir place". It's a "Reach" because, thanks to the prevailing SW wind, it can often be sailed 'on a reach', i.e. perpendicular to the wind, a very favorable point of sail. Here are some boats we encountered over the last few weeks of sailing.

"Gesture", at work and (below) at rest. Sparkman & Stephens design, an ocean racer built  1942.

                                                         

"Luna" is simplicity afloat. The Buzzards Bay 25 is a Herreshoff design from early 1900s.

Schooner Angelique

"Wild Horses" built at Brooklin Boatyard, 1998.

Lobster yacht.

International One-Design, a class of sailboats developed about 90 years ago for day-racing.

Good old Scout, the trusty station wagon of the seas. I think she sees more of the Reach than any other boat in Center Harbor. Cape Dory 25, built 1975.

1967 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport

Blue Hill, Maine. We posted a 1969 Camaro SS. another '69 Camaro, straight outta Winterport.

1985 Chevrolet K-20

 

Deer Isle, Maine. ex-Navy truck. And here's a 1940s ex-Navy Reo 1 1/2 ton.

Surfin' Merc. Capitola, Calif,

 photos©Jill Goldman 2025. That's a 1964 Mercury Montclair with a 'Breezeway' rear window.

1979 Cadillac Eldorado. Brooklin, Maine

 

We have posted this car before. Summer car. Hard too resist. Speaking of summer cars, here's a Cutlass convertible. And do you remember our post on 1961, we think the best year for American cars in terms of style if not, perhaps, engineering.