Thursday July 9, 1988 Homestead
We left home at 8:15. Stopped in Great Falls to get some work done on the motor home. I stayed in the motor home and Lee & C. went to a few stores and got a few things to leave at the Homestead. It was a hot day. We got to the Homestead at 4:00. Had just parked when the rain started - didn't even get to the house. It poured down for about 20 min. Gary was there working on the knapweed. Joann and Hank there too. Had the house all cleaned up etc. A few others came later. I slept in the "outer" bedroom.

Friday July 10
Cecil and Terry came about midnight. Others arrived all day. Dorrie, Charlie, and D.J. stayed in a motel in Helena over night. We stopped there yesterday but they were out eating. There weren't as many people this year as usual - lots of little kids, only about 3 teen-agers. It was a great reunion quite a few hadn't been there before. Had a rain shower every day. Lots of wild flowers. The syringas were in full bloom. Sheila pick about a cupful of strawberries for me.! Everyone retired by dark. Lee and Hank cooked pancakes and eggs and bacon for breakfast. Don made coffee. I didn't do anything - people waited on me. Spent most of the time sitting under the lilac trees with the "old" people. Lots of good food. The grass on the hill was too tall and wet for good sliding. Beautiful full moon.

Saturday July 11
More people arrived and some left. Rain shower in the evening. Lee found his billfold in the motor home.

Sunday July 12
We left the Homestead about 3:00 - were among the last to leave. Came the Townsend and Harlowton road. I slept most of the way - so did Carole. It was a wonderful weekend.