A south Corvallis tradition - Corvallis Gazette Times
Dave Baarstad and Nancy Rohn and their neighbors light up a Ford F600 each holiday season. CORVALLIS — For Dave Baarstad and Nancy Rohn, the holidays officially start two days after Thanksgiving. That’s the way it’s been for the past five years since they started celebrating the lighting of their Ford F600, a former U-Haul delivery truck, that sits outside their house at 810 S. E. Park Ave. “I bet there were at least 50 people there — a lot of neighbors and people we’ve never met,” she said of the Nov. “We had much more fun than any football game,” Rohn said. “And we made sure there was a little rum out there for those who wanted to imbibe,” Rohn said. Rohn, one of many readers who responded to our Mid-Valley Holiday Lights request, operates a violin rental, repair and restoration business out of her home. “I tell them I live on Park Street where the big truck is,” Rohn said. Baarstad likes to fix up cars and trucks. “It was one of Dave’s multiple vehicles,” Rohn said. “Dave’s hobby is restoring cars and trucks, so it’s just kind of fitting that we light up a vehicle. Source: www.gazettetimes.com
