Roosevelt Trip - 2

Both Mom and Dad were born and raised in southwest Oklahoma, Dad actually just outside Roosevelt. He graduated 3rd in his class in 1929 at age 16, along with his older brother, Marvin, graduating first. Mom came to Roosevelt as a teacher, having taught a couple of years in other districts first. In other words, our family roots on both sides run deep in southwest Oklahoma's soil. Sooo... another perk of our weekend trip was to get to see family.

The picture below is my dad's youngest brother, Lloyd, in front of the property that was the "old home place" when Dad and at least some of his siblings were in high school. Lloyd pointed out where the house was, as well as the outhouse, shed, garden, and hill where they took wild rides on a homemade cart with a rope to steer. Sounds like fun, eh!?!

Here we are with Lloyd, his daughter, Tish, and another cousin, Jonna.

One of the things Mom does when she makes a trip to Roosevelt is to put out new silk flowers at the cemetery headstone marker of my dad and sister.

In previous years we stayed at an old motel (you might call it a Motel .6) at Hobart, but this year we had much nicer accommodations at another cousin's in Cordell. Here's Ronita and her husband Greg. Actually, Ronita's dad is my 1st cousin, but we were among several "cousins" who all played together when we were all kids and we came to OK on vacation.