It Always Rains, Part 9

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

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