My photographer’s alarm rang at 6:00am on Sunday July 6, 2025, and the second day of our trip was about to begin in West Branch, Iowa. The first site of the day, however, would be visited by Tom and me…
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324: THE ROAD TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BROUGHT ME BACK TO HOOVERVILLE
It had been a little over three months since my last trip, which was a two-day adventure to Rutherford B. Hayes’ Spiegel Grove in Fremont, Ohio with my photographer, his wife Vicki, and Tom’s two granddaughters Reese and Brooke Fiscelli.…
259: FLASHBACKS DURING MY VISIT TO HOOVERVILLE
From an opening in the camera case situated on the back seat of the Family Truckster, I watched the world go by as Vicki drove my photographer and me from Davenport to West Branch, Iowa. And during that entire time,…
154: THE 23-DAY “GRISWOLD FAMILY VACATION” BEGINS
A month after our last trip had finished, Tom, his wife Vicki, and I embarked on what my photographer had dubbed “The Griswold Family Vacation”. Our 23-day agenda was filled with Presidential sites, scenic stops, antique flea markets, and over…