Home Page 50th Anniversary Life on the Water Debbie's Family David's Family Vicky's Family Barry's Family Jenny's Family Kathy's Family High School Years New York Years Red Bank Years Fair Haven Years Camden Years Emerson Months Collingswood Years Burlington Years Philly Years Childhood Years

In the Fall of 1971 Don purchased a small Honda Dealership in Camden NJ. We would be living in the apartment located above it. August of 1971 was a time of racial riots in Camden, and after moving in we removed the sheets of plywood from the boarded up windows and began to rebuild...

 

 

       

             

       

       

 

     
  
 
             
             
            
    

 

 

Although we were now land dwellers. "The Ark" became our vacation home. We spent every nice weekend aboard and enjoyed fun and friendships in Tullytown Cove on the Delaware River...
   
 

One Holiday weekend we decided to join our friends The "Dandy Sandy" -  the "Sonie IV" - the "Ruthie III" for a voyage to the Chesapeake River.

Unfortunately "The Ark" never made it quite that far!

In January 1974 Don began working at his former  Dealership Honda of NY.  David, a very capable 18 year old - now married - became manager of Honda of Camden. To reduce commuting distance for Don, we moved to a house in Emerson NJ...

Home Page 50th Anniversary Life on the Water Debbie's Family David's Family Vicky's Family Barry's Family Jenny's Family Kathy's Family High School Years New York Years Red Bank Years Fair Haven Years Camden Years Emerson Months Collingswood Years Burlington Years Philly Years Childhood Years