Down Memory Lane

I just took a trip with my kids, my sister and her kids, and our parents to North Dakota.  We visited the places where my parents grew up and then ended the trip in Medora.

 

Our first stop was at a restaurant named Charlies.  My mom accidentally ordered a double bacon cheeseburger!  By the end of the trip she wasn't ordering anything and just eating the kid's leftovers.

 

My mom lived in this house in Milnor, North Dakota  through second grade.  Her parents owned and operated the grocery store in town.

 

This is where the grocery store was located on the main street of town.

 

 We stayed in Gwinner the first night.  This is where my mom's parents were raised.  Notice the Bobcat in the picture.  This is where my mom's uncle and his brothers-in-law started the Melroe Bobcat company.  We were supposed to get a tour, however, there was flooding, so the plant was closed.

 

The kids are ready to visit the cemetery.

 

My mom's cousin Mary, who lives in Gwinner, came to tell us that the Bobcat plant was closed and say good-bye.

 

My sister in her new scarf - purchased while in Milnor.

 

By the Lee plot.  Grandpa Sylvan Lee and Grandma Agnes Dahl Lee are buried there.

 

 

The cousins love being together and it really doesn't matter where.

 

The kids thought they should be sad since they were at a cemetery.

 

The next night we stayed at the Chiefton in Carrington.  This is where my mom lived from third grade until eleventh grade.  Her parents owned and operated another grocery store here.

 

This is the Putman house in Carrington where my mom's friend Butch lived.  She hid here when she stole apples from her pastor's yard and he called the police.

 

This is my mom's house in Carrington.

 

This is Heritage Park in Minot.

 

We hung out at this park while tracking down more oxygen for my dad's travel tank... the tank was leaking and we wanted to get it taken care of before the week-end.

 

There is a beautiful Norwegian style church to visit at this park.

 

Once we got my dad's oxygen tank filled, we drove to Crosby.  This is the actual house that he grew up in.  It was moved from the farm to Crosby.  This is also where I visited my Bestemor (grandma) when I was growing up.

 

On Saturday, we drove from Crosby to Alkabo - where my dad was raised.  This is my aunt Anna Marie's oil well.

 

Our first stop was at the school my dad attended.  The kids ran directly to this old swing set.  They were pushing the swings to get it going and then discovered...

 

that you use the bar on the center post to really get the swing going!

 

Blossom #1 liked this swing.

 

The school was so much fun to visit...

 

we played basketball where my dad played basketball.

 

We performed on the stage.

 

This is where my dad's mom would make hot lunch for the school kids.  The kids would eat in their class room.  Notice the chalkboard and how it slides down - clever!

 

There were 3 class rooms for 12 grades.

 

This is from before "under God" was added to the pledge.

 

 

This is where my dad's house used to stand... on the property right next to the school.  Before he lived here, they had a house 2 miles from town.

 

I found the basement foundation.  It has been filled in with plants.

 

We went looking for my dad's old farming equipment and found it!

 

 

 

Love my sister's pose!

 

Blossom #4 picked a beautiful bouquet for me!

 

My dad couldn't get over how tall the pine trees were.

 

We snooped around my dad's uncle Elling's in town house.  I took home a little piece of metal "junk" from his place.

 

My dad wanted us to see how much water was in the slew on one of his properties.  So, we drove to the location and then walked about 3/4 of a mile in long grass to find the slew - which meant ticks!  Here we're checking for ticks with the slew in the background.  It had lots of water this year.

 

That's it for now!

Karin