More Memories

Looks like we're in Warren Park for a night or two ..... 

Great place for a BBQ - more good eats!

Well done, Uncle Gary and Dad! 

David in the red shirt, I'm on the right side (actually in a photo!)

Family.  Nothing says it better!

"Learning your family history 

is the key to unlocking who you are."

More from the Lake

At the lake, among all the motorhomes

Jeff enjoying some good eats, looks like Buffy is trying to be patient!

Jim and Karen

and Julie too!

Kids at the Lake

All these little ones .... all grown up now!

(If you recognize anyone, let us know who's who!)

Boatin' Time

Uncle Jim .... always good eats when family gets together!

Centennial Parade

Who doesn't love a parade???

Here's the old tractor, pulling a piece of old farm machinery.

Is it Grandpa Pape at the wheel?

And the old horses and buggy - every parade has to have horses!

I think the sign reads 1929 Ford

And Grandpa's old Willys-Knight

More from Potato Lake

More from Potato Lake, around the campfire

Dan, Uncle Rodney, Aunt JoAnn

Julie and Marge, cousin Rick and Lori

Aunt Margie, Aunt Donna, Aunt JoAnn

I remember every day, she re-painted her fingernails!

You can't keep the men in our family from stopping to fix

whatever needs fixin' !!

Is this Lori skiing?

Beautiful on the water, just beautiful!

At the Lake

What's a vacation without a trip to the lake?

camping, swimming, boating .....

Great lookin' fins, David! 

A tower of tubes, and a pile full of cousins! 

And no day at the lake is complete without a nap -

Sweet dreams, Uncle Rodney! 

Someone's going skiing - but just look at that 

beautiful sky and puffy clouds!

Minnesota Vacation

A little more of the Centennial Celebration in Minnesota

I'm betting somewhere out there is a joke about men standing

around, watching one or two doing all the work!

  

Gramps on top of the hay!

Minnesota Vacation 1974

Another trip to Minnesota -  Summer 1974

If I remember, it was the Centennial Celebration  

Mom and I climbed up to look at this piece of farm machinery!

An old tractor ..... I think this celebration may have sparked

the beginnings of Heritage Days in EGF

I remember hearing many discussions trying to discern which is better:

John Deere or Massey Ferguson?

Clara looking lovely in her bonnet ... 

can't you almost hear the Sons of the Pioneers

crooning out the old tune "Put on your old grey bonnet,

with the blue ribbons on it".... 

Minnesota in Winter, Pt 2

Uncle Rodney's house 

Lori and David enjoying all the snow!

A ride on a snow mobile.  The family farmstead home 

in the background.  I was told that Great Grandpa (William Pape)

ordered this house from the Sears Catalog!

A great afternoon for a snowmobile ride!

Hard to tell who's who in those jumpsuits!

Dennis the Menace (Again!)

Here we are at the beach somewhere in Monterey!

And it's not a good trip if we don't visit the Dennis the Menace Park!

Down the slide and whooosh, straight into the sand!

Looks like laughter all around!!

Trips with Dad

Dear Dad..... 

Trips with Dad

Our summer vacations were often centered around a trip "home" to Minnesota to see family.  I remember one summer, late June probably, driving in the truck.  I'm thinking mid 70s.  We were taking a route we don't normally take somewhere in Wyoming.  We ended up on this remote pass through the Rockies (for some reason "Bear Mountain Pass sticks in my brain) -- there was six feet of snow on either side of the truck, and it was summer by all accounts!  (Being a kid from California, this was shocking!)  As we climbed up the steep pass, I remember Dad watching the gas gauge.  Because we were on unfamiliar roads, it was hard to say when the next gas stop was going to be.  (That was before you could ask your GPS unit!)  We crept our way up to the top, and then pretty much coasted down the backside.  Even though there were concerns about having enough gas, I was confident that Dad knew how to get us down to somewhere to get some gas.  Sure enough, at the bottom of the peak was a gas station.  A huge sigh of relief from Mom!

I couldn't find an archived picture of it in our stacks .... 

I'm sure there were too many worries about the drive than the scene, 

but it looked a lot like this one!

7/27/2013