Lorrand RVers: Ken Helm's Farm Visit

Sunday October 15, 2017

A prefect day for a Photo Shoot. Starting out at 9:00am, we stopped for an Egg Mac Muffin to go. Our destination was the east side of Keremeos on highway 3, so we stopped at the lookout over the Osoyoos Valley and Randal inhaled his breakfast. Even though I had already eaten my nutritional, including the Body Balance, I didn't feel hungry but I ate the English muffin ham and egg sandwich anyway. Looking across the valley to the new development called Osoyoos Cottage County and then south towards Osoyoos to see a beautiful mix of green and gold fall colours.

We continued west on #3 towards Keremeos, through Silkemeem Indian Reserve. Just before Keremeos we turned on Lowe Drive to get us to Ken Helm's Farm. The Osoyoos Photo Club visits yearly for a photo shoot. This year Ken was presented a beautiful picture book of photography taken by club members from past years.

The 14 acre farm was once an orchard and since 1975 when Ken bought it he has collected hundred's of old rusty vehicles and antiques which are housed in many small sheds and houses. The grounds are beautifully groomed as the orchard's water system is still in place. It over looks the valley and is framed by the mountain ranges.

The photographers began wandered around to capture their finest pictures. A group of dogs were begging to have someone through a very wet ball for them to chase.

I took the small Canon camera and wandered around as well. I took over 115 pictures. There was so much to see in this totally relaxing place. I took my pen and note paper to write what I saw. No cell phone to do texting or look at Facebook.

Ken has created many seating area for one to sit and contemplate. By an old trailer, sheds, under trees and by work shops.

A few cattle watched as the group enjoyed the morning.

Trees, vines and bushes grew around or through many of the vehicles that displayed many shades of rusty and aging markings.

Lower down from the main part there were several old vehicles of many makes. Hudson, Volkswagen, Pontiac, Buick, Nash, Chevrolet, Meteor, Packard, LaSalle, Desoto, Thames, Thunderbird, Austin, and Lincoln Zipher to name a few. As I sat there, my eye closed imagining the original owners and how they felt when they first drove their new car so many years ago.

The best place of all was Ken's "Man-Cave" where he had an early Emerson Roll Record Player and a Vinyls player. There were comfortable chairs, an old heater and many games in the room.

Video By Lorraine - one of Ken's records "Which witch is which:

It was truly a serene environment and I could have spent more hours there.

Star: The original Dodge was a circle, with two Greek deltas intertwined representing the letter "D",[27] forming a six-pointed star in the middle; an interlocked "DB" was at the center of the star, and the words "Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicles" encircled the outside edge. Although similar to the Star of David, the Dodge brothers were not Jewish; they were Methodists. Although the "Brothers" was dropped from the name for trucks in 1929 and cars in 1930, the DB star remained in the cars until the 1939 models were introduced