DEAR JES ITS AUNT DEB. WELL AS YOU CAN SEE I FINALLY WAS SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING ON TO THIS WEBSITE. IT IS WONDERFUL AND A GREAT TRIBUTE TO YOUR WONDERFUL DAD. I DID SEE THAT YOU DIDNT HAVE MUCH ABOUT YOUR DAD'S EARLY DAYS SO WITH THE HELP OF MY MEMORY WHICH ISNT SO GREAT LATELY, I WILL TRY TO LET YOU IN ON SOME OF THE FUN DAYS DAD AND I SPENT TOGETHER I HAVE MANY BUT, FOR SOME REASON THIS ONE CAME TO ME FIRST. I THINK WE WERE AROUND 11 OR 12 YEARS OLD AND WE WERE GOING TO SPEND THE ENTIRE SUMMER WITH AUNT MARTINE AND UNCLE CLARKY IN VIRGINIA. WELL WE HAVE A GREAT TIME AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE CRAZY THINGS WE DID. FIRST OF ALL WE BOTH LEARNED TO RIDE A BIKE IMAGINE AT OUR AGE BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE WE NEVER REALLY HAD MANY TOYS AND A BIKE WELL TO OUR MOTHERS IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THEY WANTED US TO DO. ANYWAY, WE DID IT AND LEARNED. BUT THE FUN PARTS I WILL SHARE A STORY OF HOW DAD AND I WENT INTO THE ARMY BASE ONE DAY TO SHOP AUNT MARTINE'S HOUSE WAS LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE BASE BUT IT STILL WAS A LONG WALK ANYWAY, THERE WE WERE DOING OUR THING SHOPPING AND WASTING TIME WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE REALIZED THE BASE WAS CLOSED DOWN AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT AND GO HOME. WELL WE DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT THEN ALL OF SUDDEN THERE SHE WAS AUNT MARTINE ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD ON A BIKE GOING AS FAST AS SHE CAN YELLING TO US WE WERE ROLLING IN LAUGHTER ONLY TO HAVE HER TELL US THAT WE HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE FENCE.WELL U SHOULD HAVE SEEN US WE WERE JUST LAUGHING LIKE CRAZY WE GOT OUT BUT WE WOULD NEVER FORGET IT AND WHENEVER WE TALKED ABOUT IT WE JUST PEED OURSELVES ALL OVER AGAIN. THE MAIN REASON WAS THAT AUNT MARTINE LOOKED LIKE THE WITCH IN THE WIZARD OF OZ WHO IN THE MOVIE WAS IN THE PART WHEN DOROTHY WAS UP IN THE AIR LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AND THERE WAS THE NASTY WITCH UP IN THE AIR RIDING HER BIKE IN THE SKY IN BETWEEN THE TORNADO THAT WAS HOW AUNT MARTINE LOOKED TO US. I HOPE YOU CAN REMEMBER THAT SCENE IN THE MOVIE. IT WAS TOO MUCH. ALSO, ON THAT TRIP YOUR DAD, ME AND FEW KIDS WE MADE FRIENDS WITH DECIDED TO MAKE A TURTLE FARM WE GATHERED ALL THE TURTLES WHO CAME OUT OF THE FOREST WHEN IT RAINED WE WOULD GO AND TAKE THEM AND PUT THEM IN A GATED AREA WE MADE THERE WAS ONE WHO LOOKED SO GRUMPY WITH ONE OF ITS LEGS HALF OFF I GAVE IT THE NAME TOMMY. HE WAS A REAL SPUNKY AND MEAN TURTLE WHO LIKED TO BITE. ANOTHER DAY, WE WENT FISHING IN THE LAKE AND THERE WE WERE STANDING ON A LITTLE HILL WITH OUR POLES JUST TRYING TO CATCH SOMETHING WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WENT YOUR DAD SLIDING DOWN THE MUD FALLING INTO THE LAKE AGAIN I PEED MY PANTS. OH JES, IT WAS SUCH A GREAT TIME. I WILL NEVER FORGET.