We took our drive to Kokomo today to see the house we lived in when Lori was born, and to reminisce a little. It's funny how you remember things...or don't. I remembered our exact address from 1962 when Lori was born. We both remembered that Terry, who was two at the time, used to play with the little boy around the corner, J. D. Pryor. ... such a big name for such a little boy. We (the two Moms) used to lift the boys over the back fence to play with each other, and when I would be holding the new baby and looking across the fence to check on Terry, he always decided he had to come home...only for a minute, then it was back to J D's. I'm not sure if the house was magenta then, but since that was always Lori's favorite color, maybe that's why???!!!
The reason we lived in Kokomo was that Vern was stationed at Bunker Hill Air Force Base where he flew F-106's, so of course that was on our list of to do's. It isn't called Bunker Hill now, It's Grissom (Gus Grissom was born here). Sadly for Vern, any trace of the airplane he flew here is gone, and the only thing that was familiar to us was the runway and his ops building. Most of the other buildings were gone, and there is even a prison on the grounds now. So much for progress. He did manage to find his squadron patch, and even a photo of one of the pilots that he flew with...Roscoe Turner. There were lots of other airplanes there though, and we were wishing that Luke and Trevor could see them all. Maybe they will someday..Eric, there's a trip for you!!!!
Next on our list was a visit to the University of Notre Dame. It is such a beautiful old campus, and we enjoyed seeing all the students walking around either on their phones (sound familiar, Taylor?) or reading in front of one of the reflecting pools. It made me want to be a student there, but then I remembered I'd have to study....hmmm? We found out that the starting quarterback for the football team (the fighting Irish) is a freshman named Jimmy Clausen , really big deal...He is from about 5 miles from our home in California, and went to Oaks Christian School in Thousand Oaks. Small world. We saw a magnificent mural of Jesus on the front of the 15 story (!!!!) library building which faces the football field. They say if you are up high in the stands during a game you can see it just beyond the home goalpost.....check out the picture and see what you think!!!
Tomorrow we will pull up the jacks and be on our way. Indiana has so much more to offer than I knew. I would love to come back again.
Mary
The reason we lived in Kokomo was that Vern was stationed at Bunker Hill Air Force Base where he flew F-106's, so of course that was on our list of to do's. It isn't called Bunker Hill now, It's Grissom (Gus Grissom was born here). Sadly for Vern, any trace of the airplane he flew here is gone, and the only thing that was familiar to us was the runway and his ops building. Most of the other buildings were gone, and there is even a prison on the grounds now. So much for progress. He did manage to find his squadron patch, and even a photo of one of the pilots that he flew with...Roscoe Turner. There were lots of other airplanes there though, and we were wishing that Luke and Trevor could see them all. Maybe they will someday..Eric, there's a trip for you!!!!
Next on our list was a visit to the University of Notre Dame. It is such a beautiful old campus, and we enjoyed seeing all the students walking around either on their phones (sound familiar, Taylor?) or reading in front of one of the reflecting pools. It made me want to be a student there, but then I remembered I'd have to study....hmmm? We found out that the starting quarterback for the football team (the fighting Irish) is a freshman named Jimmy Clausen , really big deal...He is from about 5 miles from our home in California, and went to Oaks Christian School in Thousand Oaks. Small world. We saw a magnificent mural of Jesus on the front of the 15 story (!!!!) library building which faces the football field. They say if you are up high in the stands during a game you can see it just beyond the home goalpost.....check out the picture and see what you think!!!
Tomorrow we will pull up the jacks and be on our way. Indiana has so much more to offer than I knew. I would love to come back again.
Mary
2 comments:
Mary,
Your blog and pictures are wonderful! I'm a little envious of all the wonderful places you're getting to see. We were in many of those spots when we drove across country in '02.
Keep blogging! You're doing a great job.
Lhanks for the comment, Lethea. We love your blog, too, and we are keeping close tabs on you! Check your e mail.
Mary
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