Boise River Festival

[John Bryan <jbryan@micron.net>]

The Boise River Festival once again had an awsome car show! Jonathan
Dodge was showing his newly completed 914. I could have had my Ghia there
like last year, but family commitments kept me from finishing upgrades that
I'm doing in time for the show. I rode down to the park on my ZAP bike,
anxious to see how Jonathan's Porsche would be received by the huge crowd.
I have to say I was amazed at the level of interest in the car and my bike!
I would have never expected so many positive comments in the land of SUVs,
as this area is commonly referred to. As I wandered through the amazing show
of beautiful cars under a canopy of shady trees, I was surprized to find a
1917 Baker Electric. The owner is the great nephew of THE Mr. Baker, and the
car was just gorgeous. A convertible with a Forest Green body and black 
fenders, the entire frame, suspension, and wooden spokes where colored an
elegant maroon with red pin stripes. It was all original and in absolutely
perfect condition. Even though it was surrounded by White steamers, it held
my attention as I checked it out, inside and underneath. 
	In Jonathan's EV zone, I did some tire smoking with the ZAP bike,
and overall just had alot of fun. It was kinda nice just being a spectator
for a change, I could talk to Jonathan's EV people for a while and then go
riding off to visit other friends or look at cars. 
	There is always this dude with a very complex one man band on his
back. It includes flapping feathered wings, twirling propellor on his hat,
tamborine snare drum, cowbell, guitar, etc. It always sounds much better than
you would think. Like the dude says: It's because the wings propel the sound
out to the audience while fanning and cooling him off.

John Bryan