A slight update to the Spring-Summer collection of pictures. Carol completed her final semester at CSU
Fresno and graduated.
Not too much time for pictures but I did manage to take a few. If you want to know more of our travels, see:
Visalia,
Three Rivers, and
Pacific
Grove.
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Carol Long |
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Carol poses in the back yard for her graduation announcement picture. |
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CSUF Graduation 2004 |
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Carol receives her mock diploma from the department head, Dr. Luis Costa. |
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Carol and Abi |
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May 22, 2004 - Taken just after the main event |
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Cousins |
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Heather Stoeckel, Carol Long, Abi and Adrie Carroll at a post-graduation lunch. |
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Carol and friends |
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Carol and a group of friends. The hawaiian themed party took place at Tom and Nancy's home along the Kings River. |
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Three Generations |
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Bryan Cook, Jacob Cook and Tom Stoeckel |
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Nancy and Alison |
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Nancy Stoeckel holds the newest member of the Stoeckel clan: Alison Bogart |
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Dad's Birthday |
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Bob hosted a BBQ dinner at his mome for dad's 89 birthday. Seated around the table: Bob, Marvella, Mark, Lori, Dad, Ruth, Carolyn |
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Ruth Chumin |
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This picture was taken of Ruth in the front room of Bob and Marvella's home. |
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Carol and Grandpa |
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Carol helps dad with one of his birthday presents: a radio/cassette player. |
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Marvella Kleiser |
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Marvella in the front room of their home with Adrie in the background.
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1976 Jaguar XJ12L |
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Bob shows off the engine in his 12 cylinder Jaguar restoration project. Looks more to me like they just poured in engine parts until the space was filled. |
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Fifties Night - Guys |
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For a family birthday party it was decided to do a 50's theme. Jason, Matt, Tom, Drew and Tom give a manly pose. |
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Fiftys Night - Ladies |
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Judy, Carolyn, Liz, Emily, Alison, Nancy, Giana, Cassera, Carol all pose for the Stoeckel 50's Night. |
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Visalia Fox Theater |
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A Sunday afternoon trip to Visalia gave this picturesque photo of the old Fox Theater along main street. |
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Chevy Woody Wagen |
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Further down main street was this beautifully restored woody wagon. |
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Three Rivers Naturedome |
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After Visalia we went on East up to Three Rivers, spotted this store and just had to stop. Definitely a shopping blast from the past. |
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The New Full-Bath |
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My own house project for the last 6 months. To tile the floor, tile the bathtub and add pine wainscoting to the upstairs bathroom. |
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Monterey Wharf |
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For our anniversary we stayed at Bob and Beverly's house in Pacific Grove for a couple of days. The first evening had to be dinner at the Monterey Wharf. |
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Seal Siesta |
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The next day along the Pacific Grove coastline we stopped near Lovers Point to take this picture of one of the many seals taking their warmup nap. |
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PG Lighthouse |
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The night before we left, we drove the loop around Asilomar Beach shoreline. The Point Pinos Lighthouse, built in 1855 is the oldest, continuously operating lighthouse on the west coast. |
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LoversPoint +80yrs |
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Looking through my grandfathers negatives I found this picture of Lovers Point taken around 1925. Note the Japanese bath house on the peninsula. |
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Heather Stoeckel |
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Heather Stoeckel and her dog, Odie came to stay a couple of weeks in July. |
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Carlysle & Clair Brown |
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We enjoyed a all-to-short lunch visit with Carysle and Clair. Carlysle was one of the original 4/5s folk group members back in the early 60's. |
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August Birthdays |
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We celebrated a creekside birthday dinner at Tom and Nancy Stoeckels Wildwood home. |
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Alison Bogart |
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Alison demonstrates her early nutritional medicine skills on grandpa by stuffing the complete bottle of vitamin pills down his throat. |
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