[RKDinOKC]

When a nephew was born Mom and I travelled by train to the east coast so Mom could help out. Then Dad and older Bro came out to pick us up and bring us back home. That's when I met Eddie, a relative that I did not like at all. He was my age but kept popping my suspenders.

Then a 2nd nephew was borned and we flew to the east cost that time. It was on one of those new Braniff jets with all the engines in the back. Again with Dad picked us up and drove us home. This time we didn't stop and see Eddie, went the southern route back home.

Took the train to the west coast when a niece was borneded, Dad taxied us home again.

The rest of the time we made our trips in the car. Most all our trips we visited and stayed with relatives. We did go fishing a LOT. Granddad had a boat house on Grand Lake for a long time. Then we went fishing with friends of my parents and an uncle that had cabins on the lake and we fished from their boats. We went trout fishing for a couple of weeks every summer on Wite River in Arkansas, but we took our own outboard motor and rented john boats. Tried going fishing a couple of time with an uncle that pulled a boat to the lake. We never did very well with him so didn't go with very many times. Dad said he just went to the lake to get away from his house full of girls. Never did much fishing from the bank.

An Aunt married a famous fly fisherman/author. He taught me how to flycast, but we never went fly fishing. If you couldn't go catch almost 100 fish in a morning or afternoon, my Dad wasn't very interested in going. Think we only went trout fishing because if you didn't catch your limit the lady that ran the dock we stayed at would make up the balance for you to take home.