Sunday, March 9, 2014

Childhood Trip Memories-Marilyn Ruesch Schneider

Childhood Trip Memories-by Marilyn Ruesch Schneider

Story Key: I=Marilyn Ruesch Schneider,  Brother=David Arthur ("Art") Ruesch, Father=David Lemar Ruesch, Mother=Lenore McFarlane Ruesch
Our vacations were always planned by my father.  We went many, many places in a very short time.  The last time I went on a trip with my parents was as a teenagers, I still remember where we went-Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Zion Park, Bryce, Salt Lake City, Manti, Yosemite and Sequoia Parks all in 5 days time.  The only place we hadn't seen before was Yosemite.  All of us were looking forward to seeing it.  We arrived there and went directly to our cabin.  It was a tent cabin.  My father did not want to stay in tent cabin so we left Yosemite within 20 minutes after arriving and went on to Sequoia.
On one trip, we stopped by the side of the road for some reason.  There was a very steep embankment with a little stream at the bottom of it.  My brother and I were thirsty and decide to hike down to the stream.  We started out just fine, but got going faster and faster.  Then we rolled and couldn't stop.  And couldn't get back up the hill.  My dad had to come down and help us back up the hill.
We went for several years to Camp Radford, a summer family camp run by the Los Angles PTS (my mother was a big deal in the 10th district PTA).  We rode horses, hiked and did crafts-leather and gimp, especially (Ask me and I'll teach you how to make something out of Gimp).  A few years ago, I passed by Camp Radford.  It is in a beautiful area-Barton Flats of the San Bernardino Mountains.

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