Road Trip Down Memory Lane

On Saturday Glenn and I took my dad on a road trip to Malad ID, where he grew up, to take pictures of the houses where he lived and to record some of his memories. It was a really fun day. It's about a two hour drive which is not too long and traffic and weather were perfect. Like most kids back in the "good ol' days" my dad ran free through the whole town and has some great stories. Some favorites are running a small gambling ring, their shoe shining business, stealing their dog back from another family and of course rolling a tire down the court house hill and right through the door of the corner tavern.
Malad is still very small and quaint. There has not been much growth there which was good for our purpose because most of the houses and buildings were still there. I loved the old brick buildings like the hospital, court house and High School.



This yellow brick building was my favorite. There used to be apartments on the top level and the bottom was a drug store with a soda counter. It doesn't get any more "small town USA" than that does it?

Dad's family lived in the apartments when he was about Jr. High age. The door that he's standing by used to be the entrance but it is closed off now.

I had to take a picture of the Dude Ranch Cafe because we ate there once when Dylan was little and he still remembers it as the best milkshake he ever had. I think it was because they brought the leftover part out in the metal mixing cup and that made an impression on him for some reason. It's funny to see a big teenager get all excited about "the milkshake in the metal can".

On our way home we had to complete the trip down memory lane with lunch at Maddox. I decided to go nostalgic all the way and get the chicken fried steak like I did when I was little. It was delicious. World's Finest Beef you know:)


So a big Thank You to my dad for letting us hijack his Saturday, for footing the bill for lunch and for an all around wonderful day! Love you Dad!