I seem to be getting off to a very slow start with this “WalkingEvery Street of my hometown” thing. Last
night was my first actual, official walk. I only went a few blocks, or ten
blocks, it depends on how you count them.
I have another issue going on right now. I haven’t
figured out how to post a map with my route highlighted. I tried pulling one
off of the internet, and when that failed I thought I would just scan my city
map, highlight each day and scan it as I go along. But for the last two days, my
scanner hasn’t worked. Seems like the stars are just not lining up for me.
But, you aren’t here to read about my woes, you are here
to hear about what I encounter out on the street.
When I was a kid this was an actual service station and
the place where the Greyhound bus stopped. A few times I took the bus to Wausau
to see my sister. I can’t even believe I typed those words. Wausau is currently
forty miles away. My geography skills continue to be fair to mediocre so how did
Wausau get so much closer to Tomahawk in the last 35 years? When I was a kid,
it was a major planned trip to go to Wausau. My sister and her family would
come up for the weekend and spend the night because it was too far to drive
here and back in a day. We didn’t just jump in the car and run to Wausau to buy
cereal at Sam’s. Times have changed, haven’t they? Whatever happened to
Greyhound?
Fast forward all the way up to my senior year in high
school. The Beking Chinese Restaurant was the A&W then. I worked at
Tomahawk Drug after school a few days a week and would stop at the A&W for
a milk shake and fries on my way to work.
I always thought this garage was cool. I don’t know why. My
imagination pictures it being filled with mysterious old gadgets and mildewy
antiques.
The Fit Factory used to be a church. Maybe if you can’t
get in shape, you can at least pray about it.
2 comments:
I think I will go to New London today & take some pictures, Hubby is a my dads. BTW: Was going to work on the WSMA Directory, but what the heck put it off yet another day.
Denise, there will always be time to do your work. Better to take the time to have fun.
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