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
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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
It Always Rains, Part 2
True to form, Mama J. doesn't pull any punches about how she feels or how things go! The photo is from one of those earliest camping trips to Door County, Wisconsin, in Sept. 1970. NOTE: I have included minor edits (punctuation, mainly), but the text mostly remains as it appears in the original. The boldfaced… Continue reading It Always Rains, Part 2
It Always Rains
In doing some early spring cleaning, I ran across a treasure of Mama J’s—a typewritten account of some of our first family camping trips, beginning when Mike and I were five. I thought it might be fun to share these accounts with you here, to see where we all get our love of nature and… Continue reading It Always Rains
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