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5. But the fourth box which I thought was labeled 1963, upon looking closer is actually labeled 1961, 1962, 1963 and all the slides within are identical to the '65-'67 batch.
6. There's another label on that particular box in a different ink color that says"Circle Tour, OshKosh and Wells".
7. So I'm assuming 1961 is identical with "Circle Tour" and would include the loose slides I found with Helen and Niagra Falls and small kids in a trailer.
8. But am I also correct in equating 1962 with "Osh Kosh" and 1963 with "Wells"?
9. And then is it possible that the Travailles spent some time in Osh Kosh such that '61 was the circle tour, '62 was a visit to the Travailles in Osh Kosh and '63 was a visit to the Watkins in Wells?
10. If this is correct then I should be able to unscramble the remainder of this blank batch by assigning them to 61-Circle Tour, 62-Travailles, and 63-Wells. Right?
I remember a poem where Wordsworth tries to describe a certain mood where "pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind". This slide is from a small batch which puzzles me. I'll let you enjoy this one and ask my questions when I post a few more from the batch.
This slide is not well focused but I am still drawn to it, though I'm not sure where to focus. 
We can't hardly control our excitement up here in Northern Minnesota as we await the story of Jaden...
What year and month is this picture? By the way I'm confusing myself. . .was Mark 15 the summer of '65 or '66?
Okay, enough levity. Back to the batch I'm finishing up. It's looking like it's clearly from 1966 to 1967. One last thing to clear up. There are a lot of vacation photos and I frankly have few recollections of them. Where did we go? Was there one long vacation from the black hills to yellowstone to pike's peak etc. or were these separate vacations taken over two or more summers? And then there are a few scattered photos, which I think are out of order, from a magnificent falls (Niagra?) which I'm positive I have never visited. My one recollection, and it doesn't enhance my reputation, is sitting in the back of a station wagon, facing backwards, and having a great time driving Jean crazy for hours on end.
The photo's I'm currently posting are an unmarked batch that's looking like it's from '66-'67. I have a few more posts from there with questions. But I just had to post this one from later on. There's an orphan slide with a group standing round a motor cycle that I'll post later with some questions. But for now. . .there's one character in the group that could be right out of an Austin Powers movie.
Paul is begging for more. Here's another from the same batch. It doesn't get any better than this.
In the comment below Paul said this bike was the best present he ever got. Judging from this photo (which I just scanned) I'm thinking he wasn't exaggerating.
Hmmmmm. Looks like I can post photos but it's hit and miss. This is another photo from some unmarked slides and I have some questions: 1. Any idea when this photo was taken (month and year) 2. Looks like a new bike. I'm assuming it's a birthday present, but whose birthday is this? It looks like a boys bike so I'm assuming Dean or Paul. Is Paul hogging the photo when it's really Dean's bike? Or is it vice versa?
I've been scanning old slides for a few weeks now. I suppose I should start posting some of them. This is from a large batch of 24 mm slides where the frames have no markings whatsoever. It's slow going as I have to do them individually and each one needs its own particular tweeking. Any comments you have may help in naming and filing organization.
For the last few years I haven't had the opportunity to share my birthday with my parents and sisters. This year instead of just celebrating the day, the party lasted all weekend. It included first a dinner at home on my actual birthday (Thursday 9/13). Then on Friday we decided to go for a more exotic experience and found ourselves on Snelling Ave. in St. Paul enjoying a delicious Ethiopian meal. Following that we came together once again on Saturday for the grand finale at our favorite apple orchard. A 24th birthday to remember!
George is getting on in age and with that comes physical problems. He just had some surgery and is now wearing a cone on his head so he doesn't bother the stitches. He was acting self conscious so I suggested to the family that we all wear coneheads until the stitches come out. It's an interesting experience and will come in usefeul since as we all age many of us will also eventually need to wear a cone so we don't bother our stitches.
This is Dan speaking. I was looking at the list of recent posts and found three drafts from almost two weeks ago that were unposted. . .all from Grandma Jean. Two of them were blank. This one had a picture. I'm assuming she had problems. I'm posting it. She can tell us why.
Ever astute little brother Paul has noted that I haven't posted a photo of myself from the early years for quite sometime. Well I'm always eager to oblige. Here is a photo from my seventh birthday. Comments?
