Father's Day - 2011
This picture dates from about 1953. The young man is my father: the little boy, who appears to be tickled about something, is me. My dad may have just said something funny; he got that deadpan look on his face when he said something funny.
I don't remember the occasion, but the place is Farley's Wayside*, which is about 10 miles from Pearisburg, Virginia on Route 100, just at the foot of Cloyd's Mountain. The wayside was a large grassy area with picnic tables along Walker's Creek. Back in the 1950s, the two lane road turned sharply just before you crossed the old trestle bridge, and it was famous for crashes.
Nothing made me happier than a picnic at the wayside.
*Somehow I imagine Mom calling me on the phone and saying, "No, honey, that picture was taken in West Virginia. Don't you remember?"
What a great pic...love the glimpses of your life as a child :)
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to imagine your parents as children, isn't it?
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