Mini Memories

At some point in our later teen years, my sister Nancy and I worked at getting along. We'd go on $1 (or more) shoppping sprees at Duckwall's 5 & 10 to buy each other gifts. Don't remember any of the gifts- I'm sure they were silly, but it was fun.

Neighborhood games were fun. My friend, Margaret lived a block and a half south of us. I remember playing "Capture the Flag" in the warm weather. When the Daulton's put up a basketball hoop, that was popular. Mostly we played "Horse." Then there was the time I got hit in the eye with the basketball. Next thing I knew we were at the eye doctor's office having a big swelling lanced. We played a lot of baseball with a tennis ball in our yard, the Daulton's yard, and the mesa behind us.

The mesa behind us. Great source for escaping over the wall. Playing games. Capturing lizards and horney toads (yes, I could catch them and I touched them). Cars sometimes went into the mesa at night. I could see the lights from my bedroom window. Sometimes we found some strange things there...