My Trails into the Past

Last week, I wrote about Ernie Nilsen and his occupation about being a carpenter and patternmaker. This week is a story of a vacation to Yosemite in California. Ernie Nilsen and his wife, Mary, had no children. Because of this, they spent time with their nieces and nephews. In 1940, they took his brother, Arthur, Arthur’s wife, Lena, and Arthur’s daughters, Thelma and Bernice, on a fishing and camping trip. I have a collection of photos from this trip and on the back of two of the photos, Thelma wrote about the trip. "These were taken on a camping trip in 1940 with Aunt Mary and Uncle Ernie, Dad, Lena & Bernice. We started at Huntington Lake, but the lake was too windy for good fishing. They hiked up high in the mountains and got some golden trout." Later, they went to Bass Lake but stayed only one night. "The outhouses were so disgusting, I think Lena and Aunt Mary put their foot down, so we moved up to Yosemite for a week. Uncle Ernie took many pictures....