Where dad lived on the base
Furniture made by Dave from old barn wood. He tears down the barns and builds furniture.
Standing by Dad's first car. Just kidding. They had a car show and dad liked this one. Probably because it is yellow.
The Glasgow LDS Church. They are building a new one that will open next week. We took a tour through it. Don't know what they will do with this old one.
Dad with Gene and Connie at their cabin in Island Park
Dad really wanted to go to Glasgow, Montana for his 45 year reunion. So as a good sport I took a very long drive (15 hours) to the top northeast corner of Montana to mingled with a bunch of old folks. The reunion was celebrating 100 years of the high school so anyone who every graduated from there from 1908 until 2008 were invited.
We stayed with a high school buddy of dads. His name is Dave Bailey. He and his wife Marion were excellent hosts and drove dad down all the memory lanes. We spent hours talking about this person or that person. Dave has stayed in touch with many. It was Dave that tracked dad down about 9 years ago when they planned the one we went to in 2000.
We drove out to the airbase which closed around 1970. It is amazing that the military just closed down and walked away from hundreds of homes, two elementary schools, bowling allies, officers clubs, etc. The buildings had 38+ years of weathering and many had sunk roofs, peeled siding, etc. People are buying them for dirt cheap and fixing them up pretty nice. However, the house across the street is in shambles so not a real good view. The house that Dad lived in had been purchased and fixed up which was nice. In 2000 it was pretty run down.
