Our humble abode-Bluff, Utah-May 2009

Be it ever so humble

Greg, Roger and Ramona-June2009

Relative rendezvous-June 2009

Greg, Glenn, Ramona-Loveland, Colorado-Jume 2009

Celebrating Sam's award

Greg and Ramona-Loveland, Colorado

At a luncheon in Loveland to honor Sam's good citizen award from the Kiwanis club

The Roger and Barbara Nelson home in Mankato, Minnesota

I stayed with Barbara and Roger for two days while we drove to Wisconsin and the twin city area to visit relatives

Todd and Mother, Barbara

Todd's home in Mankato Minnesota

Bronze-Loveland Sculpture park

Horses near the lagoon.

Roger at the sculpture park-Loveland, Colorado

Roger and bronze

Todd in the sculpture park-Loveland, Colorad

traveling man- Roger

My newphew, Roger Nelson, shown here on his new BMW at his Mankato home.Roger and Todd were my personal chauffers. Can it get any better than this?

Traveling man-Todd

My grand newphew, Todd, is shown here at his home in Mankato, Minnesota.

For two summers in the past, I met Todd in Minnesota and he drove us all around Minnesota and Wisconsin visiting relatives and friends so I thought that it was only fitting that I contact him and invite him to fly to Phoenix and accompany me on this trip. His father, Roger, also joined us and a good tsddime was had by all.

These pictures are from Todd's camera

Relative rendezvous_June 2 009

My sister, Vivian, my personal chauffer, Dale ,and Don Helgeson.

Relative rendezvous-My sister, Vivian and Don Helgeson

My baby sister, Vivian, along with her husband, Don, were there to great me as Dale and I arrived in Bemidji, Minnesota.

Vivian and I are the last surving children of Emma Thompson and Gullik Nelson Rye.

Siblings that have answered the last call are: Norman; Glenn 1 and Garfield, twins;Opal Rye Nelson;Norris Rye; Eldora Rye Bakk;Beverly Rye Nerison, Raymond Rye

Relatives rendezvous

One of the managers at the Pizza Ranch in Luverne, Minnesota is my cousin,Ardell.

Her father, Isaac Rye came over from Norway after World War 2.

Her Mother, Trudy, Worked for years at the Tuff Home in Hills, Minnesota.

Her son, Dominic, is the apple of his grandparent's eye.

Relatives rendezvous-June 2009

Glenn, Roger and Valarie at the Pizza Ranch in Luverne, Minnesota

Valarie has two sisters, Susan and Roberta. They are the children of my sister, Bevery Ann Rye and Robert Nerison.

Their father, Robert is now at the Tuff Retirement home in Hills, Minnesota.I was able to visit him at the home.

Relative rendezvous-June 2009

Left to right: Todd;Dale;Carol;Art, Glenn, Roger at Carol and Art' home near the Blue Mound State Park. Luverne, Minnesota.

Relative rendezvous-June 2009

Ingeborg,Palmer Paulson, and their son, Dan.

Relaqtive rendezvous-June 2009

Dales"s sister,Diane, and Scott, my grand nephew, stopped by Dale's on Sunday eve.

Relataive rendezvous

On Monday morning,we met Ryan Nelson, on left, Roger and Barbara's other son in Brandon, South Dakota.

honeyland

Beekeeping has provided many South Dakota residents with a satisfying and continually interesting hobby. Others have found it to be a profitable sideline occupation. The commercial beekeeper has found that this phase of agriculture provides him with an independent and respectable way of making a comfortable living.
South Dakota’s soils, topography, and climate generally provide the essential natural ingredients for the production of sizeable crops of high quality honey. The keeping of honey bees, like all other South Dakota agricultural businesses, is dependent on the vagaries of South Dakota weather.
There are approximately two hundred South Dakotans keeping bees in the state. Around 90 of these persons maintain their bees on a commercial scale. As for total number of colonies (hives), South Dakota usually ranks in the top five states. South Dakota ranked third in 2002 with 232,000 colonies; third in 2001 with 235,000; and third in
In annual honey production South Dakota with a highly desirable, mild flavored and light colored alfalfa-sweetclover blend of honey ranks near the top of the states. In 2002, South Dakota ranked fourth with 11,475,000 pounds of honey; in 2001 the state ranked fourth with 15,275,000 pounds; and in 2000 ranked third with 28,435,000 pounds of honey.
The value of these crops in South Dakota was $16,065,000 in 2002, $10,845,000 in 2001, and $16,492,000 in 2000. These figures illustrate the amount of financial advantage to South Dakota in the form of salaries for employees, taxes, cost of vehicle maintenance, supplies, residential and commercial real estate purchased or rented in the state, and other expenditures made by beekeepers in the conduct of their operations in the state.

While the value of honey and beeswax production is a notable figure in South Dakota, the value of honey bees as pollinators of agricultural crops is vitally important. Since beekeepers in South Dakota conduct their operations primarily for honey production, there are usually no charges for this pollination service in the state. According to a Cornell University study, honey bee pollination adds $10.7 billion to the value of the crops they pollinate. Today’s intensive farming methods have eliminated the pollination provided by wild pollinating bees such as bumble bees and similar ground nesting species. Thus, the importance of honey bees as pollinators becomes greater every year. The value of this spin off benefit provided by honey bees in South Dakota provides a very valuable contribution to the state. The farm crops generally recognized as improved by honey bee pollination are alfalfa seed and hybrid sunflower seed production. Fruits in commercial and home orchards benefiting from honey bee pollination include applies, pears, cherries, plums, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, and strawberries. Properly pollinated fruits are more numerous and more completely developed. Commercial and home vegetable gardens benefit from honey bee pollination as well. Some of these crops are watermelons, muskmelons, squashes, pumpkins, and cucumbers. Production here also results in increased numbers of more completely developed vegetables when adequately pollinated by honey bees.
Wildlife
Honey bees provide another often overlooked advantage to South Dakota. This is the value of the bee’s service to wildlife in the production of food and cover. For example, the production of sweetclover seed in waste areas provides seed as winter food for pheasants and other birds, winter wind protection, and seed to maintain the plant population over the years. Another example is the pollination by honey bees of wild rose blossoms to produce the red fruits or rose hips. These hips are an important source of winter food for grouse as well as other wildlife species.

Bemidji bound

Yes, Dale and I are already hopeful that we catch such large fish that we don't even have to lie

The Queen Bee

At the crack of dawn, Jill, is off to her nursing calling but not before wishing the Bemidji bound fishermen, wll.

The honey man and the queen bee

Dale is a prominent South Dakota bee farmer and where better could I hang my hat while here in the Midwest than in the land of milk and honey,

The french toast with home made bread and the ruhbard pie -nothing could be finer-five star all the way.

Burl Ives, the troubador of the 30's made this song famous about the hobo's search for the land of milk and honey!

On a summer day in the month of May a burly bum came hikingDown a shady lane through the sugar cane, he was looking for his liking.As he roamed along he sang a song of the land of milk and honeyWhere a bum can stay for many a day, and he won't need any moneyOh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees near the soda water fountain,At the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings on the Big Rock Candy MountainsThere's a lake of gin we can both jump in, and the handouts grow on bushesIn the new-mown hay we can sleep all day, and the bars all have free lunches Where the mail train stops and there ain't no cops, and the folks are tender-hearted Where you never change your socks and you never throw rocks, And your hair is never parted Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees near the soda water fountain,At the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings on the Big Rock Candy MountainsOh, a farmer and his son, they were on the run, to the hay field they were boundingSaid the bum to the son, "Why don't you come to the big rock candy mountains?"So the very next day they hiked away, the mileposts they were countingBut they never arrived at the lemonade tide, on the Big Rock Candy Mountains Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees near the soda water fountain,At the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings on the Big Rock Candy MountainsOne evening as the sun went down and the jungle fires were burning,Down the track came a hobo hiking, and he said "Boys, I'm not turning.""I'm heading for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains;""So come with me, we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains."In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, there's a land that's fair and bright,The handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every nightWhere the boxcars all are empty and the sun shines every dayOn the birds and the bees and the cigarete trees,The lemonade springs where the bluebird singsIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, all the cops have wooden legsAnd the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft-boiled eggsThe farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hayOh I'm bound to go where there ain't no snowWhere the rain don't fall, the wind don't blowIn the Big Rock Candy MountainsIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains, you never change your socks And little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocksThe brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blindThere's a lake of stew and of whiskey tooAnd you can paddle all around 'em in a big canoeIn the Big Rock Candy MountainsIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin,And you can walk right out again as soon as you are inThere ain't no short-handled shovels, no axes, saws or picks,I'm a-goin' to stay where you sleep all dayWhere they hung the jerk that invented workIn the Big Rock Candy MountainsI'll see you all this comin' fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains!

Not every hobo of the 30's was a hobo of choice.

Many young men left their homes because they saw that there wasn't enough food on the table for the whole family

By their degrees you shall know them

Jill and Dale , above-

Jill received her Master's degree in Nursing from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota..She has one of the 4 degrees in the state with emphasis on development expertise.

Jilll, Angela and Dale.,below

Dale's daughter received her BS in nursing from Augustana College.

Kudos to both of these fine care givers!!!!!

West Nidros sanctuarRelative rendezvous

And part of an auto at the cemetary entrance.

Newphew Dale and neice, Jill

Our Angela's namesake

Dale's daughter, Angela, was named after our daughter, Angela, and I was honored to be her Godfather.
Angela just completed her nursing degree and pictures of her will appear as I have them scanned.

The honey man and the queen bee

My newphew, Dale and his wife, Jill, before the alter of the West Nidros church, Baltic, South Dakota

By the grace of God

On the Sabbath, there we sat worshipping while my neice, Jill Rye, played the organ in the West Nidros church that my Ogallala friend, Delmar Sando's grandfather created before 1909 along with 16 other churches in the area.

Is this bringing in the sheaves or what?

Relatives Rondezvous-Lincoln,Neb-MAY 2009

My sister's, Eldora Rye Bakk's family.

Left to right; Barbara, retired school teacher; Jim, State Farm emloyee:Glenn, whatever: Roger Nelson, retired DVM, Mankato, Mn.

My sister, Eldora and her husband, Orville,(both deceased) had two other children, Laurie, on the east coast, and Steven, retired State Farm residing in Texas.

Mr and Mrs. Del Sando and me-Ogallala, Neb. May 2009

Much of Ogallala's fame is due to its underground riches,,


The Ogallala Aquifer occupies the High Plains of the United States, extending northward from western Texas to South Dakota. The Ogallala is the leading geologic formation in what is known as the High Plains Aquifer System. The entire system underlies about 450,000 square kilometers (174,000 square miles) of eight states. Although there are several other minor geologic formations in the High Plains Aquifer System, such as the Tertiary Brule and Arikaree and the Dakota formations of the Cretaceous, these several units are often referred to as the Ogallala Aquifer.
Characteristics of the Ogallala
The Ogallala is composed primarily of unconsolidated, poorly sorted clay, silt, sand, and gravel with groundwater filling the spaces between grains below the water table. The Ogallala was laid down about 10 million years ago by fluvial deposition from streams that flowed eastward from the Rocky Mountains during the Pliocene epoch.* Erosion has removed the deposits

The Ogallala Aquifer (shaded area) is in a state of overdraft owing to the current rate of water use. If withdrawals continue unabated, the aquifer could be depleted in only a few decades. between the mountains and the existing western boundary of the Ogallala, so there is no longer water recharge being received from the Rockies.
The Ogallala is an unconfined aquifer, and virtually all recharge comes from rainwater and snowmelt. As the High Plains has a semiarid climate, recharge is minimal. Recharge varies by amount of precipitation, soil type, and vegetational cover and averages less than 25 millimeters (1 inch) annually for the region as a whole. In a few areas, recharge from surface water diversions has occurred. Groundwater does flow through the High Plains Aquifer, but at an average rate of only 300 millimeters (12 inches) per day.
The depth to the water table of the Ogallala Aquifer varies from actual surface discharge to over 150 meters (500 feet). Generally, the aquifer is found from 15 to 90 meters (50 to 300 feet) below the land surface. The saturated thickness also varies greatly. Although the average saturated thickness is about 60 meters (200 feet), it exceeds 300 meters (1,000 feet) in west-central Nebraska and is only one-tenth that in much of western Texas. Because both the saturated thickness and the areal extent of the Ogallala Aquifer is greater in Nebraska, the state accounts for two-thirds of the volume of Ogallala groundwater, followed by Texas and Kansas, each with about 10 percent.
Using and Protecting the Ogallala
The Ogallala Aquifer, whose total water storage is about equal to that of Lake Huron in the Midwest, is the single most important source of water in the High Plains region, providing nearly all the water for residential, industrial, and agricultural use. Because of widespread irrigation, farming accounts for 94 percent of the groundwater use. Irrigated agriculture forms the base of the regional economy. It supports nearly one-fifth of the wheat, corn, cotton, and cattle produced in the United States. Crops provide grains and hay for confined feeding of cattle and hogs and for dairies. The cattle feedlots support a large meatpacking industry. Without irrigation from the Ogallala Aquifer, there would be a much smaller regional population and far less economic activity.
Because of the Ogallala, the High Plains is the leading irrigation area in the Western Hemisphere. Overall, 5.5 million hectares (nearly 13.6 million acres) are irrigated in the Ogallala region. The leading state irrigating from the Ogallala is Nebraska (46%), followed by Texas (30%) and Kansas (14%).
Slowing the Rate of Depletion.
The Ogallala Aquifer is being both depleted and polluted. Irrigation withdraws much groundwater, yet little of it is replaced by recharge. Since large-scale irrigation began in the 1940s, water levels have declined more than 30 meters (100 feet) in parts of Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. In the 1980s and 1990s, the rate of groundwater mining, or overdraft, lessened, but still averaged approximately 82 centimeters (2.7 feet) per year.
Increased efficiency in irrigation continues to slow the rate of waterlevel decline. State governments and local water districts throughout the region have developed policies to promote groundwater conservation and slow or eliminate the expansion of irrigation. Generally, management has emphasized planned and orderly depletion, not sustainable yield. Depletion results

Center-pivot sprinklers are among the irrigation methods used in the High Plains. Large quantities of groundwater pumped from the Ogallala Aquifer allows these semiarid western lands to yield abundant harvests. in reduced irrigation in areas with limited saturated thickness and increased energy cost in all areas as the depth to water increases.
The average specific yield for the High Plains Aquifer is about 0.15. This means that only 15 percent of all the water available in the aquifer can be recovered using irrigation pumps, while the rest remains unused and locked up in the unsaturated zone. Groundwater depletion problems could be forestalled if this presently nonrecoverable water could be forced to the saturated zone. One experimental means of accomplishing this is by injecting air into the unsaturated zone, which breaks down capillary action and permits the movement of water down to the saturated zone. Air injection experiments have shown positive results for very localized areas. However, the widespread applicability of this technology has not yet proven effective.
Reducing Contamination.
Groundwater contamination in the Ogallala became an issue in the 1990s. In its natural state, the High Plains Aquifer is, for the most part, of high quality. The water is generally suitable for domestic use, stock watering, and irrigation without filtration or treatment. Surveys of groundwater samples have detected traces of pesticides and nitrates. Sources include irrigated agriculture and confined livestock feeding operations. The percolation rates of contaminants from the surface to the water table have not been established in the areas where polluted water has been found.
Managing for the Future.
The future economy of the High Plains depends heavily on the Ogallala Aquifer, the main source of water for all uses. The Ogallala will continue to be the lifeblood of the region only if it is managed properly to limit both depletion and contamination.

coincidence happens-the Del Sando story

Leaving Loveland, Colorado early the next morning we drove past the 110,000 cattle feedlot near Greeley,Colorado that used to be called Momforts started in downtown Greeley in 1936. Had we choosen to make a short detour we could have seen the second 110;000 feedlot but one whiff was enough.

Arriving in Ogallala, Nebraska quite early we summoned Del Sando and wife to his daughter's Dairy Queen. Therein hangs a tale.

Del Sando and I graduated together from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1951.

I was not to see him again until the 1970's when I ran into him in the halls of the federal building in Denver, Colorado. He worked for the labor department and I was doing some volunteer work for the housing authority for the city of Loveland, Colorado.

Fast forward to 2007 when I received a phone call from Del Sando. He had been reading my blog,glenndeavour, and we exchanged pleasantries.

So what better time to renew old ties as I motored thru Nebraska.

Is that the end of the tale.. No, no, no.

The next morning, Sunday, I was to attend church at the West Nidros Luthern Church in Baltic,South Dakota where my neice, Jill, is the organist.

Well it was Delmar Sando's grandfather, Delmar Sando who started the West Nidros church and 16th others in south eastern South Dakota around the turn of the century.

Stayed tuned and you will see what is probably the origninal sanctuary..

Coincidence happens-The Del

Relative rendezvous-May 2009

Ben and his Mother, Lisa.

I LOVE AMERICAMusic- Gary FrancisWords- Sam Francis, Gary Francis

I love to see a baby A mothers tender care.The future of America She is holding there.
I love to see small childrenWith hands upon their heart.They pledge allegiance to our flagBefore their lessons start.I love to see "Old Glory" in the breezeStars and stripes Shining brightIt tells the world we're free.CHORUSI love America!Long live this land of liberty.I love America!This is the place I want to be.I love this land from Ôsea to shining sea'I love AmericaThe homeland of the freeI love to see the farmlandsAnd smell the new mown hay.A farmer on a tractor.Working hard each day.I love to see a church houseWhere people go to pray.Many seeking guidanceTo live from day to day.Many different cultures I can see...They all came to this landThey wanted to be free!I love America!Long live this land of liberty.I love America!This is the place I want to be.I love this land from Ôsea to shining sea'I love AmericaThe homeland of the free!(Bridge)We stand united all as oneDefending our libertyAnd honor those who fight to keep us safe from harmProtecting our right to be free.I love America!Long live this land of liberty.I love America!This is the place I want to be.I love this land from Ôsea to shining sea'I love AmericaI love AmericaI love AmericaThe homeland of the free

Relaative rendezvous- May 2009

Sam's good citizen party- Loveland, Colorado.


I'm proud to be an AmericanWhere at least I know I'm free.And I won't forget the men who diedWho gave that right to me.And I'd gladly stand up next to youAnd defend her still today.ÔCause there is no doubt I love this land.God bless the USA.God bless the USA!

Relative rendezvous-May 2009

Sam's good citizen award party.


America the Beautiful
Words by Katharine Lee Bates,Melody by Samuel Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stressA thoroughfare of freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife. Who more than self their country lovedAnd mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness And every gain divine! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for halcyon skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the enameled plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till souls wax fair as earth and air And music-hearted sea! O beautiful for pilgrims feet, Whose stem impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till paths be wrought through wilds of thought By pilgrim foot and knee! O beautiful for glory-tale Of liberating strife When once and twice, for man's avail Men lavished precious life! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till selfish gain no longer stain The banner of the free! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee Till nobler men keep once again Thy whiter jubilee!

Relative rendezvous-May 2009

After leaving Bluff, Utah we moved on to Loveland, Colorado.

Samuel Nelson Rye, left, had recieved the citizen of the year for his class from the Kiwanis club and Nan had an honor luncheon planned for him at Mini's.

We crashed the party and here along with his brother, Ben, Papa is feeling no pain.

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
words and music by Woody Guthrie
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me
Chorus
As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

America, the greatest land on God's green earth

Rendezvous with Relatives

Way, way, way down,one can catch glimses of the mighty Colorado river.

Rendezvous with relatives

Roger and Todd in one of the upper levels of the old lighthouse tower.Grand Canyon.

Rendezvous with relatives

Traveling th Northern Arizona, we marveled at God's creation of the Grand Canyon.

Rendezvous with Relatives.

Relative rendezvous-May 28, 2009

Traveling across Phoenix on the Morning of May 28, we had breakfast with our son, Dan, and our grandaughter, Summer, at the Paradise Valley Bakery.

After breakfast Summer went to her school for one of the last days of the school year.

Rendezvous with relatives-May-2009

On May 27th, 2009, my nephew,Roger Nelson, retired dvm, along with his son, Todd, flew into Gateway Airport in Mesa. On May 28th we started a grand tour here in front of my home in Sun City, Arizona.

Norris Orville Rye-early thirties

My oldest brother, Norris, along with his father, Gullik Nelson Rye, sometime early in the 1930s,We lived in Valley Springs, South Dakota and they had probably been fishing in the Split Rock River near Brandon.

This probably was one of the times in his early childhood that he was free of burdens that were to be his lot later in life.

Our father suffered from poor health and when Norris was in 8th grade he had to quit school to support his father and mother's family.
Opal was older and worked along with the men on the farm. Younger siblings were: Eldora,Glenn, Beverly,Raymond and Vivian.

In 1938, my father had purchased a large farm near Hills, Minnesota, the Ole Ellinboe farm consisting of 240 acres.
In the eigth grade Norris was handed the checkbook and had to take over all manual duties.
My father died in 1944 at the age of 56.

It was Norris's dedication and sacrifice that kept the family together during the war years of World War 2.

Of all of the siblings there remains but Vivian and myself.

Photo's courtesy of Norris's widow, Lorraine.

What goes around comes around

These photos from Norway are the courtesy of my sister in law, Lorraine Rye, to whom I mailed the photos on November 19, 1979.

The Shah was in fear of being overthrown by the mulllahs in Iran and my salesman associate had both Ameican and Iranian citizenship. He knew people who wanted to get their money out of Iran before the shah went down.

We flew to Tehran and rented a couple of suites and proceeded to sell them real estate in America.

We did sell a 11 million dollar shopping center in Westminister, Co and a 3 million dollar high rise in Denver. From what I hear it's about time to go back to Iran again and sell America

I am now almost as ancient as the carvings on the stone in Norway,above ,but I just did manage to take a 5ooo mile road trip through the Southwest and the Midwest visiting relatives galore. Those pictures will follow soon.

I flew from Teheran to Denmark and then took a hover craft to Oslo.

About 28 years ago about twenty relatives from Norway and South Dakota came to Loveland, Colorado to visit and we put them up in our motel for about a week.

I visited these American cousins last week. Ineborg Pauson of Harrisburg, South Dakota and Isaac Rye of Luverne, Minnesota. A brother, Knute ,and others are about to visit them again. I hope that they with the help of Palmer Pauson will sign up on the geni family tree.

Norway pictures - 1976

Pictures read from right to left as per previous post.

Norway pictures -l976

Picture 6-Glenn -pictures read from right to left.

Also previous pictures read from right to left.

Norway pictures guide

Photo's 1-6 were on previous post

Photos 6-12 will follow

Scenes from Father's birthplace-1976 trip

Randy Lee-Very special then-Very special now!

Randy with parents-1958-June, at Norris and Lorraine's

Randy will celebrate his 52nd birthday on June 17th.

Best of everything to a great son!!!!!