I'd never heard of the nest of water moccasins either. I usually don't go through KC on my way home to Decatur(that's where my moma lives now). I take Highway 36 through St. Joe, MO. and then hit I 35 at Cameron, MO. Still a nice drive either way. Of course you have to remember to slow down on I 35 when ya git to Ioway! Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Hzltarr@aol.com> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Re: Snowy Day > > In a message dated 12/9/2005 5:57:11 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > rmcclure@hot.rr.com writes: > > Of course that always gives me the > opportunity to tell everyone in the car about the old bugaboo legend of the > kid that got bit to death by a nest of water moccasins in the Grand > River.....I think we were all, at least the boys, were told that to keep us > out of there.....mac @ Killeen, Texas > > > > That's one I never heard. I can tell you first hand that there were plenty > of snakes on the banks of the Grand River. That was our favorite place to > gather wild flowers. It was our playground all summer and we saw many a snake. > In those years you had to have a fishing licence if you were over 16 and > some of the boys would catch fish in the daytime, leave them on a stringer and > retrieve them after nightfall when the local game warden (our town marshal , > I think)was eating his supper. Betty and I carried home and fried many a > fish those boys left there. > In the winter more than once we climbed down inside the old water tower > that used to be by the railroad tracks down by the river. We played on the ice > inside it. I shiver when I think how dangerous that was. > Hazel > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >
Actually Jackie you no longer have to slow down on I 35 when you get to Iowa... They recently raised the speedlimit to 70. (It was 70 in May, I can't remember how long before May it was raised....) Which makes it SO much easier going from Missouri to Iowa. (of course, before if you were going 5 miles over the limit, they would give you a warning, but now, if they catch you going 75 you will get a ticket...{or that is what I was told}) Have a GREAT day! Stacy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Goeken" <jackie2@ruraltel.net> To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Re: Snowy Day > I'd never heard of the nest of water moccasins either. I usually don't go > through KC on my way home to Decatur(that's where my moma lives now). I > take Highway 36 through St. Joe, MO. and then hit I 35 at Cameron, MO. > Still a nice drive either way. Of course you have to remember to slow down > on I 35 when ya git to Ioway! > Jackie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Hzltarr@aol.com> > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 7:52 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Re: Snowy Day > > > > > > In a message dated 12/9/2005 5:57:11 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, > > rmcclure@hot.rr.com writes: > > > > Of course that always gives me the > > opportunity to tell everyone in the car about the old bugaboo legend of > the > > kid that got bit to death by a nest of water moccasins in the Grand > > River.....I think we were all, at least the boys, were told that to keep > us > > out of there.....mac @ Killeen, Texas > > > > > > > > That's one I never heard. I can tell you first hand that there were > plenty > > of snakes on the banks of the Grand River. That was our favorite place > to > > gather wild flowers. It was our playground all summer and we saw many a > snake. > > In those years you had to have a fishing licence if you were over 16 and > > some of the boys would catch fish in the daytime, leave them on a > stringer and > > retrieve them after nightfall when the local game warden (our town > marshal , > > I think)was eating his supper. Betty and I carried home and fried many a > > fish those boys left there. > > In the winter more than once we climbed down inside the old water tower > > that used to be by the railroad tracks down by the river. We played on > the ice > > inside it. I shiver when I think how dangerous that was. > > Hazel > > > > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >