Family album from Life, 1953
My Sister and I are in the process of taking the album apart to scan all of the photos so as to give copies to all of our family members.

Loading the luggage trailer, and heading west, only to return to Lake Winnipesaukee, several years later.
Love,
T

PS. Part of the story of our journey west was published in a Dec. 28th 1953 issue of Life Magazine.
Link; http://books.google.com/books?id=-T8...age&q=&f=false...

From left to right, Brynn, Dad, Mom, June, Fred, Bob, Mel, Linda, Diane, Terry, Doña.

Sister Sandra was born out in California, after our journey.

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Second of all, logistics, feeding the family while...

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Glad to see many forum members came into the shop over the winter. We made some new friends and hopefully long term customers. Now the Motorcycle Season is upon us. If you are in Meredith on your Harley Davidson stop by. We Sell, Service and Do State Inspections. Hope to see as many faces from the forum during this Motorcycle season!