Kent Tempus of the Green Bay Press Gazette / Oconto County Reporter has put together a wonderful article released today about our trip. He attended our presentation and interviewed us at the Oconto Historical Society on May 4 . Follow…
Day 4 Cheyenne WY
Earl and Ethel encountered a cattle drive and could not resist getting a photo to document the moment. We couldn’t either! We traveled almost 1,000 miles on Highway 20 from Rockford to the Nebraska-Wyoming state line to capture the following…
Day 3 Rockford IL – ONeill NE
As mentioned in the “1st Leg” tab very likely the couple stayed their first night at the East Side Inn in Rockford, IL. The building is the first of many that they visited that is now on the National Register…
Day 2 – Waukegan, IL
We left “at seven” from Oconto and headed for Waukegan IL We stopped at the Waukegan Historical Society to see if they had information on where the County Clerks Office was located in 1937 for dispensing marriage licenses? The building…
Day 1- Oconto
What a wonderful start to our travel adventure! 35 friends, community, and family members turned out Wednesday evening to see our “Sentimental Journey” presentation at the Oconto Historical Society Beyer Home and Carriage House Museum. There was high Interest because…
A Sentimental Journey
Our adopted theme for our 1937 Honeymoon Trip Take Two has been “Sentimental Journey” by Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Doris Day as singer. Though the song was first released in 1945, its words and music seem to…
We have Maps!
Our “go to” navigator of choice is the Google app, WAZE. We have been using this app since 2013 with good results. We call the female voice “Olivia” as in, Olivia Pope of the TV show, “Scandal.” She fixes things! …
“Sentimental Journey” Presentation – May 2
The Oconto Historical Society contacted us about doing a presentation of our “Sentimental Journey” slideshow on May 2 at 6:30 PM at the Beyer Home and Carriage House Museum. This will be the first night of our trip and a…