Daily Archives: July 17, 2010

Back in the early 1950’s John & Edna Grant lived across the street from the train depot in Des Moines, Iowa as most Rail Road employees did at the time. My Grandpa was a Freight Train Engineer, I used to go for rides in the Engine with my Grandpa. One time, Grandma was waiting for him to get done with his run as she needed to go to the store and do some shopping and she wanted him to keep an eye on me. I was sitting in the living room watching The Three Stooges on TV, after Grandma left, Grandpa scooped me up and put me in the front seat of the pickup truck, standing in the middle of the seat and my arm around Grandpas neck, we drove across the railroad tracks and headed to Grandpas favorite tavern. He carried me in, sat me down on the bar, he got some whiskey as that was his drink of choice and I got a soda, it was kind of dark as most bars & I remember getting tired and going to sleep in a booth, waking up to Grandma fussing out Grandpa, my cousin carrying me out of the Tavern.