Category Archives: Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho: Old Ford COE U.S. Postal Service, September 2023

This former USPS Ford 1960s though 1980s C (Cargo) series Cab Over Engine (COE) truck has been in use as a static billboard for more than 30 years, by a re-sale store in Pocatello called Westwood Discount. I do not know the exact year of this truck. In Canada, this truck was known as the ‘M’ series because Ford trucks were sold under the Mercury brand-name in Canada.

Chubbuck Days, Idaho: CARS & CANDY, August 2023!

My Idaho; Pathetic Pland-emic 4th of July, 2020!

Photo by Aryssa M. Hutchins.

Due to the Pland-emic Paranoia, Bannock County administrators canceled the yearly fireworks show, but I showed them!

The fireworks were found in this 25mm High-Explosive Tracer ammo case. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins.

Me and my middle daughter Aryssa decided to try out the decades old fireworks we found on my father’s estate in California, in February 2019. 

The proper use of your empties.

It ended with me trying to blow-up one of my BBQ grills. Video by Aryssa M. Hutchins:

Are fireworks the true ‘Fountain of Youth’?

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Cars & Candy!

After a seven years hiatus, the car show portion of Chubbuck Days finally returned to Cotant Park in Chubbuck, Idaho, 12AUG2023.

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998 (and covering the car show since 2010), the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

After 2016, the so-called neighborhood improvement projects blocked access to Cotant Park, along with the park’s playground and tennis courts being ripped-up and replaced by a parking lot (also, the substitute park chosen for Chubbuck Days was too small to accommodate a car show), with the projects completed just in time for the ‘Pland-emic’ Paranoia which resulted in the cancelation of all local public events.

Supposedly unsuspecting parents & children were bombed from the sky with candy dropped from a rotary wing:

See more Chubbuck Days, 2023: 1973 CORVETTE STINGRAY

U.S. NAVY DEPLOYS MINI-SUB TO LANDLOCKED IDAHO!

Chubbuck Days, 2023: 1973 Corvette Stingray

Original faded paint, missing the rear luggage rack, and it’s for sale!

It’s for sale, but it seems people is more interested in the dog:

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998, the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

Chubbuck Days, 2016: MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING

After 2016, the so-called neighborhood improvement projects blocked access to Cotant Park, along with the park’s playground and tennis courts being ripped-up and replaced by a parking lot (also, the substitute park chosen for Chubbuck Days was too small to accommodate a car show), with the projects completed just in time for the ‘Pland-emic’ Paranoia which resulted in the cancelation of all local public events.

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Mid-1960S CHEVY CHEVELLE MALIBU

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Mid-1960s Chevy Chevelle Malibu

After a seven years hiatus, the car show finally returned to Chubbuck Days, in Southeastern Idaho, 12AUG2023.

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998, the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

Chubbuck Days, 2016: MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING

After 2016, the so-called neighborhood improvement projects blocked access to Cotant Park, along with the park’s playground and tennis courts being ripped-up and replaced by a parking lot (also, the substitute park chosen for Chubbuck Days was too small to accommodate a car show), with the projects completed just in time for the ‘Pland-emic’ Paranoia which resulted in the cancelation of all local public events.

Chubbuck Days, 2023: U.S. NAVY DEPLOYS MINI-SUB TO LANDLOCKED IDAHO!

INDIAN MOTORCYCLE

Idaho’s Snake River Militia captures U.S. Army ForsCom!

After five days of grueling events, on 18AUG2023 U.S. Army Forces Command (ForsCom) announced the winner of its Best Squad competition; Idaho Army National Guard’s 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (‘Snake River Brigade’)!

Idaho Army National Guard’s Specialist Christian Brown takes the lead during the 12-mile Ruck March, 18AUG2023. U.S. Army photo by Specialist Jaidon Novinska.

The winning squad is specifically from Idaho’s 2nd-116th Cavalry Regiment, made up of Staff Sergeant Joshua Hutchings, Sergeant Douglas Kenz-Woods, Specialist Evan Skaug, Specialist David Hann, and Specialist Christian Brown.  They are now prepping for the overall U.S. Army Best Squad Competition, in September 2023.

ForsCom Command Sergeant Major Todd Sim, congratulates the Squad from the ‘Snake River Brigade’, during a ceremony on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Rundell, 18AUG2023.

Jumping out of a perfectly good Cold War era CH-47, with no parachute! U.S. Army video (edited by me to show mainly Idaho’s Squad number 8) of the Helocast test near Dover, Tennessee, 15AUG2023:

U.S. Army video by Specialist Mason Nichols, showing the ForsCom Best Squad Fortitude Fitness Test (it should be called the Ma-Duce Fitness Test, ’cause your squad runs carrying more than a hundred pounds of machinegun), 16AUG2023:

The big win for Idaho came just a couple of weeks after winning U.S. Army Central’s (ArCent) Best Squad competition (IDAHO SNAKE RIVER SQUAD; ‘PATTON’S OWN’ CHOSEN ONES!).

Chubbuck Days, 2023: U.S. Navy deploys Mini-Sub to Landlocked Idaho!

USS Idaho Commissioning Committee

The large scale miniature of USS Idaho SSN 799 was towed onto Chubbuck’s Cotant Park, on 12AUG2023.

Kawaii, February 2023: U.S. NAVY DEPLOYS USS IDAHO TO…IDAHO?

Cold War Subs: USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), STILL FIGHTING AFTER 67 YEARS! FIRST BORN IN LAND-LOCKED IDAHO?

Chubbuck Days, August 2023: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Indian Motorcycle

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998, the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

Chubbuck Days, 2023: NOT ‘MY1967’ MUSTANG!

After 2016, the so-called neighborhood improvement projects blocked access to Cotant Park, along with the park’s playground and tennis courts being ripped-up and replaced by a parking lot (also, the substitute park chosen for Chubbuck Days was too small to accommodate a car show), with the projects completed just in time for the ‘Pland-emic’ Paranoia which resulted in the cancelation of all local public events.

Chubbuck Days, 2016: MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Not ‘My1967’ Mustang!

It’s not my ’67 Mustang, but wouldn’t it be nice if it was?  Fashionably late, to impress a grand entrance.

Seatbelts were optional back then.

Chubbuck Days, 2023: SON OF BIG FOOT?

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998, the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

After 2016, the so-called neighborhood improvement projects blocked access to Cotant Park, along with the park’s playground and tennis courts being ripped-up and replaced by a parking lot (also, the substitute park chosen for Chubbuck Days was too small to accommodate a car show), with the projects completed just in time for the ‘Pland-emic’ Paranoia which resulted in the cancelation of all local public events.

Chubbuck Days, 2016: MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING

Chubbuck Days, 2023: Son of Big Foot?

A relative of Sasquatch, it took part in the return of the car show at the 12AUG2023 Chubbuck Days, in Cotant Park, Chubbuck, Idaho.

“How ya doin’?”:

Chubbuck Days, 2023: 1979 CORVETTE L82, DECADE OLD ‘VETERAN’ OF THE SHOW!

I’ve been attending Chubbuck Days since 1998, the previous Chubbuck Days car show was in 2016, with much reduced participation and many of the vehicles being for sale.

After 2016, the so-called neighborhood improvement projects blocked access to Cotant Park, along with the park’s playground and tennis courts being ripped-up and replaced by a parking lot (also, the substitute park chosen for Chubbuck Days was too small to accommodate a car show), with the projects completed just in time for the ‘Pland-emic’ Paranoia which resulted in the cancelation of all local public events.

Chubbuck Days, 2016: MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!

CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING