ONE TIME DOC & NORA CAME TO VISIT ME & MY FAMILY WHEN WE LIVED IN BURLINGTON WAY BACK WHEN BOTH GRANDMA & GRANDPA WERE STILL LIVING AND HE TOLD SOME VERY COMICAL STORIES ABOUT MY DAD! HA!HA! HE & NORA ALSO CAME TO SPEND TIME WITH ME & MY FAMILY WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE HERE IN BLUE GRASS IA. GRANDMA CAME WITH THEM AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE WENT TO YARD SALES AND TO TOUR THE BOAT THAT JOHN WAS PILOTING DOWN AT THE BLACKHAWK FLEET OUTSIDE OF BUFFALO. WE TOOK LOTS OF GOOD PICTURE'S AND HAD A REAL FUN TIME. THEY EVEN SPENT THE NIGHT WITH US AND BROUGHT ME A BIRTHDAY CAKE. GRANDMA LEFT HER KITCHEN BUTCHER KNIFE HERE AND I STILL HAVE IT AND USE IT ALL THE TIME THAT SHE BROUGHT WITH HER TO CUT MY CAKE. JOHN & DOC WENT TO BLUE GRASS AND HAD A FEW BEERS TOGETHER. THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD FRIENDS. WE MISS DOC & NORA ALOT TOO! I ALWAYS PUT ON A BIG FEED BAG AND THEY ENJOYED IT ALOT. I REMEMBER THERE WERE GOBS OF GREAT YARD SALES GOING ON IN DAVENPORT THAT DAY AND GRANDMA BOUGHT A REAL CHEAP VACUUM SWEEPER FOR A LITTLE OF NOTHING AND SHE WENT ON AND ON ABOUT WHAT A GOOD BARGAIN SHE GOT IT FOR! HA!HA! OH, HOW I MISS THEM ALL. GRANDMA WASN'T A BIT AFRAID TO CLIMB ONTO THE BOAT TO SEE IT, BUT NORA SURE WAS! HA!HA! LEAVE IT TO "GRANNY", HUH? HA!HA! OH, HOW I MISS ALL OF THEM! THEY LOVED TO COME UP HERE TO VISIT ME AND MY WHOLE FAMILY. XOXO