Thursday, February 15, 2024

IN FLORIDA ON A LITTLE TOUR WITH BRIAN AND JEAN TOROLA

THIS PIC IS OUT OF PLACE….THESE GUYS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO GO HOG HUNTING IN TEXAS…THEY STOPPED AT DARLENES HOUSE FOR A FEW HOURS OF SLEEP…IN DALLAS, TX…WAYLON TOLKKINEN, STANLEY HELMINEN, TWO ANDERSON BROTHERS, LADD AND  NASH

TOUR OF THE JACKSONVILLE FORT FROM THE 1800’s

OUR NARRATOR

BRIAN AND JEAN IN A LOOKOUT TOWER

THIS PLANE HAS A STORY…(another out of place pic) MY NEIGHBOR HAD JUST BOARDED THIS PLANE AT O’HARE TO COME TO HANCOCK, ALL BUCKLED IN,READY FOR TAKEOFF WHEN A TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE WING, CAUSING A TERRIFIC JOLT….IT WAS NIGHT, SO PERHAPS THE DRIVER JUST DIDNT SEE THE PLANE….NO ONE HURT, OF COURSE,AS  ALL WERE BUCKLED IN.  THE WING WAS DAMAGED, AS U CAN SEE.  A WEEKLATER, AS I SAT BY A WINDOW AT O’HARE, I SAW THE PLANE WITH THE BROKEN WING…..THEY WERE MOVING IT ELSEWHERE…..HOW CRAZY IS THAT?

I FLEW TO JACKSONVILLE TO MEET MARGIE AND BRIAN, PRIOR TO GOING TO CUBA TO VISIT THEIR DAUGHTER EVELYN AND TODD.  WE HAD A GREAT VISIT AND DINNER WITH MORE TOROLAS WHO LIVE THERE…BRIAN AND JEAN (down for the winter) AARON AND TRISHA JOHNSON, MARIA AND PAUL LAMPINEN