{"id":1563,"date":"2009-05-23T18:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2009-05-23T18:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T00:11:00","slug":"hubbard-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/hubbard-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hubbard, Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 1983-1987, we used to live in the town, in this little house:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-ourplace-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-ourplace-s.jpg\" title=\"Where we used to live in Hubbard, Oregon\" alt=\"Where we used to live in Hubbard, Oregon\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s in the Industrial Park, I&#8217;m kinda surprised it&#8217;s still there and in use as a private residence. In fact, the mailbox I put up is still there, now in rusty glory:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-ourmailbox-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-ourmailbox-s.jpg\" title=\"Our mailbox in Hubbard, Oregon\" alt=\"Our mailbox in Hubbard, Oregon\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve got a nice park. Maybe our family will go there for a picnic this summer:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-park1-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-park1-s.jpg\" alt=\"Hubbard City Park\" title=\"Hubbard City Park\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Ruby and I were in Hubbard this morning on a little Let&#8217;s Get Reacquainted expedition.<\/p>\n<p><!--more You're about half done; click for several more photos and commentary. --><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the water tower, as seen from close to the Kennedy Brothers real estate office on Front Street:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-tower1-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-tower1-s.jpg\" alt=\"Hubbard Water Tower as seen from Front Street\" title=\"Hubbard Water Tower as seen from Front Street\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And here it is again, shot out the car window as steered with the other hand and didn&#8217;t watch where I was going (for just a little bit, of course!):<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-tower2-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-tower2-s.jpg\" title=\"Hubbard's water town up close\" alt=\"Hubbard's water town up close\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here we are going south on Highway 99E, riding behind our Honda&#8217;s cracked windshield:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-99e-1-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-99e-1-s.jpg\" title=\"Going south through Hubbard on Hwy 99E\" alt=\"Going south through Hubbard on Hwy 99E\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And now we&#8217;re headed home, going East out of Hubbard on Whiskey Hill Road:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-leavingeast-b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/hubbard-leavingeast-s.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving Hubbard on Whiskey Hill Road toward Hopewell Mennonite Church\" title=\"Leaving Hubbard on Whiskey Hill Road toward Hopewell Mennonite Church\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our home church &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\/churches\/hopewell.html\" title=\"Come visit Hopewell Mennonite Church, two miles east of Hubbard, Oregon\">Hopewell Mennonite Church<\/a> &#8212; is roughly two miles out of town down this road.<\/p>\n<p>Nice town, Hubbard is.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, do you know how many churches are in town?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 1983-1987, we used to live in the town, in this little house: Since it&#8217;s in the Industrial Park, I&#8217;m kinda surprised it&#8217;s still there and in use as a private residence. 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