Memory from Karen: What was your first big trip together with Dennis?

Answer was provided by Karen in 2020 as part of a memory scrapbook project for her grandkids!

"Our first big trip together was on our honeymoon when we had taken 5 wks off work. We had only planned to go across Canada and to tent - but that only lasted one night because we found this motel chain called 'Travel Lodge' and could book ahead for only $12.00 a night. We had a new beige Volkswagen beetle and every crease and hollow of it was filled with confetti!

From Montreal where we lived, it took us only four days to get to the Rockies but, once we had seen Banff, Jasper, and Edmonton, we just kept gong down Oregon coast to California - exploring Disneyland, Monterey Peninsula, Big Sur, and Hearst Mansion. We bought an Eagle's Pass and took in as many National Parks as we could - Bryce Canyon, Sequoia National Park, Yellowstone Park, Mesa Verde with it's cliff dwellings and Royal Gorge going down it's incline railway to the Arkansas River and also drove through Death Valley. We saw baseball games - the Los Angeles Angels team @ Anaheim Stadium, the Cardinals team @ St Louis Busch Stadium under the Golden Arch and then hightailed it across Route 66 to get back to work -managing to see one more game - the Yankees in the Bronx, New York!

Quite a trip! Lots of wonderful memories and we repeated two similar trips later with our growing family."