In this installment, Mama J describes our Volkswagen "clown car." NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but the text mostly remains as it appears in Mom's original. The boldfaced subheadings/intros are mine. Click through the photo gallery to see individual captions. A VW Clown Car, and the End of the Story? We spent… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 9
Month: February 2025
It Always Rains, Part 8
In this installment, we head back to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Canada. NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but the text mostly remains as it appears in Mom's original. The boldfaced subheadings/intros are mine. Upper Peninsula and Thunder Bay Mom's caption: Gail, Mike, covered bridge, Amnicon Falls (northern Wisconsin), July 1972, age 7… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 8
It Always Rains, Part 7
In this installment, we head home from Canada and have further adventures in Wisconsin and Illinois. I recently discovered some boxes of slides that would surely produce better photos than I have. I'll have to add a slide scanner to my photo gear! NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but the text mostly… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 7
It Always Rains, Part 6
In this installment, we head to Canada. I remember going to this amethyst mine and the amethyst bookends that graced our shelves while we were growing up. NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but the text mostly remains as it appears in Mom's original. The boldfaced subheadings/intros are mine. Most of the camping… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 6
It Always Rains, Part 5
I'll confess that the carsick child mentioned here was me, always, and I didn't grow out of it until I was a teenager! NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but the text mostly remains as it appears in Mom's original. The boldfaced subheadings/intros are mine. The infamous Volkswagen, sans car-top carrier. More hotdogs.… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 5
It Always Rains, Part 4
The sweatshirts Mike and I have on in the photo below had some kind of little pictures all over them, and they came with markers so you could color the pictures. They must be brand-new here, as it doesn't look like anything is colored in yet! NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 4
It Always Rains, Part 3
Until late in his life, my dad still had the camp kitchen referenced by Mama J in this section, and my brother, Mike, has now created his own version. I suspect the second, smaller "beverage" cooler mentioned here was mainly for my dad's beer! NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but the text… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 3
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