The Ford Barn

daveymc29 · 07-30-2017, 03:21 PM

I have been seated on the fender of many a prewar car for the 18 mile ride out from Boise to the Toll Gate where we lived. All dirt roads, feet braced against the front bumper and hugging the headlight to not get bumped off the car. Two kids on each side, one holding onto doorposts and standing on running boards and two sitting on the front fenders. Car full of four adults and a cab driver, plus everything they had purchased and luggage for the stay in town. Yellow cab from Idanha Hotel home. Never lost so much as a shoe. Cost about $3.00 for all that and took about 2 hours including stops to pick up mail and visit people near the street or road. (Round trip for cabbie)

07-30-2017, 03:21 PM	#25
daveymc29 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Danville, CA Posts: 1,566	Re: I have a question I have been seated on the fender of many a prewar car for the 18 mile ride out from Boise to the Toll Gate where we lived. All dirt roads, feet braced against the front bumper and hugging the headlight to not get bumped off the car. Two kids on each side, one holding onto doorposts and standing on running boards and two sitting on the front fenders. Car full of four adults and a cab driver, plus everything they had purchased and luggage for the stay in town. Yellow cab from Idanha Hotel home. Never lost so much as a shoe. Cost about $3.00 for all that and took about 2 hours including stops to pick up mail and visit people near the street or road. (Round trip for cabbie)