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Anybody up for a little stroll down memory lane with TCD?
My oldest DD is a High School senior this year. We were recently looking through some old photos to use for a yearbook ad, and we came across these photos from her first trip to the Fort!
These are also historic, because they are from good old TCD's first visit to the Fort.
It's true. Sadly, I never visited the Fort as a child, and really didn't know much about it until some friends visited and stayed in a Wilderness Home. They had such a good time, that Mrs. TCD suggested that I take the oldest DD for a father/daughter trip.
I think Mrs. TCD was pregnant with our twin DD's at the time, so this would place the date of this visit in the Spring of 1995. These photos, of course, were taken with a film camera, so I had to scan these to post them. (you are welcome).
Where does the time go?
OK, enough rambling, on with the photos:
This totem pole used to stand outside of the Settlement Trading Post. There is a small covered wagon in this spot now. If you look closely, you can see Trails End/Crockett's Tavern in the background:
This photo was taken at the beach. It is funny that I found this photo, as I swore just a year or so ago that the hammocks at the beach were a new addition, but here one is:
My DD has always loved animals, and the petting farm was a huge hit with her on this visit, as you can see:
Back then, we didn't worry about e-coli, and germs, and such:
This is one of a pair of sheep that were there at the petting farm for years:
Over the next few years, as our family grew, we visited the Fort a lot, and the petting farm was a must do on every visit. It is a shame that it had to go, but that is just the way things go sometimes.
In these photos, you can see one of the Wilderness Homes, which over the ensuing years were all replaced with the current Wilderness Cabins. We stayed on the 2700 loop on this visit, and the home we stayed in was rather new. This loop was one of the last to get the cabins when the replacements began. These photos also show the old style golf carts, and the TCD family's 1995 Ford Windstar, which was our first minivan, before we eventually moved up to our current gas guzzling, tree killing, SUV's:
If you think about it, a lot has changed at the Fort since these photos were taken, but a lot is still the same.
I know a few of the frequent readers of this board have children about the age that my DD was when these photos were taken. To you I say, treasure every moment. It really does go fast.
TCD
My oldest DD is a High School senior this year. We were recently looking through some old photos to use for a yearbook ad, and we came across these photos from her first trip to the Fort!
These are also historic, because they are from good old TCD's first visit to the Fort.
It's true. Sadly, I never visited the Fort as a child, and really didn't know much about it until some friends visited and stayed in a Wilderness Home. They had such a good time, that Mrs. TCD suggested that I take the oldest DD for a father/daughter trip.
I think Mrs. TCD was pregnant with our twin DD's at the time, so this would place the date of this visit in the Spring of 1995. These photos, of course, were taken with a film camera, so I had to scan these to post them. (you are welcome).
Where does the time go?
OK, enough rambling, on with the photos:
This totem pole used to stand outside of the Settlement Trading Post. There is a small covered wagon in this spot now. If you look closely, you can see Trails End/Crockett's Tavern in the background:
This photo was taken at the beach. It is funny that I found this photo, as I swore just a year or so ago that the hammocks at the beach were a new addition, but here one is:
My DD has always loved animals, and the petting farm was a huge hit with her on this visit, as you can see:
Back then, we didn't worry about e-coli, and germs, and such:
This is one of a pair of sheep that were there at the petting farm for years:
Over the next few years, as our family grew, we visited the Fort a lot, and the petting farm was a must do on every visit. It is a shame that it had to go, but that is just the way things go sometimes.
In these photos, you can see one of the Wilderness Homes, which over the ensuing years were all replaced with the current Wilderness Cabins. We stayed on the 2700 loop on this visit, and the home we stayed in was rather new. This loop was one of the last to get the cabins when the replacements began. These photos also show the old style golf carts, and the TCD family's 1995 Ford Windstar, which was our first minivan, before we eventually moved up to our current gas guzzling, tree killing, SUV's:
If you think about it, a lot has changed at the Fort since these photos were taken, but a lot is still the same.
I know a few of the frequent readers of this board have children about the age that my DD was when these photos were taken. To you I say, treasure every moment. It really does go fast.
TCD
I'd forgotten about that and the totem pole!! You must have a wonderful family - cause you're such a great guy here on the board!!
