So I took a much needed break from the farm and went east. On Thursday I went to the Central Washington Agricultural Museum in Union Gap. Anyone who is ever in Washington State NEEDS to visit this museum. It is so cool! It is more than agricultural artifacts but all kinds of stuff that has been donated by them. Some of it has been fixed up and some not quite yet. Here is a small portion of what I saw that is from my interests.
insulators
Wenas sheep camp stove
sheepherders wagon
inside of sheepherders wagon
Please, somebody, tell me what this is.
What is this?
My great grand father was in business with this Sellers. I am not sure if it was before or after this apple crate label.
Sellers apple box label
A few old tractors:
Gibson Super tractor
Avery gas-oil tractor
I love combines!
McCormick-Deering combine
I could imagine this farmer giving up on this baler for the last times and walking away despite hay still being in it!
old baler with hay bales still in it
Dodges!
old Dodge trucks
another Dodge truck
Pea viners are a childhood story in Skagit County
old pea vines
I love this homemade tractor!
deer john tractor
Real horse hair!
apple washer with horse hair on it
A cool older apple sorter. Not sure how the apple scales quite worked.
first portion of apple sorting machine
second portion of apple sorting machine
I loved this alcohol measuring kit and its official stamps (I believe from Washington State inspectors)
alcohol measuring kit
some of the certification stamps of kit
For my husband, a surveyor:
old surveyors equipment
old brass transit
And a cider maker:
cider press
We decorated graves in Yakima, and then headed back to our family’s cabin and relaxed. I knitted,
Edgar Rock and wool
the beagles relaxed,
beagles on front porch
And Mo explored.
Mopar on river
progress on hat
Cowichan sweater sleeve
I also finished A Bright and Shining Lie, a great book about the Vietnam War. I learned a lot from it. My back and my mind are much better now.
