Your dad was in charge, and we all hiked in to some remote location on Eagle Creek. It was back to nature, no campers, toilets or air mattresses. I think we did have tents. I remember it being really fun, but very cold, and we were hungry. The problem was, the chicken he cooked for all of us was raw inside, and he would have no complaining! I remember taking rocks heated from the fire into our tents. He was a link to adventure we would never have had otherwise.
He was also so welcoming whenever we did show up, whether in Hawaii, or Florida. He was friendly, and would always show us around.
I will miss him.
Rebecca Gray Fisher
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Snippets of Growin' Up Fun
I am Gary, one of Dad's ten children. He was a super Dad. What we didn't get in nurture, we got in structure and boundries. Dad was the ultimate challenge. To conquer Dad was to conquer ones own self. After that, everything was easy.
We didn't need TV. In recent years, I thanked him often for all of the fun we had growing up. His response was, "I had a lot of fun raising ya!"
* From our inner tube and plywood raft - Finley Lagoon, Columbia River, Kennwick, WA
* to the black lights at Christmas, Rockwood, Oregon
* to the Sopwith Camel truck in Rockwood, Oregon
* to Highways and Hedges (Montgomery Street House), NW Portland, Summer '70
* to my first plastic model for my birthday already built by Dad, '30 Ford Model A Roadster Yellow Jacket Monogram, February 1963
* to the World's Fair roller coaster - the Mighty Mouse, Seattle, Spring '62
* to the Dad-made art box full of art supplies, December '69
* to the Big Box swimming pool, 601 NE 181st, Gresham, OR, '66
* to the cardboard-and-tape John Glen Rockets, Kennewick, WA '62
* to the A-frame goat barn, Rockwood, OR '66
* to the eight-foot sailboat kit in Kennewick, Washington
* to the Kumanogawa River in Toyama
* to surfing on air mattresses in Kawailoa, HI
* to his own invention - the swing totter - in Rockwood, Oregon,
Gary Spinnett
We didn't need TV. In recent years, I thanked him often for all of the fun we had growing up. His response was, "I had a lot of fun raising ya!"
* From our inner tube and plywood raft - Finley Lagoon, Columbia River, Kennwick, WA
* to the black lights at Christmas, Rockwood, Oregon
* to the Sopwith Camel truck in Rockwood, Oregon
* to Highways and Hedges (Montgomery Street House), NW Portland, Summer '70
* to my first plastic model for my birthday already built by Dad, '30 Ford Model A Roadster Yellow Jacket Monogram, February 1963
* to the World's Fair roller coaster - the Mighty Mouse, Seattle, Spring '62
* to the Dad-made art box full of art supplies, December '69
* to the Big Box swimming pool, 601 NE 181st, Gresham, OR, '66
* to the cardboard-and-tape John Glen Rockets, Kennewick, WA '62
* to the A-frame goat barn, Rockwood, OR '66
* to the eight-foot sailboat kit in Kennewick, Washington
* to the Kumanogawa River in Toyama
* to surfing on air mattresses in Kawailoa, HI
* to his own invention - the swing totter - in Rockwood, Oregon,
Gary Spinnett
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