8 July 2001 00:46 UTC on 10m After many years, I finally reached Bermuda!
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A picture of Walter VP9KD and his lovely XYL |
View of Riddell's Bay from Walter's neighbor's house |
The house of our next door neighbor, Mr. John Young VP9HL (now a SK), who was a ham. At the time, I had no particular interest in ham radio. Shame on me! |
After our QSO, Walter met with the family friends who had bought my grandmother's house after her death and took pictures. Although the color and a few things have changed, the house looks much the same. When my grandmother died, the family had to auction off her furnishings since they all lived in the States. As it turned out, Walter and his XYL had been to that auction. Before his visit with the camera, he described the house down to the finest details, including the cedar chest she once had. When I told this story to my mother (who had spent her 20's living in Bermuda), she had tears in her eyes.
View of the house from the water. I spent many hours playing and daydreaming on our dock. |
Close up of sign with name of our house |
Front of "On the Rocks" |
View of the house from the back We often watched meteor showers from here and ate lunches on the covered part of the porch. |
View of the inside. I heard about Armstrong's moon walk from a shortwave radio (then on the shelf on the right). We didn't have live TV then! I spent many hours building 3+ story card houses in this room. |
13 December 1998 17:55 UTC on 10m |
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