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Page 57 you would either take a wild ride or jump. We got to rapid and found the camp ground. The tent fastened to the side of the car something like the one on your VW Camper. I don’t remember if it was the first or second night that the wind blew and it rained. Sometime during the storm Pa had a stroke. He didn’t say anything until morning. He was dragging his left foot and couldn’t use his left arm. Our vacation was over. We got him to a doctor as soon as we could and the doc confirmed it. People were friendly and helpful and Ma soon found a man to drive the car back to Pierre ($25). I wanted to drive it back but of course they wouldn’t let me. Pa spent the day in bed and that night when the train left Rapid for Pierre were all on it. Pa didn’t respond too fast to the doctors treatments. They didn’t have the know how to combat hypertension that they do today, and along with the flare-ups of malaria (Pa got it in the Philippines) he had a not too comfortable summer. He did |