2.When and where were you born?

I was born on December 3, 1948 at Mount Carmel Hospital in Colville, Washington at about 4:30 in the afternoon.  I always said "my first ride was in a logging truck in a snow storm".  I always thought it was an old beat up truck with a broken window.  But my Dad remembers it as a real nice truck. He told me that he traded off the car for as a  down payment on it- that's probably why it was my first ride.  Mama has maintained her version (old beat up truck with broken window) for more years though.

My folks lived in a little house behind Barney's Junction  up on the side of the mountain. It overlooked Lake Roosevelt and the twin bridges that span the water and link Stevens and Ferry County in Northeast Washington.