Friends Visiting us from Bremerton, WA.
Last night at 10:30 PM, while working on my computer, I kept hearing these voices saying I.O. (hello). These voices kept getting louder and louder the closer they got to our house. We are quite a distance off of the beating path too, with no house number, etc. I thought I better go out and see who these folks were. When I went out this lady says “Hello Gary, do you remember me from Bremerton?”. I said I sure do. She was with her cousin who lives about 15 miles from here. She said , Larry her husband, was up on the road in the car. These folks were good friends of Bernadette’s dad back in Bremerton. It had been so long since we had seen them that they had forgotten our last name. They only remembered our first names and the general area where we lived. They just started asking folks where we lived and were directed to our general area. When they got in the area, this younger kid, whom I did not know, accompanied them to our house. Needless to say, Larry was very shocked when I walked back with them to their car up on the road. He thought they were just looking for a needle in the haystack, but that is the way you find folks in this country. They visited for several hours last night. When they got ready to leave, the power steering was not working on her cousins car, so I took them back to the Marco Polo hotel where they are staying.
Gary
Jay Vanorny (66): Dunseith, ND
Dennis Haakenson: Bottineau, ND
Posted by Noela Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
Dennis Haakenson’s mother, Mabel, was a Kofoid, first cousin to Neola’s dad, Johnny, and my dad, Bob.
Gary
Gary,
These are some old photos I found and I thought I would share them.
The two car photos are the 1955 Chevy Gerald and I had in high
school. We bought the car from Dennis and Myron Zorn. I still dream
of that car from time to time and wish I had it today. The second
photo is of the first house that Brenda and I lived in while we were
students at UND (student housing). The people photo is the Casavant
Family about 10 years ago. The bus would fill up when we got on. The
only one missing is Paul.
Aime
Aime, Can you send me another picture with a little higher resolution of you family?
Thanks, Gary
Highway thru Japanese building.
Posted by Wayne (61) & Rosemary Smith: Bottineau, ND
Gary:
I recieved this from my Idaho uncle. Since Dale & Bob were blogging about the terrible traffic situation in Japan, Wayne & I thought this would be an interesting bit of information.
Rosemary & Wayne Smith
