The year before Don and I got married, he had been assigned to go install a computer and its peripherals in an oil field near Cody, WY. I think he spent about three months there, and became friends with several men who worked for the oil company.
The year after we got married, he was again assigned to go install some computer equipment there. We decided for me to go with him. So, instead of him flying, we packed up our car, and off we went. Along the way, we drove through Yellowstone National Park. Cody is called "the east gate of Yellowstone." As it happened, we got to the site of "Old Faithful" just in time to see it erupt. Staying in Cody for six weeks, we took several trips to the park.
When we arrived in Cody, we rented a motel room with a kitchenette, so we could eat there instead of going out somewhere for every meal. Don had called one of the friends he'd met the year before, and he invited us to his home for dinner. I think we went there the first night we were in Cody.
By the time we made this trip, I was pregnant with our first child. That friend's wife lent me her sewing machine, so I could make clothing for the new baby. So that's how I spent my time there, making baby clothes and maternity clothes. I made matching dresses for Valkyrie and me, plus a matching dress for her Barbie doll.
The computer Don was working on was still a mainframe, and its peripherals were also huge. Shown here is one of our old photos Don took, showing the inside of the oil-field computer shack. I don't know exactly what component of the computer was inside that shack, but as you can see, it was very large.
After six weeks in Cody, we could hardly wait to get home, to go on to the next phase of our lives together.
The year after we got married, he was again assigned to go install some computer equipment there. We decided for me to go with him. So, instead of him flying, we packed up our car, and off we went. Along the way, we drove through Yellowstone National Park. Cody is called "the east gate of Yellowstone." As it happened, we got to the site of "Old Faithful" just in time to see it erupt. Staying in Cody for six weeks, we took several trips to the park.
When we arrived in Cody, we rented a motel room with a kitchenette, so we could eat there instead of going out somewhere for every meal. Don had called one of the friends he'd met the year before, and he invited us to his home for dinner. I think we went there the first night we were in Cody.
By the time we made this trip, I was pregnant with our first child. That friend's wife lent me her sewing machine, so I could make clothing for the new baby. So that's how I spent my time there, making baby clothes and maternity clothes. I made matching dresses for Valkyrie and me, plus a matching dress for her Barbie doll.
The computer Don was working on was still a mainframe, and its peripherals were also huge. Shown here is one of our old photos Don took, showing the inside of the oil-field computer shack. I don't know exactly what component of the computer was inside that shack, but as you can see, it was very large.
After six weeks in Cody, we could hardly wait to get home, to go on to the next phase of our lives together.
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