Thursday August 7, 2014
Strange things have been known to happen at Dan Rice Days. One year, as I recall, my cousin Susan, my mom and I walked seven miles one afternoon, wanting to walk past Dan Rice’s daughter’s home (that he built for her!) and past the gravestone for his baby daughter Lottie, who had died as an infant. The thing that struck us so strange was that when we walked through the cemetery gates, there was a HUGE tombstone that said DODGE. I think maybe it was our clue to get out of DODGE! Or maybe, we already HAD!
Last weekend, we walked about 3 or 4 blocks from where we parked the car to check out the church’s giant all-day flea market. We found a few pretty cool treasures: A cast-iron mountain pie maker (already cured!), an 18 in wooden cutout of Dan ‘Uncle Sam’ Rice, A tiny wooden block house for my collection, and ….. a deer head in a rubber-made tub. Ron was tempted, but we did not purchase this particular item. It was rather disconcerting to walk around the corner of the table and have a deer staring up at you like that. Hmmmm.
Stay tuned for more pictures and stories from Dan Rice Days — We had a great time! Thanks to Caroline, Betsy, and Geoffrey for making it happen!
Strange things have been known to happen at Dan Rice Days. One year, as I recall, my cousin Susan, my mom and I walked seven miles one afternoon, wanting to walk past Dan Rice’s daughter’s home (that he built for her!) and past the gravestone for his baby daughter Lottie, who had died as an infant. The thing that struck us so strange was that when we walked through the cemetery gates, there was a HUGE tombstone that said DODGE. I think maybe it was our clue to get out of DODGE! Or maybe, we already HAD!
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