Michigan Trip 27 May 08 Garden City

One of the things on my to do list while in Michigan, was to go to the place I grew up in & take pics of the old house, street & schools I attended way back when. The elementary & high school are still there. The junior high, Vogel Junior High, has long since been torn down. Matt & Rachel went to the Mall & then on a lunch date and did not go with us on this ride. So here goes the trip down memory lane. REMEMBER: if ya want to see it bigger, click on the picture.


Prior to leaving for Garden City, we visited a short time with Melanie & Sharon...

Here is Mel just smiling away...

Mel smiling again. She has a beautiful smile

Shaun & Bob just prior to heading out.

Another of Shaun & Bob..

Had to take this pic of Bobs instrument panel on his Honda 1300 VTX..Sharp bike!!!

Sharon had gone to do some errands & as we left, we crossed paths with her as she turned the corner..Here is Bob talking with her...

When we got to the old neighborhood, I took this shot of the street signs on the South end of the street. We lived on Cardwell in Garden City Michigan

This is a view down the street to the North from Sheridan.

This is the house I grew up in..972 Cardwell. The garage is an add on by the new people. We just had a backyard. We use to flood it in the winter so it would freeze so we could skate & play hockey. We played everywhere there was ice: backyards, streets, ponds & rinks.

At the North end of the street was Marquette..Had to get a pic of that sign too.

A view of Cardwell to the South from Marquette

Another view to the South..We lived there in the days when you could go places & leave the doors open or unlocked..Now it is a Neighborhood Watch Zone.

This is the field on the North side of Marquette that we played in..It also had a creek (still there) that we would catch frogs, crayfish & snakes in.

This is the sign out in front of Lathers Elementary School that we all attended.

Another sign on the school

A picture of Lathers Elementary School, Garden City Michigan

The sign out front of Garden City High School..When I attended, there were 2 high schools in Garden City, Garden City East High (my school) and the rival school, Garden City West High. Now there is just one, Garden City High.

A view of the school to the South

A view of what use to be the swimming pool.

Last but not least, the Catholic Church & Catholic school we attended. We went to Catechism classes every Saturday at St. Dunstan Catholic School. Yes, it was taught by nuns who wore the old black/white habits back then.

St. Dunstan Catholic Church..(the c is missing)

This is the Church we attended until I left for the USAF in 1970. This parking lot is where we all used to ride go-carts and cut our teeth on two wheelers, the old mini-bikes. Ahh, the days of our youth....

That's it for this post....Scroll down for more of the Michigan Trip 08......John