Christmas morning and Christmas dinner, Cerritos, California, 1981.
It feels like fall today...
A big storm came through last night and brought fall with it. Tonight's low is 46; tomorrow's is 44. It'll be perfect weather for a historic Ole Miss-Bama football game in Oxford. Too bad we'll be listening to it on the radio at home because we don't have cable...On the other hand, maybe we don't want to watch. It could be painful. :)
Breezy fall weather calls for more road trip photos with Joan and Sid. They did love their motorhome photos....
Ahh, fall. I love you.
My beautiful grandmother Joan.
Sid and the motorhome.
Joan and the motorhome.
My grandmother Joan and mother Julie. Not sure who the little girl with big glasses is.
Happy weekend, everyone!
Joan and Sid's adventures
Joan only spent a decade as Sid's wife, but they dated from the time my mom was seven years old. Twenty years is such a short time. I've already spent 11 years with Jonathan. Talk about perspective.
While they were both living, they loved each other madly, and throughout their courtship and marriage, they experienced many adventures together (here's another recent adventure post). A great deal of them involved Sid's beloved Chevrolet truck, the motorhome, his motorcycle and their speedboat. Until they purchased the motorhome, they used a camper that sat on top of the truck. They were also involved in a boating club, and they won a trophy for their efforts in the late '70s. They also had matching boating jackets. My grandmother kept the trophy and the jackets. They are now in the care of my mother. Last weekend, we hung a photo of their boat in my mother's study. It's important to keep these memories alive, don't you think? They remind us to have fun and live life to the fullest.
Sid's Chevy.
Big fish! Hey Mom, look what's under the truck...
Joan, Sid, the original camper and the motorcycle.
Joan wearing her boating jacket and holding a camera.
Awesome '70s pants, palm trees and putt-putt golf.
More 1970s nature photos
I can't get enough of these 1970s photos from my grandparents' various camping trips. They are just too pretty and make me dream of fall road trips...
If you were planning a road trip this fall, where would you go?