Members of Evergreen A’s Model ‘A’ Club celebrated International Model ‘A’ Ford Day on Saturday, Sept. 18.

Redmond residents George and Ila Sage led the vintage auto tour in their 1929 Roadster Model A pickup.

Starting in Issaquah, the group headed out toward North Bend, chugging along on scenic old roads as well as “flooring it” at 45 mph on I-90 and making it all the way to the top of Snoqualmie Pass.

After lunch at the Raging River Cafe in Fall City, the group drove one of the last brick-paved roads in Washington, originally paved in 1913 and repaired by King County in 1989 in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Washington’s statehood.

The Model ‘A’ Ford Day activities gave participants chances to show off their cars and share memories of the Redmond area from long ago.

For example, the Sages came to Redmond in 1967 and their four children graduated from Redmond High School (RHS), where their grandson Travis Sage is now a senior and member of the football team.

“We owned an operated a family electronic manufacturing business, Sage Electronics, Inc. in Redmond for 25 years and employed many RHS students as well as many other locals,” said George. “We are now retired — sold the business in 2000 — Ila is a massage therapist and still sees clients occasionally and I have new business/hobby called Owl Auto Electrics where I dabble in restoring and repairing the electrical parts. I graduated from the UW (University of Washington) in 1959, BSEE (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering) and hold a professional engineer’s license in Washington state.”