Farewell to a Piece of History

[aschrauth]

Just wanted to share with you all where I park my scooter: A little piece of history about this building in my community.

This was my Church and preschool that I attended when I was a kid. In 2000 my church decided to sell it to the employer where I work at and moved to a bigger campus. My employer used it as the HR office for about ten years before a new addition was built into the main building for the HR department. When they abandoned it it basicly set into decay and nature slowly started taking it back,  today it was mainly used to store Items such as furnature, Promotional products beds, Kitchen equipment, Etc.

As of 5/16/22 they have decided to demolish it due to the company failing to make necessary repairs to the building as well as the roof colapsing. I am sad to see this building go, and plus I need to find a new place to park my bike.

Just a little piece of history I thought I would share with you.

[Stig / Major Tom]

I know what you mean.
I ride past the large bare lot that used to be the school 3 of my 6 children attended.
There is the tree I used to wait under when picking up one or more of them after "Saturday school", punishment for misbehavior in their classrooms.
The football field on which my oldest son blew out his knee...etc.*
There's a lot of life drama in raising children. I've been at it since 1972! And I've loved every day of it. One remaining, and when she leaves.....I'm thinking of buying a duck ranch in Montana and starting over.
Stig
* TIcking off things like that can make one feel old🙃

[Kansas kymco]

I know what you mean.
I ride past the large bare lot that used to be the school 3 of my 6 children attended.
There is the tree I used to wait under when picking up one or more of them after "Saturday school", punishment for misbehavior in their classrooms.
The football field on which my oldest son blew out his knee...etc.*
There's a lot of life drama in raising children. I've been at it since 1972! And I've loved every day of it. One remaining, and when she leaves.....I'm thinking of buying a duck ranch in Montana and starting over.
Stig
* TIcking off things like that can make one feel old🙃

Stig the grade school I went to was the newest one in town, it was torn down a couple of years ago.  The high school I went to was brand new in 75 and demolished about 10 years ago. None of the grocery stores in town remain, we had a IGA, Dillons, Safeway and Bogarts along with several neighborhood mom and pop cornor stores.  Lil Duffer burger barn where you could get a meal for a buck and play pinball has been gone for decades. Also remember the keg parties at the lake. Remember not wanting to drive  back to town so I slept in the back of my ElCamino SS  using the tonneau cover as a blanket. 

I remember cutting yards and delivering the Wichita Eagle until I was old enough to get a job at Safeway. Bought my first car with the money I made cutting yards ( a  used 66 Buick Wildcat  for $300 ).  My first motorcycle was a used 68 Yamaha 90cc twin street bike. Bought a new 72 Yamaha 250 Enduro then a new  77 Yamaha Enduro   Stopped riding motorcycles for several years, late 80's when I bought  a used Yamaha IT 465 then a  new Yamaha YZ 490.

  Took a break from bike riding and raced drag boats for a few years. I raced a Hondo flat bottom in the blown gas flatbottom class. Had a 1250 hp hemi in a 1700# boat.

Then after a couple of years in California I came back to Kansas for my working career. It was common to put in 80 hour weeks with some as much as 120 hour's.  I saved as much as I could so I could retire at 55. That's when I got back into bikes and scooters.  Little did I know I would have a stroke 7 years later. 

My advice is to enjoy life we never know what the future holds.

[aschrauth]

I know what you mean.
I ride past the large bare lot that used to be the school 3 of my 6 children attended.
There is the tree I used to wait under when picking up one or more of them after "Saturday school", punishment for misbehavior in their classrooms.
The football field on which my oldest son blew out his knee...etc.*
There's a lot of life drama in raising children. I've been at it since 1972! And I've loved every day of it. One remaining, and when she leaves.....I'm thinking of buying a duck ranch in Montana and starting over.
Stig
* TIcking off things like that can make one feel old🙃

My mother used to tell me that I always misbehaved when I was In preschool. One year they actually kicked me out for the year lol. I myself would like to buy some land in the country.... Away from the city and people.

[Iahawk]

great memories, Stig and Kansas Kymco!

Aschrauth - thanks for the pics of your old church. It's both fun and sad to see pics like that. Fun remembering the good times and sad knowing that the old building will soon be a memory.