One of the toughest things that I have ever had to do, NOTE I said one of the toughest, was to put the house up for sale, the other was selling the car wash's. There was so much enjoyment in the day by day progressive success, even with all the hard work that was necessary, you almost become addicted to whatever it takes to get to the ever elusive plateau that you have dreamed about over the years. However, with
a lifetime partner of 60 plus years steadfast beside me through thick and thin, who could go wrong.
Yes, we sold the house, bought a condo and to the delight of Goodwill in Marshall expanded their business about 100 % and narrowed our possession's to around 0. We kept the Van and Cadillac but only one could be in the garage, the other sets out. Had to keep the Van so Ardis could keep her flea market hobby in high gear, Incidentally, she has been actively involved in her hobby for nearly 35 years, she has made a small fortune over the years, she started at the Shipshewana Ind. flea market when it was just a pup, in fact it was an old run down shed that she had to start with, now, you wouldn't believe what it has grown into. Some Holiday's there are between 15.000 and 20.000 people come to shop.
As a rule she made the 70 mile trip down there without any mishaps, however, there were times when she wasn't so lucky, flat tires, dead batteries and deer slowed her down sometimes, in fact she hit two deer at the same time once , then an other time she was successful in missing a couple of deer but ended up out in a bean field through a ditch and back in the road really screwing up the under carriage of the Van, how in the world she ever made it the 50 miles to Shipshewana is more than my feeble brain can figure out. I always went down on Wed. to help her wrap up what was left, this of course was after I retired we usually would get home about 7:00 after eating usually in Sturgis Michigan or Howe Ind.
This year, 2002 she quit the long drive to Shipshewana and I'm sure she would say stopped to play the little flea jobs around Marshall and Tekonsha, however, it serves her purpose and keeps her busy most of the time.---------I guess we just realized this year that we are not getting any younger Amen!!
I will continue to add to this as my brain jumps into gear every now and then and connects to something I've missed. This date is: Saturday the 19 of Oct. 2002 9:25 pm MSU got tromped by Minnesota today. U of M won over Purdue. I know now that the Lions won their game with Chicago on Sunday (Oct. 20th 2002 ) by two points, good game. MSU has come up several times lately and I have failed to mention that in the 60's Mike Ballard and I along with a Canadian guide owned a fishing and hunting cabin in Canada, Ontario providence, It was located about 50 miles north of Sudbury in the Canadian wilderness, the only way in was by air from Sudbury at that time, our cabin was on a lake named Hassen, this was more of a hunting area rather than fishing. At that time we fished at a lake named Thor which actually was the head waters of the Vermillion River. I recall the first time we were invited to go there was in 1955. Virgil Schultz owned Schultz, Snyder and Steel lumber yard in Lansing and we purchased all of our lumber ( Sherer-Gillett Co.) from them, Mike Ballard and myself was known to be the most proficient hunters and fishermen in the county of Calhoun and we got to know Virgil Schultz very well indeed. If I recall correctly Virgil was an alumni of MSU, undoubtedly the reason Biggie Munn was always invited also, there was always ten or twelve big shots at the lodge Virgil had built on the shore of the lake so rather than disappoint any one we hobnailed it together Biggie was one heck of a nice fellow and always did his share of the work, I'm talking about washing dish's and cleaning up, however, there usually was a lady, the wife of the guide that Virgil kept up there all the time to take care of the place and have it ready for people coming at all times of the year. We made trips up there for at least 10 years The salesman that Virgil employed that sold our factory was a fellow named Colin Sturt , after Colin died our Sufari ended, then we stayed at a lodge on the other side of the lake that was built by several other friends of mine, I think my last trip up there was in the 70's some time, just before I retired from the company.
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