Family History-1982


b0628 Tom and Mum at Metamora IN (Canal boat), summer 1982.
b0629-Dad and Tom at Metamora Canal Boat, summer 1982.
b0630-Chris at Metamora Canal, 1982
b0631-On merry-go-round at Metamora, summer 1982 L-R: Pete, Dan Pat, Kathy, Tom.
b0632-Mum and Dad at Metamora, summer 1982.
b0633-Kathy at Metamora, summer 1982.
b0634-Kathy and Tom at Metamora, summer 1982
b0635-Kathy and Dad, Metamora, 1982.
b0636-Mum and Tom at Metamora train ride, 1982.
b0637-Boarding train at Metamora, summer 1982. Foreground: Mum with Tom, Dan. Closer ro train: Pat. Next closer: Peg & Andy. Boarding: Kathy.
b0638-Dad and Mike boarding train at Metamora, 1982.
b0639-Looking at the long-disused water wheel. L-R: Tom, Dan, Kathy at Metamora, 1982.
b0640-We bought our (formerly) front porch swing at one of these shops in Metamora, Summer 1982.
The train conductor let us put it on the train, to get back to our car.
We tied it on the roof of the car for the trip all the way back to WLaf….during a rain storm!
The swing is still in use in 2020, altho it is now sitting on blocks in the back yard! .
b0642- L-R: Mike, Pete, Dan, Tom, Mum, Andy, Peg watching the packet boats at Metamora, summer 1982.
b0643-L-R:Pat (who still loves climbing rocks?), Kathy, Pete, Metamora, summer 1982.
b0644-OK… Pete, on the top of the swinging chairs ride, has that grin on his face that means sumpthin’ was goin’ on! Metamora, summer 1982.
b0645-Poor kid! Big brothers can be SO-O-O demanding. Tom at Metamora, summer 1982.
b0645B-Chris’ 16th birthday at 1806. Jenny made the TRS 80 computer cake. There are command lines written on the “screen.”
b0645D-Chris’ Birthday, Oct 7 1982. CW: Tom, Kathy (yellow shirt), Jerry, Pete, Peg.
Trivia: We had turned out the lights for the candles. This was the result from cameras of that bygone era.

b0646-Kathy. A note in Kathy’s hand says, Singer Island, Florida, 1982. Trip with Meridith Sanders.
b0648-Kathy at Singer Island, FL, with Meredith Sanders, 1982.

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