My parents are still there, and Anne's mother is still there. We've known each other pretty much all our lives, although Anne went to the Catholic grade school and I went to the public one. Then we both went to the same high school. It's pretty traumatic to go back. It's sort of a stereotype of what's happened to small rural communities across the nation.
Some areas look like a car junk yard.
Family farms are bankrupted. It's on the Missouri River, so a lot of it has been under water recently. When we go there, we wonder sometimes if our own warm memories of the place are just nostalgic. It's said, Anne, that you're especially popular with the players, coaches and staff on the Wolverine athletic squads. We always hold a big event for the players and coaches of all the team sports.