WEDDING RECEPTION LOCATIONS
FOP
Jim and Nancy’s wedding reception was held at the FOP on Tanner Avenue in Warwick in July of 1983.
PROVIDING MUSIC, GIL, AND, KAREN CARRYING BRIAN
SHOWBOAT
The SHOWBOAT on Lake Tiogue in Coventry was the venue for Bev and Tom’s wedding reception in January 1971.
The banquet hall burned to the ground 5 years later (January 16, 1976).
LAUREL LANE
LAUREL LANE Country Club in Richmond was the site of the family’s most recent wedding/reception – that of Lowell and Loralei in October 2024.
I didn’t get to tell her that day, but I think Loralei’s dress was perfect for her. I loved it.
PLACE NO ONE KNOWS THE NAME OF
I have searched high and low, checked maps from the time, talked with people at the Seabee Museum, asked extended family members, but it seems Norma and Chris’ wedding reception was held at a PLACE NO ONE KNOWS THE NAME OF.
This is what I do know: it was somewhere in Quonset (despite all the road changes, I think I know roughly whereabout), it was outdoors, it was maybe some sort of camp/retreat for a church (?) and my brother Rick may or may not have been working there at the time as a groundskeeper. I know of only one photo taken there. It’s a group photo of the family, it’s black and white but I don’t have a copy of it to post here. I’m looking for help on this one. I have the map I used above (dated 1977) if anyone wants to take a look sometime.
MONADNOCK TRAILS WE KNOW
WHITE DOT and WHITE CROSS
WHITE DOT and WHITE CROSS are the two most familiar of the familiar trails for the majority of us, I would imagine. Both are accessible from Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. While I have hiked other trails to the summit, if I’m hiking from the state park, it’s White Dot up, White Cross down. The Monadnock State Park website indicates the round trip hike is about 4 miles and should take approximately 4 hours round trip. I dispute the time allowance.
OLD TOLL ROAD
OLD TOLL ROAD Trail goes from the base of mountain (outside the state park) to the Old Halfway House where it connects with the White Arrow Trail which then leads to the summit. It’s not a route we’ve used a lot, my guess is the last time any of us hiked this particular trail was back in the 70s.
DUBLIN
The family Columbus Day Weekend hike of Monadnock In 2016 was derailed by rain, I believe. However, the weather during the week following the weekend was glorious, so Jan, Karen and I made a rogue midweek-hike. Initially it felt wrong being there without the rest of the group. It was equally strange to be there with so few others at all – I believe we may have seen a total of 40 other humans on the trail and summit that day. The excursion also felt a little foreign given the fact that we ventured away from our tried-and-true WhiteCross/White Dot route opting instead for the DUBLIN Trail. Ultimately, it was a spectacular day.
Just one additional note here: I mentioned how strange it was to hike the mountain outside our usual Columbus Day Weekend scheduling – I believe Bob hiked once in the spring. I was aghast. I mean, does the mountain really even exist outside Columbus Day Weekend? Here’s a link (https://franklinpierce.edu/webcam_monadnock/index.html) to Franklin Pierce University’s Monadnock webcam in case you want to check right now.
PATHS/ROUTES AT VOLCANOES WE’VE VISITED
KOKO
A mere 1,048 steps will get you to the top of the KOKO volcanic crater near Honolulu. Jan and John visited this site during their time in Hawaii.
A DRIVE THROUGH TOWN
I’ve been trying to find out (on the sly) from Bill if he and Mary ever visited the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano (that’s not garbage text, that’s really the name of the volcano) when they were in Iceland but I think the only way to visit that one is by helicopter. When I talked to him about this he mentioned the “in town” volcano indicating one that can be seen from the city without much effort. I have since learned of two active volcanoes that are close to Reykjavik; the Fagradalsfjall volcano and the Litli-Hrutur volcano. I can’t say if either of these were viewed/visited by Bill and Mary but the point is that there’s a lot of volcanoes in Iceland, some of which, it seems, can be viewed via A DRIVE THROUGH TOWN.
SUNRISE
At an elevation of 6,400 feet, Sunrise is the highest point that can be reached by vehicle at Mount Rainier National Park (via SUNRISE Road). Jim, Nancy, Michaela and Catherine visited this volcano around 1997/98. It was really beautiful there, I wouldn’t mind a repeat visit.
YOSHIDA
For years signage at Monadnock State Park indicated that Mt. Monadnock was the second most hiked mountain in the world, after Mt. Fuji (an active stratovolcano). Bill and Mary have hiked/visited both. I’m guessing when Bill and Mary went to Fuji they took the YOSHIDA Trail as it is by far the most popular of that mountain’s four trails.
Some might be interested to know that the Yoshida Trail (as of 2024) has a daily limit of 4,000 hikers and requires 3,000 yen in fees (about $20). Monadnock State Park has similar charges of $15. I am aware of hikers being turned away from Monadnock State Park on Columbus Day Weekend when the parking lots have become full but I can’t say what that capacity is.
THIRTY-SIX VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI SERIES
SOURCE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS/
CONTRIBUTIONS
GOAL
Mike played a lot of soccer in his youth. This article notes a GOAL he scored in a youth soccer game in October 1993.
SOURCE: Standard-Times, October 14, 1993
TIPS AT NET, SLICES @ BCKCOURT
So, apparently Lowell played tennis in high school. This is something I either never knew or had totally forgotten.
Despite Lowell’s TIPS AT THE NET AND SLICES IN THE BACKCOURT in a April 2004 match, Exeter-West Greenwich fell to the Prout High School’s Crusaders.
SOURCE: Standard-Times, April 22, 2004
THREE CONSECUTIVE ACES
I know nothing about volleyball scoring and plays but my guess is “aces” are good… and look, Molly had THREE CONSECUTIVE ACES.
SOURCE: The Independent, September 23, 2021
RBI ON SAC
Russell, run batted in on sacrifice (RBI ON SAC), recreation league softball.
SOURCE: Standard-Times, June 11, 1981
19 responses to “February 1, 2025 – Puzzle Discussion”
I’m guessing someone will solve it this week – not too much in the way of overlaps or deceit
First off we got all four answers only need to refresh the screen 4 or 5 times. Knew 2 or 3 of some of the categories. Needed to work out the rest with guesses.
Did you learn anything? Have info to clarify anything?
I got the wedding locations and the sports one right off the bat. The others I needed extra guesses. Is that Jim Knott dancing!?!
Yes, Jim dancing! With a kazoo in his hand.
Also yes I like the email reminder. Would like to know when someone posts(if that’s possible). And Chris and I had our reception at the Builders Club.
Even if you had given me a million guesses, I would NEVER come up with the Builders Club!
I SOLVED IT!!!!!! I’m so excited LOLOL
Couple notes – Showboat was a guess but did sound like a wedding venue – but I was picturing something more exotic in like Atlantic City or Biloxi, Mississippi. Not sure who I thought would’ve gotten married so far away but who knows!
I also thought the place no one knows the name of was MY reception! Some people call it the old name of Conachet Club (sp???) and the newer name is North Beach Club House.
An ace in volleyball is an unreturned serve so an automatic point for the serving team without having to volley! Molly had quite a serve!
I love those old newspaper write ups!!!!
And I was totally not on track with the volcanoes. I googled Yoshida and come up with a Japanese baseball player and was thinking of Koko the gorilla. So I was never getting that except by default!
Thanks for explaining aces!
I only know your wedding reception location as the North Beach Club House.
I got it today. I got the wedding venues first. John knew the Bulilders’ club.
From there I knew the Monadnock Trails. I so wish I had another Monadnock climb in me. I so love that mountain.
My climb up Mt. Misery this past Thursday was an indication that I am done with Monadnock.
Sarah was so angry when she heard about the rough trip made by Karen, Nancy, and me.
A spring climb up Monadnock. Extraordinary!
I loved the little newspaper clips about sports accomplishments. How did you ever find them?
That should read rogue trip, although rough works.
The email reminder is OK with me.
I have asked SO MANY people about Norma and Chris’ wedding reception – I can’t believe John knew this!
Oh and speaking of Monadnock off season, UNH posted a pic of students over winter break and there was a pic of people hiking on top of a snow covered summit at Monadnack! That is also cray cray!
Good for them! I’m actually jealous.
Catherine hiked it once in the wee hours to be there for sunrise. That sounds heavenly but I can’t begin to imagine hiking that in the dark.
I’m surprised Fuji didn’t come up when you googled Yoshida.
I remember when Catherine did that! I cannot imagine climbing that in the dark!
Saw the volcano on Iceland erupt when we were there. It’s under a glacier so all we saw was steam. The two that are erupting now are right next to Blue Logoon saw we saw those ones all the time. We did drive to Snæfellsjökull the basis for journey to the center of earth.
Climbed Mt fuji while in Japan.
As for the other two volcanoes drove past both several time never climb or saw them erupt.
I want to saw 10000 people climbed fuji they day I climbed it. It was tough to get pushed out of the way by 90 years saw they could keep climbing. Took us 12 hours. 7 up 5 down. The guy I was with was really slow.
Thanks for the follow up info!
So many volcanoes, so little time.