Been there, Done That

THERE THAT

THE U.S.A. my early years

ILLINOIS
Chicago, Norwegian Deaconess Hospital
Midlothian, Mom and Dad.
Mantenoe Our Ladies Academy
Chicago Truancy, gambling, school
Joliet Katie’s folks
Riverview Park Roller Coaster

MICHIGAN
Belle Island Sunday rides, Ice Cream cones
Bob Lo Island Amusement Park
Bad Axe ice cream soda , Dad flirting
Detroit Running away, Detention Center
Living with Dad and Katie, Jefferson School, Riverview Park, Bob Lo Park
Denby High , Lawrence Tech
Flying lessons, motorcycles,
Civil Air Patrol
Hell Vacation
Lumberman’s Monument Camp Out
Saginaw Airplane Ride

KENTUCKY Bootlegger Stills

CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Visits 1930s, Marriage 1944, San Diego, No Vacancy Signs
Hollywood Schwab’s Drugstore Job and
Movie People
NEW JERSEY
Newark Camp Kilmer

NEW YORK
New York Visits
Smithtown Engineering / Construction Contract

PENNSYLVANIA
Scranton Coal Mine Tour



THE USA my middle years

ALABAMA Engineering

ALASKA
Denali Park 50th Anniversary Inland
Fairbanks Passage and Cruise
Juneau
Sitka

ARKANSAS Billy Stiles, Cajun
Little Rock Wharf Restaurant ; music, boiled shrimp,
beer
ARIZONA Hoover Dam, Lake Havasu, London
bridge
Arrivaca Javelina Hunt
Phoenix Engineering
Tucson Engineering
Show Low Surveying
Painted Desert, Navajo Surveying

CALIFORNIA
Arcadia U.S. Forest Service, Engineering Science,
Inc.
Banning Our 3rd house, City Engineer, City
Manager, Engineer, Surveyor,
Constructor , Nancy’s birthplace
Bakersfield Army Air Corps Basic Training Center
Beaumont Surveys ,Engineering
Cathedral City Surveys , Engineering
Calico RV Trip
Culver City Our 1st house, Michael’s birthplace
Blythe Surveys , Engineering
Death Valley RV Trip
Desert Hot Springs Surveys , Engineering
Idyllwild Surveys , Engineering
Morongo Valley Surveys , Engineering
Palm Springs Surveys , Engineering
Redlands Surveys , Engineering
Covina 26 years in our 4th house
Culver City 1st house after marriage
Fish Camp Deer and Bear hunts
Industry Hills Golf, Engineering, Surveying
Turnkey Engineer-Construction business
Jolon Wild Pig hunt
Joshua Tree National Park RV trip
Lompoc Camp Cooke Army Base
Los Angeles University of Southern California, Professional licenses
L.A. Civil Service Engineering , Surveys Construction
Playboy Club
Montebello Susan’s and Vicki’s Birthplace
Oceanside Vacations, sport fishing, boating , and our 5th house
Palm Springs Shows, Conventions, Engineering
Palo Alto Stanford U. U.S.Army STAR Unit

Pasadena Rose Parades, USC football in Rose Bowl, Employment in Rose Parade
Pico Rivera Our second house
San Diego No Vacancy signs in 1942, Sport fishing, Engineering, Surveying
Sacramento High Rise Hotel Fire Alarm, Betty on the top floor
San Francisco Coit Tower, the Embarcadero
Fisherman’s Wharf
San Jose Father, Daughters, Aunt
and Uncle ,Grandkids, visits
Santa Barbara Romance at the Mission, pier fishing
Twenty Nine Palms Engineering, Surveying
Venice Our first apartment
Yosemite RV Trip
Yucaipa Engineering, Surveying & Construction Company Office
Engineering
COLORADO Engineering
Commerce Engineering
Denver Buffalo Bill Cody’s Grave site
FLORIDA
Miami Beach Conventions, Playhouse,
stopovers to the Caribbean
West Palm Beach Engineering, Construction, Dog Races

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington Business Trips and Watergate Building
Restaurant

GEORGIA
Atlanta Professional Engineering,

IDAHO RV Trip

ILLINOIS
Chicago Engineering , Convention,
Playboy Club
Riverview Construction

HAWAII 25th and 40th Anniversary Trips

LOUISIANA
New Orleans Conventions, Jackson Square, Preservation Hall and Besse Smith
Crazy Shirley’s, Pete Fountain, Al Hirt, Bigniettes, Commander House, Lake Ponchartrain, Oysters
St. Charles Tram, Canal St. Mississippi River Tour
Jackson Park
MAINE
Bar Harbor RV trip, Lobsters, Acadia Park,
Island Cruise

MARYLAND Professional Engineering License (Temp) and Project

MASSACHUSETTS Professional Engineering License
Boston (18 trips) U Mass on a Landfill Job, 3 years
Bearskin Neck Cape Anne visits
Framingham Wayne Newton Dinner Show

MICHIGAN Professional Engineering Project

NEBRASKA
Funk Dad’s Auto Carburetor Repair in
1934
NEVADA
Las Vegas Professional Engineering License
Night Clubs and Casinos
Visit to Lionel

NEW HAMPSHIRE Covered bridges - RV trip

NEW MEXICO 2 Deer hunts at Whittington Center

NEW YORK Niagara Falls
Engineering, Construction
NORTH DAKOTA Mt. Rushmore
Minot I refused to go for a project

NORTH CAROLINA Hitchhiking from Myrtle Beach to Winston Salem

OKLAHOMA Professional Engineering

OREGON
Portland Professional Engineering , Portland Meadows Race Track, Multnomah Hotel, Oregon Caves

PENNSYLVANIA
Marion County Engineering
Philadelphia, My fathers cousins, Dan Nosanou
and Ed Nassan (visit)

SOUTH DAKOTA
Mitchell The Corn Palace

TEXAS
Dallas The Playboy Club and project op
J. F. Kennedy Memorial and tour
El Paso The Bar across the tracks from the
Railroad Station

UTAH Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park,
Promontory Point / RV trips
Deer and Elk hunts
Salt Lake City Convention
Park City Convention

VERMONT
Brattleboro Covered Bridges, RV Repair

VIRGINIA
Richmond Landfill Gas Explosion Project

WASHINGTON
Snoqualmie Mountains Snow covered roads
Longview Wyerhauser Lumber Factory
Seattle Engineering, Construction
Spokane Engineering, Construction



WISCONSIN
The Dells 2 tiny bass on an RV trip
Milwaukee Lake Michigan picnic lunch in the RV

WYOMING Yellowstone National Park RV trip,
Cutthroat trout
Grand Tetons
Jackson Hole

The WORLD/ WEST

AUSTRIA Vienna , company rep , Tour

BELGIUM Recogne, Bastogne, Houffalize,
Longchamps, WWII , !975 trip
CANADA
Vancouver, B.C. Visit with Billy Campbell
Ontario RV Trip
New London RV Trip
Niagara Falls RV Trip

ENGLAND Southampton, Bath, Hindon,
Warminster,
London WWII, !975 trip
FRANCE Cherbourg, Caans, L’Isle Adam, Rheims, Epernay, Beamont-sur Oise, Paris, WWII , !975 trip to Troyes

GERMANY Siegfried Line, Frankfurt WWII

LUXEMBOURG WWII, Luxembourg City later during WW II and 1975 trip

NETHERLANDS Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Delft
Maduradon , 1975 trip
THE WORLD/EAST

BALI Bali City on the Indian Ocean, Tour
HONG KONG Hong Kong, Victoria, Tour
INDIA
Calcutta I refused to go, project 1965
New Delhi I refused to go, project 1968
JAPAN Osaka, Tokyo, Mt Fuji,, Tour, Bullet Train
SINGAPORE Singapore, Tour
TAIWAN Taipei , Tour
THAILAND Bangkok Tour in 1985, Harvey F. Ludwig’s Villa , Bangkok Job in 1995

VIET NAM Refused a job offer in 1965


THE CARIBBEAN

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo Port Reconstruction Project 1965
PUERTO RICO
San Juan Temporary office 1965, Visits later

VIRGIN ISLANDS Cruise