Thanks everyone for your comments! They really are two pretty special people. I can’t help but share a little of their history with you since they are so special to us. They were married on November 15th, 1941. What timing. After Pearl Harbor my dad joined the navy for the duration of the war and after training was stationed in Tacoma Washington at the naval base there. He instructed navy personnel in the operation and maintenance of radio and radar equipment on ships before they shipped out. He was a ham radio operator prior to that, as I am, so he had some background in electronics. Anyone else out their a ham?
My mom worked for the navy in Tacoma as a civilian and helped to build baby flattop aircraft carriers called “Jeep Carriers”. She worked there for the duration also.
They stored the Harley in the basement of a friends house during the war. Quite a story on how they got it in and out of there.
After the war it was back to Iowa and back on the Harley. My dad went to work for the local power company, now known as Mid-American Energy, setting up their two way radio system and maintained it for the next 34 years. My mom worked in an insurance office for several years. They adopted my brother and me and have been my parents from that day on. I couldn’t have picked two better, more wonderful people if I had the opportunity.
Anyway, they are great and still live in their house alone. It’s kind of tough at times but true to form, they just keep on going and amazing all of us.
Sorry for carrying on but I’m pretty proud of them…….
Oh ya, the FLHTCUSE is awesome too! My wife a I are heading out soon to Estes Park, Colorado to duplicate the trip my folks made on their Harley in 1940. This picture was taken by my mom of my dad on Trail Ridge Road in the Rockies. Can you imagine riding that far, two up on the seat of a 38 Knucklehead!!
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