Family trips with the four kids represent just a portion of the trips taken by Mom and Dad - many trips were taken after we went off to college. Mom and Dad worked very hard on the farm. Dad in particular was very intense about his farm tasks - whether it was remodeling machinery, planting or harvesting crops, or tending to the livestock. Sometimes he would work so hard and maybe even forget to eat - Mom understood that, brought food to the field and Dad would eat and feel much better.
But the real way for Dad to relax and get away from the labors and frustration of the farm work was to get in the car and travel. He would relax and thoroughly enjoy traveling - Mom could see that he needed to get away and went along with it (she enjoyed it, too - once they got on the road or in the air - recording the daily events of each trip.....for the record).
Shown below is a chronological list of trips that Mom and Dad (and sometimes family) took from 1935-1982. This is probably a list that would rival that of most families. Either traveling is a highly heritable trait or the trips rubbed off on their children because most of them enjoy traveling as well.
Some of the travels of Esther & Tom Ringkob
Oct. 2-13, 1935 - Wedding trip to Colorado
Sept. 18-26, 1937 - Took Grandma Ringkob to visit relatives in Canada (2800 miles)
August 31-Sept. 5, 1951 - Family trip to Black Hills
August 17-31, 1952 - Family trip to Yellowstone Park, Big Horn Mts., Glacier Park, Hungry Horse Dam, Wolf Point, Montana, Canada (3000 miles)
Dec. 14, 1952 - Jan. 11, 1953 - Trip by family to California - saw the Jan. 1, 1953 Rose Bowl parade, home by way of Texas (6450 miles)
August 30 - Sept. 4, 1953 - Family trip to northern Minnesota (1384 miles)
Dec. 19, 1953 - Jan. 10, 1954 - Trip by family to Florida & on to Texas (5360 miles)
August 7 - 30, 1954 - Family trip to the Pacific Northwest and Canada (6000 miles)
1969 - Esther and Tom apply for their first passports
Sept. 1 - 22, 1969 Trip to Europe - Norway, Denmark, England
Jan. 18 - Feb. 27, 1970 - Trip to South America - Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru
August 24 - Sept. 6, 1970 - Car trip to Montana and Canada
Jan. 18 - Mar. 1, 1971 - Trip to Western United States
Feb. 4 - 25, 1972 - Trip to Texas (4300 miles)
March 26 - April, 1972 - Trip to Montana
August 22 - Sept. 11, 1972 - Trip to New England states and Canada (4800 miles)
Feb. 23 - March 14, 1973 - Trip to Western United States ( 4985 miles)
August 1 - Sept. 12, 1973 - Trip to Alaska (7300 miles driven in their GMC van, 600 miles by ferry and 1100 miles by air) Slept in van 10 nights and rest of time in motels
August 27 - Sept. 1, 1974 - Trip to Pacific Northwest (3360 miles)
Feb. 6 - March 6, 1975 - Trip to Southwestern United States (2763 miles)
Jan. 9 - Feb. 5, 1977 - Trip to Western United States (4782 miles)
Oct. 26 - Nov. 29, 1977 - Tahiti, New Zealand, Antartic, Australia, Fiji Islands, Hawaii
Sept. 13 - Oct. 2, 1978 - Trip to Western United States
Jan. 28 - Feb. 21, 1979 - Trip to Florida and Southeast United States (2930 miles)
March 2 - 25, 1979 - Tour of Mexico on bus
Feb. 27 - March 1980 - Tour of Hawaii
Oct. 5 - 20, 1980 - Tour of Europe - Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria
Nov. 15 - Dec. 2, 1980 - Trip to Texas and Wyoming (3268 miles)
April 14 - May 1, 1981 - Trip to Washington, DC (3400 miles)
August 23 - Sept. 6, 1981 - Trip to Colorado, Utah, Idaho (4134 miles)
Sept. 18 - Oct. 4, 1981 - Tour of New England on bus
Nov. 15 - Dec. 1, 1981 - Trip to Texas and Wyoming
Oct. 7 - 19, 1982 - Tour of Ozarks on bus
In addition numerous trips were made to visit family in Reno, Casper, Huxley, & Baraboo.
Tom & Esther’s first passport pictures (1969)
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