tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094176049881003957.post700254040499475561..comments2019-08-25T08:33:32.067-05:00Comments on stories from the old neighborhood: Flamingo Motel, Wisconsin roadsidetesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04162700002626998011noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094176049881003957.post-69693953456255937772013-07-13T19:27:04.673-05:002013-07-13T19:27:04.673-05:00Clever of your parents to keep you occupied during...Clever of your parents to keep you occupied during car trips. We kept tallies of car colors, horses, grain silos.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162700002626998011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094176049881003957.post-5570890063000255912013-07-13T16:49:19.273-05:002013-07-13T16:49:19.273-05:00Pretty flamingos. Love it.
I can remember writing ...Pretty flamingos. Love it.<br />I can remember writing in a log book on family trips, the speedo, fuel prices etc. I wonder if people still do that. It certainly kept me busy as a kid stuck in the car on a long trip.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03547978013729923113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094176049881003957.post-76462961963753183922013-07-12T23:02:10.318-05:002013-07-12T23:02:10.318-05:00Do save them, they'll be a great family treasu...Do save them, they'll be a great family treasure, maybe offspring can help scan them during the long winter months.<br /><br />Once I found a discarded wedding album from the late 1980s. Felt sad and wondered whatever happened to the (formerly) happy couple.tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162700002626998011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094176049881003957.post-66205761387498088542013-07-12T20:58:01.057-05:002013-07-12T20:58:01.057-05:00There's boxes of slides downstairs... I have y...There's boxes of slides downstairs... I have yet to decide whether I'm going to pack them up and move them or whether they're going in the trash. <br /><br />It might be less squabbly tess, but I bet there would still be some chilly silences. ;o)Insomniac's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713662124096176176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094176049881003957.post-14830535078625287372013-07-11T22:05:04.448-05:002013-07-11T22:05:04.448-05:00Wow, those attractions sound cool. Did your paren...Wow, those attractions sound cool. Did your parents take photos/slides? A summer road trip with grown kids would be less squabbly--maybe?tesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162700002626998011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8094176049881003957.post-28469654970888126612013-07-11T00:05:36.004-05:002013-07-11T00:05:36.004-05:00They just don't make kitsch like they used to,...They just don't make kitsch like they used to, do they? It's nice to see those icons are still around.<br /><br />I remember all the little roadside attractions from our family vacations - world's largest ball of string, the magnetic hill where everything rolled uphill, houses made of pop bottles, The Enchanted Forest. I think my kids have missed out. I wonder if they'd like to do a road trip. LOLInsomniac's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713662124096176176noreply@blogger.com