After Deer Hunt in Michigan

After we got home from deer hunting we started to get ready to go on our planned vacation, maybe I should explain this better. At our parting at the Biltmore hotel in Providence, Rhode Island December 24th 1943 we decided that if I got home alive that we would take a years vacation, it so happened that it was winter time when I came home, so our vacation was to be made in the sunny climate of Florida. To pull our trailer that distance it was necessary to put a heavy hitch on the car and get the trailer out of my dads barn where we had it stored and take a short trial trip, after that it seemed that it was travel safe, therefore, we loaded up what we were taking and got it ready to go. In the meantime we said our goodbyes to everyone and took off a day or so after Xmas 1945. Our car at that time was a 1939 Plymouth convertible, we rolled along fine on route 27 until we came to the mountains, it made the old bus grind sometimes to make it to the top then it took a little time for her to cool off before starting up another, at night we stayed at gas stations mostly, at other times just along the road where we could pull off safely, we had a great time on route especially when we entered warmer climate, incidentally the roads then were all two lane and some of them in the mountain areas were only one lane with meeting zones in appropriate places. If I remember correctly it took us about a week to get to Jacksonville, Florida. We stayed there in a park for several days and visited with my nephew Clyle Jacoby who had not been discharged yet from the marines, he had stayed there all during the war working at the camp. From there we moved on to the Orlando area, about two miles south of Orlando we found a small park in Pinecastle Fl. right on a small lake, an ideal place to spend a lifetime. Believe me this; I was more than willing to do just that. It seems that there is always a something to bring you back to sanity---war was over I was alive----my mind was settling somewhere back to normal. Loving family-----loving wife---------starting over---------getting more education--------good job-----starting family,------owning home--------new car------getting set in the community wherever that may be and make family and new friends a welcome part of our new start in life. What a backlog of memories to take down the long road ahead, sometimes you begin to wonder if your affirmative attitude and love of life and will of God will establish a goal that you can achieve.