The foothills north of Fort Collins, Colorado

About 1950

Written by my sister Ginger.

Canning hooligan — my first attempt at canning
anything! 1969-1970

Iwas about to get my first lesson on pressure canning. Richard and I had gotten some hooligan (a small herring-like fish that comes up Cook Inlet in the spring. You catch them in a net). We went to Rig Tenders Dock very early in the morning and immediately had our net full.

North Kenai aka North Roaders Now Nikiski, Alaska 1968 to 1975

With great helpful suggestions from Linda Laughridge, Nadine Gabbett. Susan Jordan, Dolores Wik, Jeri Wik and David Bateman and Grannie Annie. What great memory we had of this wonderful event.

Our destination:

Kenai Alaska, July 10, 1967; David’s 8th birthday and on to North Kenai

We checked out our clean little motel room finished in pine. The beds had homemade quilts on them. The kids kicked off their shoes and crawled up on the bed. I handed them warm washcloths for their face and hands. They all stretched out and settle down for a nap.