In my early years we didn’t take vacations with my family. I did go to see my sister, Sissy who lived in Indianapolis every summer for 10 years for a month.
I went on a field trip to Washington DC and New York City with my high school class in spring of 1952. Everything in Washington Dc looked so clean and white. I remember going to Bowery street and seeing the wineos. My friends and I went to Joe Louis” (boxer) restaurant for dinner and bought souvenir boxing gloves.
Our family took the kids to Kokomo almost every summer for a week to see “Granny”. Mother always had a good meal for us when we arrived. Two of the kids had to go to Firmans to sleep because there wasn’t enough room at her house. Her garage was always clean so kids could play in it.
Herman won a milk contest trip to Colorado Springs in 1971 or 72. We took a train and there was another man and his family who had also won the trip. Dad got to see his friend, Johnny Mattach who was in the Olympics. It was nice not having to pay for anything.
Went to St Croix with Norma Jean my sister, her husband Al, and Herman. My brother Paul had a place there. We went shopping and there were strawberries everywhere. I spend a lot of time talking with my brother Paul. We bought a beef tenderloin and before we left I cooked it.
I went with Dad to see Grandma Z and Grandpa Z in Pompano Beach, FL in 75′ or 76′. I bought Dad a leisure suit which was in style; a green, blue and white from Littons in Oak Park. It was a nice trip. We went to the ocean and Grandma Z liked to ride the waves. Two weeks later after our trip, Grandpa Z died of a heart attack. While there were there we established him with a doctor which was good otherwise he would have had to have an autopsy.
I went to San Francisco, four times, once when Lisa got married and then 3 times later when she had Max, Ian and Ava. San Francisco is windy, and I remember the fog horns on the Bay. Remember taking care of the babies.
