Colfax

I lived in Colfax, Ia from 2 years old to 14. I hadn't been back in many, many years. I have dreams about it all the time though. I bribed the kids with a trip to Colfax's great swim pool to go with me. This first picture is from the base of Cemetery Hill looking down the road at the trailer Park I lived in. Our house is gone, but our lot was the one with the blue trailer with the mini van in front of it. The tree was a lot smaller when we were there!!

Here is a picture of the kids rolling down Cemetery Hill. I used to slide down this hill in the snow. See the tree to the left? I carved my initials into it with my friend Lisa Hopkins.

Here is a view of the street I rode my bike up and down as a kid. Those lamp posts in front of the trailers were there when we were there. The one in front of our trailer was broken though. My cousin Tina was visiting and some boys came over to flirt with her and broke our lamp.

While we were waiting for the pool to open, we stopped by Trainland USA. This place opened up when I was 5 years old. I wasn't sure if the boys would like it or not, but they wanted to check it out. They ended up having a GREAT time. Basically these people turned their entire basement into a huge train track system. It's pretty cool.

Finally the pool was open. I spent a LOT of time here as a kid. This brought back a bunch of memories. The best thing about the pool is the high dive.

Here is one last pic of Colfax. They also had a bit of flooding.