An Update on Finding Dates and Other Information on My Childhood Travel
I've found documentation (mostly photograph albums) of most of our trips from 1977 through 1989. I have no idea where we went in 1983 through 1986, however. Somehow, this search for data has morphed into a project where I am scanning in all of our old photographs. And I am now in search of software that I can use to modify the metadata and label these pictures with their locations.
Speaking of the search for documentation, my dad and I have been discussing our trip to Niagara Falls. I was certain that the bridge to the Canadian side was the first time I had ever been to Canada, and that we went to Quebec City and Montreal in 1981, so it seemed to make sense that we had been to Niagara Falls before 1981. My dad was certain that we went to Niagara Falls in 1985.
It turns out we were both wrong. I found the schedule from the Quebec City and Montreal trip and it turns out that Niagara Falls was our first stop on that trip. So it was my first visit to Canada, but had not been in an earlier year. I still have not found our photo album from that trip, however.
I'm still trying to find documentation of our early trips to Florida. I think that my first trip to Florida was in 1969, though it might have been 1970. My mom and her brother took me to stay at my grandfather's house and I have heard stories of it, but don't have any concrete memories. I remember more about our trip in 1972, and I know that there is a photo album of that trip somewhere around here. I have seen the album a lot of times over the years. In fact, if I were much of an artist, I could draw some of the pictures in it reasonably accurately. There is another album of another trip to Florida, likely 1973 or 1974, that should be in the same box. If we can find the box.
Speaking of the search for documentation, my dad and I have been discussing our trip to Niagara Falls. I was certain that the bridge to the Canadian side was the first time I had ever been to Canada, and that we went to Quebec City and Montreal in 1981, so it seemed to make sense that we had been to Niagara Falls before 1981. My dad was certain that we went to Niagara Falls in 1985.
It turns out we were both wrong. I found the schedule from the Quebec City and Montreal trip and it turns out that Niagara Falls was our first stop on that trip. So it was my first visit to Canada, but had not been in an earlier year. I still have not found our photo album from that trip, however.
I'm still trying to find documentation of our early trips to Florida. I think that my first trip to Florida was in 1969, though it might have been 1970. My mom and her brother took me to stay at my grandfather's house and I have heard stories of it, but don't have any concrete memories. I remember more about our trip in 1972, and I know that there is a photo album of that trip somewhere around here. I have seen the album a lot of times over the years. In fact, if I were much of an artist, I could draw some of the pictures in it reasonably accurately. There is another album of another trip to Florida, likely 1973 or 1974, that should be in the same box. If we can find the box.