tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8001340235794654714.post5031288180905218676..comments2012-07-20T10:46:19.622-05:00Comments on Smith Family: Vacation!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00644070331763268372noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8001340235794654714.post-90341770912614184332008-07-10T09:38:00.000-05:002008-07-10T09:38:00.000-05:00What a wonderful blog!Yeap, your Mom had A best ti...What a wonderful blog!<BR/>Yeap, your Mom had A best time. She IS beautiful. Maybe I had the best time. It was heavenly seeing you all together and having time with you. Grandpa & I are still smiling every time we think of "your" vacation. We look at the pictures over and over.<BR/> I love Ha Ha Tonka - the castle ruins, but best of all the post office and general store. Granny Nettie Morgan was the postmistress for awhile, and Gramps Estelle (accent on the first syllable) Morgan ran the general store. They are your great-great-grandparents. Your great-grandfather Harland, his brother Jack, and sister Theda lived with their parents on the second floor above the store/post office. There is a door on the backside of the building on 2nd floor going into the aptmt. There were wood steps going up to it. We took pictures of it, but not of the back. They've cleaned it & repaired some of the stone walls but it is as it was. Adobe won't email pictures for us for some reason. We'll try to send some on though. The post office opened in 1867(?) and was closed in 1938(?). I have to look at the picture to check the correct dates. Those are close, I think. There is a picture somewhere of the 3 children in front of the building. I don't know how long they lived there. We'll ask Uncle Jack & Aunt Theda. Still can't go into the building and looking through the window, there is nothing there - no shelves or counter, just floor. The park is really beautiful now, but so different than when I first saw it about 28 yrs ago. No sidewalks, dirt roads, natural nature trails, and it felt like it probably looked that way when Gramps & Granny were there. We can't wait to have you come back. Kisses and head rubbings to Sawyer. Your vacation is the best vacation I've ever had! <BR/>Lots of love, Grandma KarenpflscgGrandma Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15598549260736021487noreply@blogger.com