2022- Photo Album
With Sharon, Russ, Jim & Carol
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Laveta & Chili going our for a walk, April 12th!! 
At Harbor Lights Our 58th Anniversary My 79th Birthday at Harmons 
My Anniversary present to Laveta 
Our two week trip to Wine Country RV park, in Prosser WA
With Sharon, Russ, Jim & Carol
Russ picking up food from Davy’s (really good stuff!) 
Laveta and Sharon wine tasting in the RV Park office
Sharon and Russ wine tasting at Airfield Winery
Laveta & Chili in our Motorhome 
Eating at the Atomic Ail and Brewpub in Richland 
Eating dinner and tasting wine at Wine O`clock Prosser 
Wine Tasting at 14 Hands Winery 
Sharon Shopping for Tamales and Asparagus in Union Gap WA
Laveta and Carol relaxing on our deck after the trip. -
2019 – 2021 Photo Album
Henry and the Vice Squad Lunch at Duke’s, 10 January, 2019 
2/12/2019 at our Condo. 
Sharon and Russ at the Red Hot Pub 
At the Lobster Shop, Tacoma, March 2019 
—————————– Wine Country RV, Prosser Wa. May 2019 ——————————- 
Carol’s birthday at the Lobster Shop. 
Evolution at Cirque Park in University Place 
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Henry and the Vice Squad at Wildfin in Ruston 5/28/2019 and at Anthony’s in Olympia 7/28/2019 
July Picnic in Nantucket West 
At home and in Bellingham 2019 
Arial view of Port Townsend 
View from our Motorhome. 
Our late September week in Port Townsend with Bob & Pat plus visits from Jim & Carol, John & Becky. 
Weird 
A few days with the Drakes at the Enzian Hotel in Leavenworth WA 2019 
Side trips to Peshastin WA and Applets & Cotlets factory in Cashmere WA 
A Celebration of life for Henry in Lakewood WA 
Thanksgiving at Jim & Carol’s clubhouse clubhouse 
With Margret and Marty at the "Red Hot Pub" North end- Tacoma 
Our Christmas gate at Nantucket West. 2019 2020 ================================================================== 2020
California trip in our Toyota Highlander. 2-10-20 to 2-22-20
Brother Jimmy in Redding CA 
Rhonda Laveta & Erica Laveta, Erica, Cathy 
With Bob & Pat, John & Becky in "The Lakes RV" Chowchilla CA. Eating at "The Final Round" 
Going for a walk. 
Pismo Beach CA and eating at Fin’s Bar and Grill 
The Sandcastle hotel in Pismo. The large photo was on our wall. The beach from the Sandcastle 
Eating in The Splash Cafe– Pismo CA 2020 ================================================================== 2020
With Roger and Della on their deck (Lacey Washington) 
Chili at home 
Strange front yard!. 
A Western Osprey- born in a nest near our condo. We see him on our daily walks ————————————————— Our trip to Port Townsend WA 20-29 September, 2020
Chili and our motor home 
Views from our windows 
How to eat in a pandemic. Bob & Pat, John & Becky, Laveta and Me 
The Uptown Farmers market and downtown Port Townsend 
That’s me with wings! Laveta and Chili- last day on the beach 2021 ====================================================================== 2021
Henry Schatz Memorial, Lakewood WA 
@ Cirque Park Waxed Amaryllis Getting our Covid shots Laveta walking Chili
Wine Country RV Park, Prosser WA, 15-27 June 2021, With Jim & Carol, Russ and Sharon
Wine tasting at 14 Hands Winery 
Walking around old town Prosser. 
Eating (and wine tasting) at Wine O’clock 
Yakima River from the downtown Prosser bridge 
Downtown Prosser mural 
Fruit City in Union Gap WA —————————- Port Townsend WA, 19- 28 September 2021 ——————— 
Downtown Port Townsend rocks! 
Laveta and Carol at the downtown Farmers Market 
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2017-2018 Photo Album
We began the year in our new home (a condominium) in Nantucket West, a gated community only a mile form our old home of 37 years. Our new home is smaller, but all on one floor! We also have RV storage with an AC hookup. Best of all we’re still only a mile from jim and Carol’s Condo that they bought just a week before us.
Nantucket West:
Two different views both front and rear. The Garage is connected to the house via a covered breezeway 
Kitchen. Living Room, Dinning room 
Study (computer room) 
Guest Bathroom 
Guest bedroom 
Hallway 
Master bedroom with walk in closet 
Master bath with skylight. 
First meal with Jim and Carol in our new home! 
Chili enjoying his new home. 
In the garage of our old house getting ready for a garage sale (note Chili on the couch). 
Laveta & Carol cleaning out Carol’s old home. Carol in her new Condo! 
Sharon and Russ at the Red Hot pub, Tacoma 
Our old home has been sold! 
Reflection of Chili in the fireplace! 
Laveta, Savannah and Chili in Cirque Park, near our condo in University Place 
GP retirement breakfast, Hawks Prairie Resturant, Lacy WA, May 2017 A one week RV trip to Wine Country RV Park Prosser Washington, May 2017
Laveta with Los Hernandez of Los Hernandes tomalies Union Gap WA 
Side Trip to Richland WA 
Carol Pressure washing their old home, Jim supervising 
Jim and Carol getting their old house ready for sale. 
Carol’s granddaughter Samantha 
Dinner with Henry, Roger & Della, Floyd & Leslie , Chuck & Laveta
Tacoma Golf and Country Club. 5 June 2017
Our neighborhood and condo- August 2017 
Entrance to Nantucket West (our condominium). Our motorhome in the our RV parking lot>
Nice homes directly across the street. (All 4 photos taken in early October)
Eating on our patio with family 
Laveta and Carol on our front porch 
Viewing the Eclipse August 21st 
Don’t dare litter on this street in University Place!
A week in Port Townsend WA (Point Hudson RV Park and Marina) Sept. 2017 
Laveta, Pat & Carol Bob Chili & Cloie Port Townsend back yard- with 8 resting deer! 
John Wayne Marina in Squim WA 
Port Townsend Farmers Market 
Port Townsend BitchinWater Walk!
Jim & Carol’s 55th anniversary at the Lobster Shop, Tacoma, Nov-2017 
Family Thanksgiving at Jim & Carol’s condo clubhouse
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On I-5 in California. RV park in Redding and brother Jimmy, Feb 2018 
At The Lakes RV Park, Chowchilla CA 
Rhonda &Sherrie in Rhonda’s Trailer, Merced CA 
Rhonda Gail & Charlene Dinner aa Calvin & Donna’s Ron & Rhonda 
Coarsegold CA 
Pismo Beach CA, March- 2018 
Aunt Ruby and Pat Walking around Pismo Beach 
Morro Rock CA & Pismo Beach sunset 
Wine Country RV Park, Prosser WA with Carol Jim & Laveta. May 2018 
Jim & Carol at El Gaucho’s Restaurant, Tacoma. June 2018 
Carol at Harmon’s Pub, Tacoma 15 July 2018 
The Nantucket West Condominium picnic- 29 July 2018 (note our motorhome in the background). 
"Linner" at our house for "Henry and the Vice Squad", 17 August 2018
Port Townsend WA, Last week in September 2018. With: Jim & Carol, Bob & Pat, Sharon & Rus, John & Becky
Eating outside at Doc’s 
Walking arround the shore and downtown. 
Eating in our motorhome. 
All of us eating at Doc’s Marina Grill (Look at Carol’s hamburger) 
Carol, Laveta & I at the Uptown Farmers Market. 
Sharon, Rus and a beautiful sunset/moonrise 
Carol with Jim draining the tanks.
Leavenworth WA with Jim & Carol, October 2018
Listening to music in the loby of the Enzian Inn 
Breakfast at the Enzian Inn 
At the Red Hot pub in Tacoma, 11/15/2018. They were filming a Food Paradise show for the Travel Chanel.
Laveta and I had to sign a release in case their cameras panned over us. -
2015 – 2016 Photo Album
We began the year with our normal two month sabbatical in California, split between Chowchilla and Pismo Beach. We were joined by Bob & Pat and of course Jim & Carol, and finally with a one week visit (in Pismo) by Sharon and Russ. We left home on January 18th and returned on March 22nd.
All hooked up and ready to go. 
Mt Shasta from the Weed airport rest stop, Brother Jim helping wash our rig, Julie and Laveta in Redding. 
Our home away from home at The Lakes RV in Chowchilla 
Laveta & Rhonda at the Fossil Discovery Center (about 10 minutes south of Chowchilla on US-99) 
In the Raymond General Store, in the Sierra foothills. Dinner in Merced with Rhonda Calvin & Dona. 
Last night at The Lakes RV in Chowchilla.
In Pismo Beach. Jim and friend on the Pismo Pier. 
Fun in Pismo. Dinner at Fin’s Resturant 
Pat, Carol and Laveta. Pismo Beach. Last pict in row was leftovers after a party the night before! 
Laveta, Sharon & Russ at Avila Beach 
After dinner with Sharon, Russ, Bob & Pat. Carol on the beach. 
Pismo Beach Coast Village RV Resort– where we stayed 
Lunch at the Ventana Grill 
A day in San Luis Obispo with Bob & Pat 
Shell Beach (north Pismo) 
A day in Morro Bay 
Last day in Pismo 
Homeward bound.
Brenna (our neice) flew in from WA. D.C. 
Laveta, Bob & Pat, John & Becky At the Yakama Nation RV Park, Toppenish WA. 
Buying Asparagus/pepperjack cheese tamales in Union Gap 
At the Central Washington Agricultural Museum, Union Gap. 
Teapot Dome Service Station, Zilla WA 
In Prosser WA- deep fried Asparagus, deep fried Zucchini, deep fried mushrooms! 
Sharon and Russ’s R-pod. They joined us for a couple of days.
At the Enzian Inn, Levenworth WA for the girl’s birthdays June2,3,4 2015 |
With a great dinner at Viscontis resturant.
Carol 
Laveta, Joe, Molly, Carol, June 2015 
Corn Dog, Museum of Glass, Tacoma 
Lemay Car Museum, Tacoma 
At the Lobster Shop and Chambers Bay Grill
Our annual family get together on Useless Bay, Whitbey Island WA on July 18th.
Laveta & I stayed the whole week. Great time!
Carol, Sharon, Laveta at the Western Washington State Fair, Sept-2015 
Laveta, Laveta’s 6 Gallon Award, Chili & Me 
At Port Townsend RV park with the Drakes. Oct. 2015 
In our Motorhome: Carol & Chili on pillows 
Sharon (and me) at the Tacoma Symphony. "Pictures at an Exibition" Mussorgsky & Ravel (actors) 
At Seymour Conservatory 
and Tacoma Art Museum, October 2015 
Chili Playing cards with Carol. 
Laveta & Chili on Halloween 2016 ======================================================== 2016
We began 2016 with our usual two month getaway to Chowchilla and Pismo Beach California.
Departing home January 16th and returning on March 19th.
Snow two weeks before we left. Mt Shasta and Black Bute in northern CA. 
Stayed a couple of days with Jimmy and Jullie in Green Acers RV park, Redding 
At the Lakes RV park with Bob and Pat and Later Jim and Carol. 
Above three rows of photos taken at Columbia CA, a gold rush town of the 1850’s 
Eating out in Merced with James, Erica, Savana & Rhonda 
Laveta & I and Jim and Carol at the Merced County Courthouse Museum 
Carol outside Cornerstone Community Church in Chowchilla (Facebook) 
At the Madera Fossil Discovery Center 
Eating at The Final Round 
The six of us eating outside of Bob & Pat’s RV 
Aunt Ruby’s home at Shell Beach 
Jim and Carol eating at Fin’s (Grover Beach) 
Enjoying the beach 
The morning after a blew through the park- 5 RV’s destroyed but no injuries’. 
Laveta and Chile
Final Pismo sunset
In the Tacoma Art Museum Cafe. April 2016 
Laveta & Sharon at the Pantages Theater, Tacoma 
Outside the Tacoma Art Museum and lunch at Harmon’s. May 2016 
With Sharon at a performance of The Four Seasons (Antonio Vivaldi)
by the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra string quartet.
Morso wine bar- Gig Harbor. 22 May, 2016
Emily & Laveta
Laveta in the Red Hot Pub
July 2016, Williamson Get-together, brother John’s property in Maxwelton, on Whidbey Island WA
Grave of Indian Chief George Snaklin 
In Coupville 
Carol & Jacob 
Jim and Bob looking at John’s new boat. Jacob and Carol out for a ride with John. 
Laveta out for Dungeness Crab 
Sandinavia: 20 August – 2 September 2016
Denmark: Copenhagen, Odense, Aalborg, Hirsthals
Norway: Stavanger, Bergen, Sognefjord, Geiranger, Lom, Lillehammer, Oslo
Sweden: Karlstads, Stockholm
Vistitin Bob & Pat – Late September 2016 In Port Townsend WA RV Park with Bob & Pat Oct 2016
Lunch at Point Ruston 
Removing wallpaper 
The last meal on our old home of 37 years 
Christmas in our new but unfurnished Condo. -
2014 Photo Album
We began the year with a motorhome road trip from University Place, WA to Redding, Chowchilla and Pismo Beach CA. We were joined by relatives Bob and Pat in their new motorhome and later Jim and Carol in their 5th-wheel.
It was the beginning to a very busy year!
Our Honda’s left rear tire after hitting road debries (while being towed)! 
Trees in the Weed California rest area. Note the freezing fog on trees and foliage 
Chili in Redding and in Chowchilla. 
Eating outside Bob’s motorhome, with Bob, Pat and relatives 
The Lakes RV park clubhouse at sunset. Chowchilla 
Watching the Superbowl in Bob & Pat’s Motorhome 
Dinner in Merced with Pat’s relatives.
Lunch with Ruthann, a girl that i’d dated in high school.
Chili & Me on Pismo Beach 
Pismo Beach with Bob & Pat 
Bob & me in the (Monarch) Butterfly Grove 
Laveta and Carol on Pismo Beach 
Window shopping in Avila Beach 
(1) At the Splash Cafe
(2) A Pismo Dog!
(3) Chili and reflection
(4) Chili going for a ride
Pismo sunset! Laveta & went to Hearst Castle for our honeymoon back in’64 (50 years ago!) so we decided to visit it again. It was just a day trip from Pismo. Back in ’64 we toured the lower (main) rooms & grounds. This time we saw the upper rooms and grounds. The castle hadn’t changed much- can’t say the same for us.
Neptune Pool (outdoor) 
Roman Pool (indoor) 
On our last week in Pismo, a strong storm blew in from the Pacific. Though it didn’t last long- it was wild. Laveta & I were the last persons on the Pismo pier before the Police and Fire departments closed it to the public. 
Last Pismo sunset- and our rig, back in Chowchilla, ready to return home 
Laveta and Ian at the Point Defiance Zoo 
Chili with "Bunny" 
Tacoma conservatory and waterfront for our 50th Anniversary 17 April 2014 
Russ and Laveta At Rus & Sharon’s annual Kentucky Derby Party 
A week ( our spring break) at the Yakama Nation RV Park in Toppenish WA with Bob & Pat 
Fort Simcoe State Park near White Swan WA 
At Columbia Sun RV Resort, Kennewick WA 
Carol at Jacob’s birthday 
Russ and Chili 
Laveta at Stanley and Seaforts 
4th of July at Sharon and Russ’s Annual Family gathering at Johns & Becky’s property on Whidbey Island. July 12, 2014
Mukilteo Coffee Rosters 
Comparing Scotch Whiskeys in John’s barn 
Sunset on Useless Bay Crusing the Danube (and more)
Hungary: Budapest. Austria: Vienna, Melk.
Germany: Passau, Regensbburg, Nuremberg.
Czech Republic: Prague
23 September – 4 October 2014
Chili in bed 
Our "Lime Tree"- Made a great Gin and Tonic 
Carol- in her 70th year. 
Chili in our backyard 
Laveta and Renee at Seymour Conservatory, Tacoma 
On my morning walk, November 2014 
Russ with his new camera. Sharon and Laveta making Christmas cookies 
Lloyd, Renee Sharon, Russ & Laveta at "The Red Hot" in Tacoma -
2013-Album
Laveta’s five gallon certificate! Laveta and I left University Place on February 3rd for our (now annual) break from the
rainy Northwest- this time to Pismo Beach CA, with shorter stays in Redding and Chowchilla
(Merced). We had a fun time. Driving south on I-5, we changed to Hwy-99 in Manteca, then
made our way down to Chowchilla. After a two week stay we headed for he coast, first by
driving south to Fresno, then west on CA-41 & 46 to Hwy-101 through Paso Robles and
San Luis Obispo. We returned home (by the same route) on March 24th.
Jimmy, my youngest brother with his RV in Redding CA. 
At The Lakes RV resort, Chowchilla California (about 18 miles South of Merced) 
Laveta and Chili 
Two of Laveta’s sisters: Rhonda and Kathy, Merced CA. At the Pismo Coast Village RV Resort 
Pismo Beach Butterfly Grove (a Monarch butterfly wintering spot)
It was just a short walk from our RV. Note the Monarch’s mating on the ground!
The Pismo State Beach was also just a short (and wonderful) walk from our RV
A strange lady on beach sand dunes. Don’t know what she was doing. The town of Pismo Beach 
Photos of a surfer I took from the Pismo city pier. (300mm lens).
The beautiful little community of Shell Beach The town of Avila Beach, about seven miles north of Pismo
The town of Arroyo Grande in the hills a few miles inland.
The drive home on I-5 in northern California . Cloud Caps on Mt Shasta 
Laveta & I have been Married 49 years (4/17/1964 – 4/17/2013) 
John (brother #4) & Becky departing on their road trip. 
John and Becky’s Whidbey Island home, front and back,
with views from their front lawn and back porch!
We watched over their place while they went on vacation-
a great place to house sit; like a B&B without the last B.
Jim, Carol and Laveta, house-setting real hard. 
There were lots of hummingbirds (Jim’s photo’s). 
The resident eagle checking out John’s ducks 
Chili and the neighbor’s alpacas & lamas 
Carol & Laveta gathering chicken and duck eggs for breakfast. Me mowing the lawn. 
Sunset with clouds moving in. 
Mom and Dad’s headstone, Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Everett WA. 
Laveta in the "Red Hot" pub, Tacoma, May-2013 
Ian’s Graduation: Renee, Lloyd, Ian, Brenna, June 2013 
Sharon 
Laveta on her 68th Birthday The Annual Williamson family get-together on Whidbey Island July 13, 2013 
All the Williamson siblings: Tom, Jim, Chuck, Renee, Jimmy, John, Bob 
GP’s annual pick-nick, this time at Emerald Downs, Auburn WA 8/4/2013 
At the Western Washington State Fair, September 2013 
PDF, Read the trip journal (9pp) and on Amazon
Ecuador & Peru: Quito, Galapagos (Santa Cruz- Puerto Ayora, Santa Fe, Baltra, South Plaza, Bartolome islands).
Peru: Lima, Cusco, Sacsayhuman, Kenko, Puca Pucara, Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Yucay, Aguas Calientes,
Machu Picchu 15 to 30 September, 2013Laveta’s 50th high school reunion. Merced California, November 5th, 2013
Rhonda and Chili 
Laveta, Carol, Chili, October 30th, at home in University Place 
At the Seattle Art Museum, November, 2013 
As a retiree, at company’s annual Christmas dinner 
Christmas eve at Carol’s church. Laveta & I, Jim & Carol
Not bad for iPhone photo’s! -
Photo Album 2011 – 2012
Russ (a self portrait) 
At the Annual Zoolights exhibit at Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Jan 2011 
Nighttime snow at our house (Laveta’s photo) 
Tacoma’s Chinese Reconciliation Park (Pagoda came from China and is being assembled) 
At the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma, February 2011 (photos from my iphone) 
an Oregon Junco at Laveta’s birdfeeder in March. 
Attack of the Doves 
On the WSU campus in Pullman WA, Laveta and the Bookman, Brenna hosting radio KZUU 
Brenna, Laveta, Renee, Ian, Lloyd. Pregame WSU vs UCLA, March 5th 
Our motorhome in Pasco WA, April 2011 
An escaped Loch Ness Monster in Kennewick WA 
Laveta and the Columbia River, Richland WA 
Abandoned building in Toppenish WA 
Yosemite Lake, Merced, CA, May 2011 
Mariposa in the Serra foothills. Lunch at Castillo’s 
Mt Shasta, CA 
Our new (2008) motorhome in the Point Hudson Marina, Port Townsend WA, June 2011 
Calol, Jim with Laveta & Me In T’s Resturant, in the marina/RVpark 
T’s Resturant, our motor home, and marine view 
Downtown Port Townsend The Annual Family Get-together at (brother John’s Property) Useless Bay, July 2011
Our Motorhome on Useless Bay, Whidbey Island WA 
John & Laveta 
Blue Heron, Bald Eagle… and Jacob with Dead Crab (Jason’s photo) 
Samantha 
Cleaning freshly caught Dungeness Crab 
Sharon, Russ, Me, Carol 
Family Feasting 
The Brothers, (Olympic Mountains) and Sunset over Useless Bay 
Russ, Sharon, Mike 
At the Point Defiance Zoo 
At the Fish Tale Brew Pub, Olympia WA, August 
With Jim and Carol at the Enzian Inn, Leavenworth, Washington 
Ellensburg WA and Central Washington University 
Our motorhome at Lincoln Rock State Park on the Columbia River near Wenatchee WA
This is an exceedingly beautiful place.At the Puyallup (Western Washington) State Fair, September 2011
Siblings and Spouses, At the Elysian Pub, Seattle, Oct. 2011 
In Port Townsend & Fort Warden with Sharon & Russ, Kieth & Janie 
In Langley (Whidbey Island) with John and Becky 
On our daily walk in University Place, November 1st, 2011 2012 ===================================================================== 2012
The great snow (and ice) storm of January 18-19, 2012 at our home in University Place 
My reflection in laptop screen, Feb 2012 
A (two month) Winter escape to California:
Corning, Chowchilla, Merced, Castic, San Diego, Ontario, Upland, Carlsbad, Ventura, Carpinteria, Ocenao (Pismo Beach), Prunedale (yes Prunedale) then Pacheco Pass, Hwy-99, I-5 and home. 27 January to 24 March, 2012 Photo page
Downtown Toppenish WA May, 2012 
The American Hops Museum, Toppenish 
Blue Sky Market, Sharon, Russ and the great Tortilla machine 
Watching folks put up a teepee in our RV park (Yakama Nation RV) 
Yakama shopping- May, 2012 
University Place, WA- town mascot at city hall 
"Chili Pepper" our new family member. June-2012 Annual family camping at Useless Bay, Whidbey Island, WA 9-15 july 2012
On brother John’s property.
Our lucky eagle. He overlooks our site every year. 
Me, crab pots and John. 
Lots of food 
Brother Tom’s 60th Birthday 
A baby seal with Carol and Laveta looking on. It still had it’s umbilical cord! 
Scotch tasting in the barn. Note farm tractor- glass fuel-filter bowls used as shot glasses. 
John – Me – Jim Until next year! 
Ron (of Steve’s Produce in University Place) 
Laveta and Mike at the Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma WA 
At Northwest-Trek with Jason, Jennifer, Jacob. September 2012 
Laveta & Carol (& Shannon) on their annual visit to the Western Washington Fare
in Puyallup WA. 9/12/2012
My 50th High School Reunion
Merced CA, 9/22/2012
Laveta shopping for Chili at PetSmart 
A few days in Port Townsend (Point Hudson RV). Jack-O-Lantern reflection in our RV’s windshield 
At Seattle’s Pacific Science Center King Tut exhibit- a special University of Washington
Dean’s Club event that included a talk by UW alumni and Egyptologists Dr. Kent Weeks.
There was also food and a no host bar! The King Tut exhibit was great- although no
photography was allowed. Henry, Laveta & Me. Nov. 29th 2012
At the annual GP Christmas dinner- this year at the Museum of Flight, Seattle 
Graduation day for Brenna (our niece) Washington State University, 8 December, 2012
In third photo: Renee, Laveta, Brenna. Lloyd, IanChristmas 2012: Me, Mike, Laveta, Sharon, Russ & Chili 
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A Retrospective (click a picture for a full size version)
There are four of us in many of these pictures. I met Jim in ’57. Laveta and Carol knew each other even earlier. All four of us went to Merced High. Jim graduated in ’61, Carol and I in ’62, Laveta in ’63. Jim and I met the girls (our future wives) at the same time on the same night! We were "cruising the drag" on our motorcycles and happened by a carload of girls at a local "drive in" and that’s how it began…
With the exception of the first row, these photo’s begin in the early 1960’s through the early 80’s. I was in the army from 1966 to 1969, Jim from 1965 to 1968. We both were stationed for a time in Germany and brought the girls with us! For the last 40+ years we’ve lived within a few miles from each other- in Tacoma.
Laveta in Grade School 1957,
Jim & I in Yosemite ’57, Carol (center) Sadie Hawkins Day, Merced High ’62
In 2012 the four of us returned for My (& Carol’s) 50th reunion <link>
Me and my Zundapp. Merced California, June 1961 
Me and my Triumph. Merced, 1962 
Laveta and I going out on a date 1963 
One of my Boeing pay stubs. I was a Flight-line Mechanic doing "mod" (modification) work on B-52’s at Castle AFB, California. Note: 2.55/hr and no Medicare! 
Just Married: April 17th 1964. Merced California 
Our first apartment in Merced (15 west 18th St.) Drying dishes! Playing cards with Jim and Carol. 
Jim, Carol, Laveta & Me- on moving day 1964. The day the four of us left California for new jobs at NASA’s Michoud Operations, New Orleans, where Jim and I worked for Boeing on the Apollo Program, (first stage of the Saturn-V). Laveta and I had only been married about a month. We were young- I was 21, Laveta 19… and it was quite an adventure. 
Laveta and Carol at the Grand Canyon, June 3, 1964 
Page from a typical Boeing Launch Systems weekly paper. Note the date Sept. 8, 1964. 
<see 2008 photo> In Slidell Louisiana, 1964 (Jim and I worked in New Orleans). The third photo is at the apartment where we
stayed when we first arrived. We visited it again 44 years later. <see 2008 photo>.
Slidell: Jim and Carol’s 10 -wide trailer where the four of us lived. That’s my green Ford out front (which still had California plates). Though we must have looked like "poor white trash," we had a fun time. In truth, we made very good (Boeing) wages- something very much resented by the locals of the time. Still- Slidell was a nice place to be from. We returned to California not long after Hurricane Hilda blew threw town. 
Laveta and Jim in our initial apartment:, Slidell Louisiana. 
link to 2012 photo Back in California: Laveta, at our apartment in Ontario CA, 1966 We revisited this spot, and I retook this picture 46 years later in 2012.
<link to 2012 photo> The large roof (building in the background) was gone
but our apartment was still there… and so were we.
Laveta- Ontario California ~ 1966 
Laveta- riding our Yamaha. Merced California, 1966 
My Induction Orders into the Army, 1966 
I’m in the Army now. Fort Ord CA. I’m in the second row- 4th from right. 
The Army’s "comfort letters" to Laveta. (They’re humorous…. now.) 
"Temporary Corporal" Basic Training, Fort Ord California, Sept. 1966 
Laveta in black & white- 1967 
Laveta and Me- Tillicum Washington, 1967 (I’m stationed at Ft Lewis) 
1967: Laveta and the Ice Caves, Mt. Rainer National Park. 
Self portrait- Fort Lewis Washington 
Glass eyes- Laveta. Tillicum Washington, 1967 
(and in 2001) Olympia Washington 1967 (and in 2001) 
In a playful mood- Wright Park, Tacoma, 1967 
Laveta, Mt. Rainier National Park, WA, 1967 
Living in Indianapolis with our Desoto Coronet. 
Laveta (and me) at the house of a friend, while stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis – 1967 
Letter from Carol in Germany to Laveta in California 1968 
From Laveta in California to me- stationed at Sheridan Kaserne, Augsburg Germany 1968 
Laveta at home- government quarters. Augsburg 1968 
Laveta. downtown Augsburg, 
Linderhauf and Neuschwanstein castles, Bavaria 
A visit to Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria, about 16km northwest of Munich
(1) Memorial artwork (2) Carol, Jim & Laveta (3) Gas Chamber (4) Oven- one of many.
"On Post" movie schedule, Germany 1968 
Event Calendar, Augsburg, June 1968 
Jim, Carol, Laveta, Me at Jim & Carol’s quarters, Zundorf, Germany 1968 
Laveta and Carol at Nuremberg Castle 
Leftover’s from WW-II, Nuremberg 
Lunch stop near Wiesbaden, Germany 
At the Dutch border. 1968 
Sleepless in Nordwijk aan Zee, on the North Sea coast. Netherlands 
Trying on wooden shoes, near Rotterdam. 
Carol and Laveta on the English Channel ferry 
Conductor with Carol & Laveta, Dover station – on the way to London. 
April in Paris (early morning kiss) Laveta & Me. 
Eiffel Tower …decided not to jump. 
The four of us taking a break- Paris, 1968 
The Travel Order that brought us back from Germany 
Laveta (in pink) departing Munich Riem Airport for the US 
Jim & Carol at Ft. Lewis WA 1968 (Rena in window) 
Countryside around Manhattan Kansas in winter 1968 
Laveta and cat. Our apartment- Manhattan, Kansas. 1968 
Laveta, with Sharon inprocess. Manhattan, KS, 1969 
Laveta- sailplane preflight instructions & aloft behind tow-plane, near Fort Riley Kansas, 1969 
Hunting fossils (Paleozoic Echinoderms) near Manhattan Kansas. 1969 
Liberty Pass, Fort Riley, 1968 
At ny desk, Finance Office, Fort Riley Kansas, 1969 
Army Commendation Medal – at the end of my three year term of service.. 
I’m a civilian again!! Laveta, Sharon & Me – Everett, Washington. 1970 
Laveta with Mike – Tacoma, Washington. ~1971 
Laveta and Carol. Mt. Rainer National Park. About 1975 
Sharon and Mike on an outing ~1974 
Carol & Laveta, Snow-shoeing in Mt Ranier National Park. 1974 
Laveta, Jim and Carol in Victoria, BC. About 1975 
Laveta and Sharon- Tacoma 
Sharon Playtime & at Preschool with Me. ~1972 & 1973 
Laveta, with a Van de Graaff generator (200 KV) around 1975 
Me, Laveta, Mike, Sharon 1976 
Laveta: watching one of Sharon’s dance performances, 1978 
Running the Sound to Narrows (12k) race. 1979 
Mike, Sharon Laveta: Disneyland 1983 
Mike 1984 
Sharon 1984 &1985 
Jim at a devastated area, Mt. St. Helens, 1988 
Dry falls Washington. Laveta, Jim, Carol, Jason and Sharon. 
Me on our rented Harley, Big Island, Hawaii, 1989 -
In The Beginning…
Clara Deneault (my Grandmother) Racette and family 1907
Clara Racette and family. I’m front left, Mom & Dad 3rd & 4th from right
The Williamsons in Wisconsin 1927. Dad (Charley) setting on the grass.
Mom with unknown person in unknown location 1940. 
Mom kissing Abe Lincoln, Topeka KS, 1941 
(1) Mom & Dad’s wedding in Concordia Kansas 1941
(2) Dad on leave from the Army 1944 (with me and mom)
(3) Family portrait September 1944
(4) Mom and Me in Concordia. Don’t know the date.
September 1944 
Dad, Mom & Me. Concordia KS 1947 
Mom, Me & Bob. Late 1940’s. Location unknown. 
Mom, Grandma Williamson & Dad. Albuquerque NM. Late 1940’s 
1948 
1953 
1955-56 
1957 
1959 
On our front yard, 3405 East Osie, Wichita KS, 1952 
Me – an Altar Boy no less. All Saints School, Wichita KS 
Just some of the grade school and high schools I attended 
October 1957 in Merced 
All here: Me, Bob, Tom, John, Jim, Renee 
Our camping trailer- dad, mom & me 1957
With Jim Drake in Yosemite 1957
That’s me, with model plane, Merced CA 1959 
Col John A Macready signed my congratulatory card upon graduation. 
Laveta on Sadie Hawkins day- Merced High School
