Part 1 of a 3 part Colorado series. I believe this trip was taken in 1980 and this is one of the last films dad shot... but don't go! Dont' go! I am not showing Dad's films in order, so there are PLENTY more to come! The first shot seems to be of some rest stop and some kid that's afraid of sprinklers. I'm guessing it's my brother. I am not afraid of sprinklers. While at the rest stop, mom climbed into the back of the Ford pickup and had herself a Barq's rootbeer. My brother and I loved Barq's. The silver can looked like a beer can to us and we liked to fool our friends into thinking we were drinking beer. Yes, we tried to fool them into believing that our moral, tee-totalling, morallistic, Christian parents let us drink beer. Yes, they believed it. We had some dumb friends. That was me in the cowboy hat. You'll see more of that hat later. I miss it. Dad had his own cowboy hat - his was made of straw. Mine was felt and very JR Ewing-ish. At 0:44 my brother and I are flanking my Uncle Ellis, while mom leads his wife Edith to the truck for picture taking. You can see, briefly, Ellis making a face and I start doing my Nixon impression. Anyway, Edith was sister to my Grandpa Miller. There isn't much footage at their house, I'm afraid. It's too bad. Ellis worked for an airlines and we went to the airport in Aurora (where they lived) and watched planes take off. Very Wayne's World-ish. Later, we had a good time in his rec room. The guy had pinball games and a pool table! I have ...
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