Charlie, Debbie and Young Mark Collum

Brenda's notes:

Debbie had the baby on June 3 at the Army Hospital in Heidelberg. Mark Travis weighed 7lb 7oz - length 21 inches. He had gained to 8lb 5oz when we saw him. I thought he looked a lot like Charlie, and Charlie was thrilled by the comment - he is a very proud Papa. Debbie was a typical "new mommie" and also pleased with her little son. I did my share of oo-ing and ah-ing and cooing during the visit and probably helped with the spoiling process. Debbie, of course gave me all the details of the labor and delivery. The Army Hospital has an unusual post partum with mothers up and about - they go to a large dining room for meals, make their own beds, fill own water pitchers, etc. The babies are kept by the mother's bedside after 24 hours and they bathe and attend their own babies.

Mark was a very good baby - sweet and cute as pie June 28, 1967

Dinklsbuhl Town Wall and Moat

After eating lunch in Nordlingen, we continued up the Romantischestrasse to reached another walled town, Dinklsbuhl. It is a more attractive town than Nordlingen with many bare-timbered old buildings. The main street has ornately patterned buildings with lattices of exposed wood. The moats as well as then town wall are preserved. We enjoyed the swans which we found swimming in the moats.

We spent only a short time there and then pushed on. June 26, 1967

Castle on Hill Near Neckarelz, Germany

Near the river there were a lot of vineyards. This was a particularly attractive location with the castle on top of the hill. June 26, 1967

Nordlingen and Its Town Wall

This is a good perspective of Nordlingen with its tile-roofed houses inside its medieval town wall. Unfortunately, this slide has borne the ravages of time an is splotchy, but it is still a unique view of the German town on the Romantischestrasse.

We climbed up and walked the gaurd walk all the way around the town of Nordlingen. The wall is essentially complete. It took us about 45 minutes to walk the circle around the city. The "gaurds walk" was perhaps 15ft high, a 3 ft wide stone walkway with a tile roof. The outside of the wall was probably 25 ft high. Regularly spaced along the wall were narrow slits or "murder holes". June 26, 1967