1968
From ‘The Adventures of The McGaffin’s As We Remember Them’ — a family memoir begun July 17, 2003.
Bob McGaffin
1967 Christmas
1967 Christmas. Christmas in Raleigh with the Suby's was a
1967 - Steven Paul McGaffin
When a snow-shoveling session on the deck brought baby Steve into the world early, the family dog Patches quickly appointed herself his personal guardian — and that was just the start of a summer filled with water skiing, French-speaking Canadian campers, and a broken starter on the Pennsylvania...
1966 - Moving to Raleigh
From ‘The Adventures of The McGaffin’s As We Remember Them’ — a family memoir begun July 17, 2003.
Raleigh 1966
After six years in Janesville, a $12,000-a-year IBM job pulled the family to Raleigh — but with Mom and the kids still back in Wisconsin, house-hunting alone on Easter Sunday led to an unexpected connection at a tiny Lutheran church.
Tornado Season
Every spring weekend in 1966, the family slept in the basement — kids on the floor, parents on the ping pong table — while tornadoes tore through southern Wisconsin during their last season before moving to Raleigh.
Kentucky Lake
From ‘The Adventures of The McGaffin’s As We Remember Them’ — a family memoir begun July 17, 2003.
Summer 1965 Trip to Colorado
A two-lane road through South Dakota farmland, a lightweight VW buffeted by six weeks of nonstop wind, and a local who delivered the punchline with a straight face — just another day on the family road trip to Colorado.
Living in Aberdeen
When a colleague's car accident left two territories without a technician, one repairman took on both — slowly turning a mess of emergency calls at Aberdeen Proving Ground into a smooth-running operation through sheer persistence and a little extra effort on every visit.
Summer 1964
From ‘The Adventures of The McGaffin’s As We Remember Them’ — a family memoir begun July 17, 2003.
Summer 1963
A trip to the beach in Cape May from Wisconsin. Grandad invited
Late Spring 1963
A family of five piles into an Opel wagon with sleeping bags and grocery bags full of supplies, heading from Janesville to Dodgeville for their very first camping trip—where a hot hay field and a poorly ventilated tent quickly teach them what no one mentioned at Homemakers Club.