The when and where of many of the events I remember doing with Joanne are vague. Not so with the event on this day 55 years ago. This is the 55th wedding anniversary of Frank and Carole Pollard and Joanne I were at the wedding. Carole is my cousin and they were married at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Lakewood, CA. Lakewood is between Long Beach and Los Angeles.
Getting there was a bit of an adventure. Driving west of Las Vegas, in the middle of the desert, we had catastrophic engine failure. The 1962 Chevy II threw an engine rod through the block. Baling wire will not fix that! Standing in the morning heat trying to catch a ride the Buicks and Cadillacs heading back to LA fromm Las Vegas didn't even give us a look. Finally a Corvair, with a family of five African Americans, stopped and squeezed us in. They took us to Barstow which had a Chevrolet garage. We made arrangements to have the car towed there and repaired.
A bus got us to Lakewood and the wedding. After spending a few days in that area we flew to San Francisco to visit my uncle. How we got from San Francisco to Barstow, (bus? plane?) is lost in time. The discovery when arrived I remember clearly. No repair had begun on the car, it was Thursday, and I was supposed to be on duty at Westwood Lutheran Church, St Louis Park, MN., on Sunday!!! General Motors had shut down their warehouse for inventory so no parts had been delivered in the two weeks since the car was towed. A shipment was expected that morning, and if the short block was in the shipment, the garage would repair the car that day. Waiting at the garage was rewarded with the arrival of the block. Joanne and I rented a motel room for the day and slept as the car was being repaired.
About 4:00 p.m., we retrieved the car. and headed for home. Taking turns driving and sleeping (?) we drove straight through. Exactly when we arrived I have forgotten but it was on Saturday so I reported for duty on Sunday. Yes, we were young..............
Takk for alt,
Al
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