Sue, Glad you got home safe an sound, a warm 62' here in Kentucky, just went through a period of ice an very, very cold.More cold coming this way the week-end"brr" be glad when it warms up. Please Sue, Post the URL for us to get to the story that you have suggested as a good read.We all enjoy reading some of our ancestors stories. Connie *In Beautiful Western Kentucky* DNA Kincaid # 3350 Group A set 2 b DNA Knight #N38010 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Connie's Links-Lots of Links-Try Them www.angelfire.com/ky2/connie/Links.html ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (\o/) You have to do your own growing no /_\ matter how tall your grandfather was Abraham Lincoln ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Liedtke" <seleaml@actionnet.net> To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Merry Christmas! :I just got back from a very scary Christmas Eve Day trip to Portland from : Newport, OR. The return trip to Newport was delayed by a day due to the : unprecidented amount of snow and ice on the roads. Thank heavens our nice : friendly rains are back. We seldom have snow stay around beyond a few days : (this bout lasted 10 days) so have little snow removal equipment. Nothing : gets plowed so 8-10 inch berms on the sides of the ruts along with golfball : size ice rocks formed by chains make driving really treacherous. : : On Christmas Day the Portland Oregonian Newspaper had as the lead story in : the O section a description of a Pioneer Christmas. The text was from a : story written by a lady named Barbara in 1950. She was the daughter of : Thomas and Nancy Chadric Kincaid. Thomas is the grandson of Thomas/Hannah : Tincher Kincaid. The story of the Kincaid's first Christmas (1853) in Oregon : was told to Barbara by her mother. The artical may still be available on the : Oregonian's Web site. It is interesting reading. : : Sue Liedtke : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: <GmLue@aol.com> : To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> : Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 1:05 PM : Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Merry Christmas! : : : Merry Christmas from Oregon where we are having some devastating storms, : but will pull out of it as usual.