Not really, Chuck. But, in eastern oregon, the mail carrier drove a hickemup, left hand drive, and delivered the mail in canvas bags, not unlike those that were held out so the trains could catch them without stopping. Everyone had a little enclosure into which he would toss the incoming mail bag. In the morning, you put your bag out on a hook on the enclosure so he could bring back your mail, if and when, you received any. Some of the little huts were fairly fancy, for being out in the sticks. Dan, you forgot we met with the mayor of Lucin while there. Actually, a black and white goat, but he could not travel as the water hole was fenced. I guess the propellers are pretty fancy, as they have a metal rod with a flex material that you could adjust so it caught more air, or less, depending on what you needed. Sure was isolated. The road from I-80 is good, but washboardy so you do a lot of bouncing around. 73 On 8/28/2013 1:22 PM, Chuck Hards wrote:
I bet Larry remembers the days when you could meet the Tuesday autogyro at the Lucin airstrip to pick up your mail. The dirigible came one Saturday a month, unless the wind was blowing. ;-)
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com>wrote:
There is a fellow who lives in Lucin and makes propellors for ultralights. He supposedly makes the best ones available.
The airstrip predates him though. I believe it was put in to service the town of Lucin back in the days when aviation was more affordable. If I am not mistaken, it was also used to service the Lucin VOR radio navigation station.