1988 continued

Everyone there at Christmas including a family of Snowmen

  So, let's see...new job, sold a house, bought a house and then the parade started.  First Jon goes back to Portland with his friends, calls the next day and wants to be picked up.  The same night Jeff calls and wants to be picked up in Portland.  That could get expensive.
  Brad, who helped us moved won the Moose Lottery (he was able to hunt moose) and came up with his friend to hunt.  He didn't shoot a moose, he did shoot a black bear.  When he went to check on the bear it scratched him, right where it hurts (Ouch!), and was taken, by his friend, to the ER at the Lincoln hospital.  He never shot another bear, but did get a moose another time.  Linda's other brother Bob came from Hawaii with sister Deb and my mother in law Yvonne.  Everyone had a great time, I was working by the way, and rode around a checked out the sights.  The other brother Thom came at Christmas.
  Our good friends Ralph and Lila spent a few days too.
  During that winter we had an ice storm, not an unusual event, on a morning that I had to take Rhonda back to Ellsworth.  The City Manager had a son who I would also pick up for the trip.  We finally made it to Bangor (a long drive in bad conditions), and slid sideways down a long hill, almost into the river!  After a couple of hours break we continued down to Ellsworth, about 40 miles east.
  So that was 1988 and while it wasn't typical, I am glad it wasn't habit forming.

Bob and Debbie pose for this snapshot.

Hollie and Grandma, first snow of the year - it was early October.