HAPPY 50th !

JONAS

BAPTIZED ERIK JONAS IN SANKT ANDREAS CHURCH IN SLOTTSSTADEN, MALM

WHERE YOU SPENT THE FIRST TIME OF YOUR LIFE

WE HAD A VERY NICE APARTMENT ON THE TOP FLOOR OF THE ABOVE BUILDING AT ERNST AHLGRENSGATAN 5 IN RIBERSBORG ONLY A FEW MINUTES FROM THE SEAWALK

A LITTLE LATER WE MOVED TO THIS BUILDING AT RNNEHOLMSVGEN 34a

WHERE WE GOT A GREAT FIVE-ROOM CORNER APARTMENT WITH AN OPEN FIREPLACE AND WITH A BALCONY ON THE SECOND FLOOR; YOU AND ANDERS GOT YOUR FIRST OWN ROOM

YOU TOOK YOUR FIRST FLIGHT IN 1963 WHEN YOU WERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD - TO CHICAGO

WHERE WE RENTED AN OLD FARMHOUSE AT 196 OLD GREEN BAY RD., WINNETKA, FROM GILBERT HALL, A FAMOUS ARCHITECT, WHO INTRODUCED ME TO GIN TONIC WITH LIME

YOU HAD A GREAT SMILE ALREADY THEN

THE PHOTO WAS PROBABLY TAKEN IN 1964 WHEN WE RETURNED TO SWEDEN AFTER ONE AND A HALF YEAR IN THE US , OR MAYBE IT WAS TAKEN IN 1965

AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR IN SWEDEN IT WAS TIME TO BREAK UP AGAIN IN JUNE 1965 THIS TIME TO VANCOUVER

WHERE WE FIRST RENTED THIS HOUSE AT 681 KENWOOD RD. IN THE BRITISH PROPERTIES; TWO YEARS LATER I BOUGHT IT FROM THE OWNER FOR 42,000 DOLLARS OVER A BOTTLE OF REMY MARTIN ON THE PATIO

WHEN AT KENWOOD
AT CHRISTMAS 1967 ANDERS DISCOVERS THAT SANTA CLAUS IS A FAKE; LOOKING AT SANTAS SHOES HE EXCLAIMED: THATS MR. HAMLIN! WHEN YOU HAVE LIED ABOUT THAT, YOU PROBABLY LIED ABOUT OTHER THINGS TOO! IT WAS APPARENT THAT YOU AGREED WITH HIM. YOU STARTED TO LEARN DOWNHILL SKIING AT GROUSE AND WHISTLER; SILVER STAR AND MOUNT BAKER WERE OTHER DOWNHILL SKI AREAS YOU LIKED YOU STARTED TO PLAY PIANO TOGETHER WITH ANDERS - TAUGHT BY RIGBY-JONES; YOUR QUATRE-MAINS PERFORMANCE WITH ANDERS IN THE SCHOOL IS ONE OF MY FINEST MEMORIES

THE ADVENTURERS READY TO GO

OSCAR & ALBIN GUARDING THE VW BUS WHILE WE HAD CHAMPAGNE WITH DION AND JUDITH IN THEIR VANCOUVER HOME

PETER WITH ALBIN, YOU, ANDERS, OSCAR, LENA AND ME READY TO GO; PETER BUILT THE WOODEN BOX ON THE ROOF COVERED BY A TARPAULIN; HE ALSO BUILT THE KITCHENETTE IN THE BACK OF THE BUS

THE NORTH AMERICAN ODYSSEY

WORTHWHILE STOPS ON THE WAY: DECEPTION PASS STATE PARK CAMPGROUND, WA BEACHES, CAMP FIRE REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, CA SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS SAN FRANCISCO, CA GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND FISHERMANS WHARF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA VERY HIGH WATERFALL KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, CA SEQUOIA GIGANTEA GENERAL SHERMAN SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, CA SEQUOIA GIGANTEA GENERAL GRANT DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CA EXCRUCIATING DESERT HEAT LAS VEGAS, AZ CIRCUS CIRCUS, TORRENTIAL RAINS, HOOVER DAM LAKE MEAD, AZ BEAUTIFUL WATERWAYS GRAND CANYON, AZ INCREDIBLE CANYON VIEWS METEOR CRATER, HAPPY JACK, AZ A HUGE HIT FROM OUTER SPACE TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, NM DESERT HEAT AND THE INCREDIBLE NAME CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NM MILLIONS OF BATS, STALAGTITES & STALAGMITES SAN ANTONIO, TX DROPPING OFF THE DOGS IN AIR-CONDITIONED KENNEL SAN LOUIS POTOSI, MX WET BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR LENA ON JULY 13 MEXICO CITY THE PYRAMIDES AND BALLET FOLKLORICO PUEBLA, MX TORRENTIAL RAINS

THE NORTH AMERICAN ODYSSEY

WORTHWHILE STOPS ON THE WAY: TAMPICO, MX POTHOLE DAMAGE TO GEARBOX, REPAIR CORPUS CHRISTI, TX SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS SAN ANTONIO, TX PICKING UP OSCAR & ALBIN AND SEEING YOU OFF WITHOUT YOU WE CONTINUED OUR ODYSSEY EASTWARDS NEW ORLEANS, LA JAMBALAYAS & DIXIELAND MUSIC AT BOURBON STREET THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN RANGE RHODODENDRON FORESTS MONTICELLO, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA THOMAS JEFFERSONS INVENTIONS WASHINGTON, D.C. WHITE HOUSE, SMITHSONIAN, LINCOLN MEMORIAL CAMP DAVID, WASHINGTON D.C. THE US PRESIDENT S RETREAT NEW YORK, NY EMPIRE STATE BUILDING MONTREAL, QC BOARDING TS/S STEFAN BATORY FOR BREMERHAFEN

THE SHIP THAT BROUGHT US BACK TO EUROPE TS/S STEFAN BATORY

IT FELT GOOD TO SLEEP IN A COMFORTABLE BERTH AFTER TWO AND A HALF MONTHS OF CAMPING - THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING THE HOTEL NIGHT IN TAMPICO; AFTER SEEING OUR FIRST ICEBERG OFF THE CANADIAN COAST, WE HAD A PLEASANT CROSSING DURING WHICH THE FRIENDLY BARTENDER DID HIS VERY BEST TO KEEP US HAPPY
NOTE: TS/S FOR STEFAN BATORY STANDS FOR TURBINE STEAM SHIP

BEING TOGETHER AGAIN NOW AT DISNEYWORLD, FL

I TRULY ENJOYED CELEBRATING MY 50th WITH YOU AND THE OTHER GUYS ; BJRN, 3 YEARS OLD, WAS REALLY HAPPY SEEING YOU AND ANDERS AGAIN

LEAVING YOU & THE OTHER GUYS TO FIGHT IT OUT IN KEY WEST

ERNEST HEMINGWAYS HOME AND NOW MUSEUM IN KEY WEST, FL

AFTER HAVING HAD A LOT OF FUN AT DISNEYWORLD AND A GREAT BIRTHDAY DINNER IN FORT LAUDERDALE , WE HEADED SOUTH CROSSING THE 42 BRIDGES FROM MIAMI TO KEY WEST WHERE ERNEST HEMINGWAY SPENT PART OF HIS LIFE ; WE SPLIT FROM YOU GUYS DOWN AT THE DOCKS OF THE A & B MARINA CLOSE TO ANGELA STREET

WE ALL WISH YOU GOOD HEALTH AND LOTS OF SUCCESS IN THE YEARS TO COME !
DAD, LENA & CHELSEA PETER, SUSAN, ERIK, CARL, ALEC & MOLLY BJRN, CHARLOTTA, ANASTASIA, ALEXANDER & EDDIE