My family and I spent a year living in Mellette, South Dakota, my mother’s home town. My folks rented the house for $25 a month. This was the year that my father was stationed in Saigon, South Vietnam. This photo has my cousin Jan (left) and I (right), near the house in Mellette. That’s my brother Dennis’ bike near the porch. The year was punctuated with a blizzard that winter–it snowed for three days. When it did quit snowing we had to force open the screen door you see in the photo to escape the house. The snow drifted up to the rooftops.
Living in South Dakota was such a departure from life anywhere else. I have memories stored away, and bring them out occasionally.
