This weekend our little family journeyed to Richland, Washington to visit Great Grandma Maxfield to celebrate Thanksgiving with her. Fred Meyer's provided a great Thanksgiving feast and Grandma provided the excellent entertainment.
Grandma has a basement full of fun games, trains, and various other antiquities for kids to enjoy. Along with the classic wooden marble track, I remember them all from my childhood.
We didn't actually play the hockey game, but it's still there and brings back the warm fuzzies of yesteryear. The funnest game we played was on a Carrom Board that my dad got for his 10th birthday. Dad talks about it like he still owns it; though he mysteriously has never reclaimed it since leaving Richland over 50 years ago. All but Everett and Abram played. Much trash was talked (wah, wah, waaaah...) and fun was had by all.
On Friday, we took Grandma out (actually she insisted on paying) to Zip's Drive In (where my Dad used to "Kick Tires" back in the 1950's) and enjoyed a "Big Zipper" Burger (Three Hamburger Patties on an elongated bun, admittedly a little too much for Natalee) and slurped down a 1950's style Hot Fudge Shake...mmm...
Grandma happily rode around with us as we got some pictures of historical sites in Richland. We snapped some photos of the "Bombers" at Richland High School (formerly Columbia High), the school logo (the mushroom cloud), and visited the Hanford Site where the atomic bomb (Manhattan Project) was made that ended World War II (hence the H.S. mascot) and where Grandpa Maxfield worked throughout his career. It was great getting a history lesson from Grandma and I think she appreciated the company. It's been almost 19 years since Grandpa passed away so things get pretty lonely, I'm sure.
Grandma's favorite, a visit to Columbia River Park in Richland, topped the trip off. Thanks for the fun weekend Grandma!
(Hudson chatting with Great Grandma)
(Sadie on the Zip Line)
We love you, Grandma!