Exploring Williamsburg, Brooklyn armed with only a smartphone & a bit of luck...

 

This is my favorite from their trip… I love that they kept a photo album diary.  

This is my favorite from their trip… I love that they kept a photo album diary.  

My great uncle on their infamous Alaska trip in the 1950’s… they had just graduated from high school.  Such rugged individuals… I don’t know many HS seniors who took a hearse through Alaska, doing their own mechanic work every few hundred miles. 

My great uncle on their infamous Alaska trip in the 1950’s… they had just graduated from high school.  Such rugged individuals… I don’t know many HS seniors who took a hearse through Alaska, doing their own mechanic work every few hundred miles. 

Great Aunt Lois with her “parcels” in the early ’50s… great sunglasses!  

Great Aunt Lois with her “parcels” in the early ’50s… great sunglasses!  

My great Uncle Dave taking a break to day-dream on a hill at the family farm in 1950’s Ohio. 

My great Uncle Dave taking a break to day-dream on a hill at the family farm in 1950’s Ohio. 

My Great Aunt with wooden skis in the 50’s… 

My Great Aunt with wooden skis in the 50’s… 

One more… such a great car & jaunty cap!  I was definitely born in the wrong time period! 

One more… such a great car & jaunty cap!  I was definitely born in the wrong time period! 

Love this picture of my great aunt on a car picnic… more picnics please! 

Love this picture of my great aunt on a car picnic… more picnics please!