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Forty Years Ago…

…was the last time I was in Washington D.C.

 

My girlfriend Heidi and I took a trip to Michigan and the East Coast staying with friends and family along the way.

 

In Michigan we stayed with our former pastor’s family. Their daughter Faye was Heidi’s best friend while Faye’s dad was the pastor at our Russian Baptist church in L.A. From Michigan we also visited Heidi’s grandmother and aunts and uncles in New Jersey. We were in Buffalo, New York and stayed with Russian friends there. We got to see Niagara Falls. We went to a Russian Christian Camp in Connecticut and then got to see parts of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and made a quick drive through Washington D.C. We were also treated to a day trip to New York City with some other Russian Missionary friends.

 

 

Because Dear has a conference to attend we decided to go a couple days early and take in some sight seeing together. When his conference starts I’ll be poking around on my own. It will be interesting to see how much time I’ll end up on the computer. If you don’t hear from me you’ll know what’s up.

I’m hoping to get some before and after photos of these same scenes.

Photobucket replaced all my photos with blurred out versions and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.

Going Retro…

Today is the anniversary of the Flag raising at Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima.

 

This was in 1970 when my girlfriend Heidi and I toured Washington D.C. That’s the last time I was in Washington D.C. I’m looking forward to visiting D.C. for the 2nd time in May of this year.

 

Heidi and I spent a while in Michigan and the East Coast with several different Russian families we knew.

 

I’m looking forward to being in D.C. with my digital camera.

 

I’m pretty sure this was Christmas in 1974 just after we were married. This photo was taken at Dear’s parents home.

 

Our traditional Christmas morning breakfast at my Babushka Vera’s apartment next door to the Russian Baptist Church in Los Angeles. This is a photo of our family and our maternal cousins. My Babushka is in the pink and white next to my mother.

 

This is our niece Jenna. She was our first niece and she is just as cute today!

Oh and the snow that was suppose to come hasn’t yet. Now they are threatening us for this evening. We aren’t holding our breath.

Photobucket replaced all my photos with ugly black and grey boxes and they are holding my photos hostage until I pay them lots of money. I’m slowly going through all my posts and trying to clean them up and replacing some photos. Such a bother.