captpackrat | A few assorted old photos (Reply)

My grandfather in uniform. I can't see any rank insignia, so he's probably a Private, which would have been 1946 or 47, I think. This photo was probably taken in South Carolina (he went through boot camp at MCRD Paris Island), North Carolina (after boot camp he was stationed at Camp Lejeune), or Florida (his mother lived in Jacksonville). I tried Googleing the Gardner Hotel Supply Co, but couldn't find anything relevant.

Camels! I also tried doing a Google Image search to see if I could find this ad, but it was like searching for a cigarette butt in a haystack.

Judging by the Nerf Indoor Golf set that I'd received for Christmas, this was probably from 1986. No wonder I'm good at putting, even though I suck at everything else in golf.

A photo I took of Yosemite Valley, some time around December 1986 or January 1987. I'm amazed that I managed to find this picture, I thought it was lost long ago. Not a bad shot considering the weather, and the fact that I was only 13 at the time.

This photo was probably taken from Tunnel View on Wawona Road. You can see El Capitan on the left and Cathedral Rocks and Bridalveil Fall on the right; it's winter, so the falls are barely a trickle. Half Dome would be just to the left behind Sentinel Dome in the center but is completely obscured by fog. Yosemite Falls isn't visible from this vantage point.