Getting back into this.......

The town of Mondamin is on the bottom land about three miles from the Missouri River. And believe me, it is flat until three miles east of town where the lovely Loess Hills begin. I have never forgotten the day we decided we would climb the water tower so we could get up high and see far and wide. I was so excited. I thought it would be great. About three quarters of the way up, I looked down and immediately froze. I had no idea I was afraid of heights. Everyone laughed at me and it was so awful. I don't remember one thing about getting down where I belonged. I don't even remember if the other kids climbed to the top.

When I was in high school our entertainment was definitely not exciting. In fact, I thought I would always live in Mondamin, always have to live in Mondamin. But, we entertained ourselves in lots of ways. We did jigsaw puzzles, we played Monopoly and other games. One summer night we thought of blindfolding a person and leading them around town. After a time they would be asked where they were. It was fun, but so tame compared to what is going on today. As I said above, Mondamin is flat. We took one person up over Mrs. Eades' cellar and were very tickled because they had no idea where they were or where there could possibly be a hill in town. I don't remember doing that very much after that. Pretty hard to come up with something to top it.