December 13, 1963
Friday, Beautiful warm day. 60's. I washed, Marilyn came over in am and left kids and took David back with her to mow lawn at new place. She did some mowing in pm. We went over to new place and put up draperies.
Comment: Mom enjoying the grand kids. Here is what Susan just wrote about the trip: "That was a great trip. When we went through a certain region, we would sing songs about it, us as “Red River Valley”, which was not as big as the Schoharie Creek by any means, but knew why it was called “Red River”, because of the red clay on the banks of the river; we sang “Oklahoma” when traveling through the state. I remember stopping for a meal in Oklahoma, and how “funny they talked”. Everyone looked at us like – “where did they come from!”. That was the place Dad told us all, after we got our food, to hurry up and eat. He wanted to get out of there. Seems he saw people going through a doorway with a curtain hanging up in it, and I guess the thought they may have been gambling or something in the back. He didn’t like to looks of it. I won’t forget that.
We, from little old Gilboa, thought we were quite the “cat’s meow”, going on a trip to California, and everyone at school thought it was pretty neat also. Carol, Wayne and I went to school in Ramona, and I think David did as well – but can’t be sure. David and Wayne were very popular in Ramona, and had lots of girl friends.
I remember some times walking to school with a neighbor girl, Kathy Devenburg – up over the hill past a chicken farm (big coops), and down the other side to the school. We would stop at a soda shop or Rx for a “cherry coke” a few times. It was a good experience all around.
Wayne had one of the lead roles in the play “Oklahoma” by the way. There’s a picture of him somewhere. He was more mature than the California boys, I remember. His girlfriend was “Carolee”, David’s was “Liz”."
Love you - Susan
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| Marna, Mom, Dad, California 1963-4 |
Comment: And here is why Dad wants to burn the tumbleweed. Susan and Carol....
"It was a 1964 Plymouth , I remember the day before we left, we had a snow storm. Wayne and I went to Grand Gorge to fill my car up with gas because it would be sitting for the winter. Coming back home, the roads were slippery and drifted. Instead of going through Flat Creek we went to Manorkill with the thought there might less drifts . We were doing fine until we hit the cross road, the drifts there were about 3ft high. We hit them at about 60mph and the car lifted up to ride over them and then came to a stop, stuck. We walked home to get the Farmall tractor and of course, we had to jump it to get it started then went to pull out the car and put it in the garage. Once we opened the hood, the snow was packed to the top. You could see the imprint of the hood in the snow. I then closed the the hood and got ready to go to Laverne’s to spent the night and leave for California the first thing in the morning." Bet they are enjoying the California weather.....
