Tippecanoe Steam and Gas Show 2011 part 5

Finally, here are a few of my favorite pictures from the show.

Tippecanoe Steam and Gas Show 2011 part 4

The previous videos were really fun to shoot as I knew one of the participants.  Eric Miller, a Purdue University grad student, is seen tossing the wheat into the thresher.  Eric is one of those who will charm you with his "Aww shucks" attitude while slapping a "kick me"  sign on your backside, but still a hard worker through and through.
  I took 72 photos and videos so I probably won't post them all.  Here are a couple to give you a little scope of the size of the event.

The live demonstration scene was pretty involved - especially for the shelling.

Tippecanoe Steam and Gas Show 2011 part 3

Tippecanoe Steam and Gas Show 2011 part 2

No Southern Indiana pictures. How about these?

The pictures I took in southern Indiana did not turn out very well.  I was using my phone camera from a moving car.  What could go wrong?  Blurred, too high, too late, too low, too soon, and finger on the lens.  Yep.  When I do it - I do it right.  So I have two other pictures I thought I would toss up here.  The first is my daughter and me heading down the road, wide open on the previously mentioned 4020.  1964 Synchro-Range.  Diesel.  1 family owned.

The next picture is from the Annual Tippecanoe Steam & Gas Power Show in Battleground, IN.  (Battleground is right next to Lafayette and Purdue university.)

I took picture (with the phone camera) because it reminded me of a build-it-yourself from Popular Mechanics magazine in the 1950's.   Yes it is a Gibson tractor, but it does look homemade.