Visitor comments from Guestbook for 1968

May 15 through 17, 1968 - I visited and wrote, "Not too good of a trip". I got a DUI and crashed Dad's 1953 Chevy pickup. Thankfully no one got hurt.
(Note from me: You can see the truck before the crash on my post dated May 24th 2009.)
Number One Song of The Day...."Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and The Drells

May 17,1968 - My brother-in-law Dick Holt came to pick me up after the truck crash. Dick had no comment.
Number One Song of The Day...."Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and The Drells

May 20, 1968 - Mom, Marilyn and I visited. Mom wrote, "A most thankful trip". Marilyn wrote, "Not all pleasure". Dad could not come up because he was recovering from a heart attack. No, his heart attack was not from me crashing his truck!!
Number One Song of The Day...."Tighten Up" by Archie Bell and The Drells

July 18 and 19, 1968 - Mom, Dad and I visited to look at the truck. Mom wrote, "Hot 105 degrees".
Number One Song of The Day...."Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela

November 9-11, 1968 - Mom and Dad came up with the Lori, Doria, and Shelley Holt.
Lori wrote, “15617 Flor Ave. and "Very nice".
Doria wrote, “15617 Flor Ave. and "I like it".
Shelley wrote “15617 Flor Ave. and "Very nice".
(Note from me: The guest book had a column titled “Address”, but the girls were the only ones to ever put in at least part of their address. “Flor” stood for Florwood. Also, Shelley’s writing looked mysteriously like Lori’s. Then again…Shelley WAS only four years old!)
Mom wrote, "nice weather".
Number One Song of The Day...."Hey Jude" by The Beatles

November 23, 1968 - Christie and I visited. I wrote, "Planted palm trees".
Number One Song of The Day...."Hey Jude" by The Beatles

November 30, 1968 - Christie and I visited. Christie wrote, "Weather was cold, 64 high and 34 low".
Number One Song of The Day...."Love Child" by Diana Ross and The Supremes

Visitor comments from Guestbook for 1967

March 17 through 20, 1967 - Uncle Henry, Aunt Virginia, and Philip DeBry visited. Aunt Virginia wrote, "Spent a restful three days. Philip got a big turtle and we got stuck in the sand".
Number One Song of The Day...."Penny Lane" by The Beatles

March 19, 1967 - Uncle Roy Potter, my cousin C.L. Potter, and C.L.’s wife Joyce visited. Uncle Roy wrote, "Not a guest just a relative". C.L. wrote, "We were here P.M. 3/17/67 and A.M. 3/18/67 too".
Number One Song of The Day...."Penny Lane" by The Beatles

October 18 through 21, 1967 - Mom and Dad visited. Mom wrote, "End of a vacation”.
Number One Song of The Day...."To Sir, with Love" by Lulu

Visitor comments from Guestbook for 1966

January 8 and 9, 1966 - Mom and Dad, My sister Marilyn, and my nieces Lori, Doria and Shelley visited. Marilyn wrote, "We were here for the night".
Number One Song of The Day...."We Can Work it Out" by The Beatles

April 5, 1966 - My best friend Steve Wiest and I visited. I wrote, "Were here".
Number One Song of The Day...."Ballad of the Green Berets" by SSgt Barry Sadler

November 25, 26 and 27,1966 - Uncle Henry, Aunt Virginia, my cousin Philip DeBry, and Grandma Baker visited. Aunt Virginia wrote, "We were here for two nights".
Number One Song of The Day...."You Keep Me Hangin On" by The Suprems

December 31, 1966 and January 1, 1967 - Mom and Dad, Grandma Baker and Mom’s mother Grandmother Susan visited. Mom wrote, "Happy New Year". Grandma Baker wrote, "A fine trip". Grandmother Susan wrote, "Don't be modest when you come here".
Number One Song of The Day...."I'm a Believer" by The Monkees

Visitor comments from Guestbook for 1965

March 19 and 20,1965 - Grandma and Grandpa Baker (Dad’s parents) and Mom and Dad visited. Grandma Baker wrote, "We were here for the night".
Number One Song of The Day...."Eight Days a Week" by The Beatles














December 26,1965 - My childhood friend Ed Hogan, my cousin Richard Lockwood, and I visited. I wrote, "We were here for the day".
Number One Song of The Day...."Over and Over" by The Dave Clark Five

The Guest Book

A picture of the guest book where I got my inspiration for this blog.













The guest book was given as a gift to Mom and Dad from my cousin C.L. Potter's wife Joyce. She illustrated the first page.

More pictures of the gold mine June 4,1959

Mom is on the left with my dog King and one of the wives of the original mine owners. The bunkhouse is on the left.


















Dad with one of the men who worked the mine. The cabin is in the background down the hill.

Yours truly leaning against an ore car. Don't I look happy?

Pictures of the gold mine June 4, 1959

This was the road leading to the mine. All people who had claim in the mine were required to do work on the road. The mine cabin is just to the right of the road.














This is the cabin at the mine. Every gold mine claim had a name. If I recall, ours was called "The Golden Rod". I could be wrong---it's only been 50 years!!














This is a view of the cabin looking down from the bunkhouse where the cars and trucks parked. If you look close, the small black building is the outhouse. Yup, everyone had outhouses in the desert.

Pictures of move in day for the outhouse

This picture is of Dad and C.L. Potter, my cousin. They are securing the outhouse. Must have done a good job because it's still in the same place 45 years later.

Grandpa Baker built it, so I guess he should be the first to break it in!!!

More Pictures of the Cabin from 1964

This picture is the front of the cabin with a shadow of Dad taking the picture on the wall.

















This was taken from one corner of the five acre property.

This is Mom and Dad. You can see Dad's 1953 Chevy truck and rental trailer from his Shell gas station. More about the Chevy truck later......