Judy getting ready to rest up for the big day in New Jersey tomorrow!

My childhood house in Randolph, New Jersey! IIRC, I lived here from 1st to 4th grade.

Wow, it looks a LOT different than what I remember. For one, the house has been painted. It used to be dark brown.

And I only have a very vague recollection of the circular driveway.

A view of the house from a little bit up the street.

My room was the top left window.

Here's a view of the front yard.

This is Kiwanis Park behind the house.

Here's Judy having a bit too much fun on the teeter-totter.

The funny thing is that I remember this park being MUCH bigger than it really is. It's actually quite small!

This is the path that lead from our house to the park. I remember my dad creating the trail when we moved in >>>

I remember falling out of that tree and landing flat on my back. I got the wind knocked out of me pretty good, but I was OK.

Here's the house from behind.

Heading back up the trail towards the park (the house is now behind us).

A view of the park as you emerge from the trail.

Fernbrook, my elementary school.

This is the Tuttle Funeral Home. We passed by this place all the time when we lived here so I totally remember it.

On our way to my second NJ residence in Cedar Knolls. This is Mount View where I went to for 5th grade.

The corner of Poplar Dr and Countrywood. This was where my bus stop was when I went to Memorial Junior High.

The used to be (may still be?) the Richenbach residence. I was friends with Todd and my brother Ken was friends with Scott.

The corner of McNab Ave and Poplar Dr. I had a friend Eddie that lived here, but I can't for the life of me remember his last name!

59 McNab Ave, Cedar Knolls, NJ! I lived here for 5th-8th grade. The boulder in the front is still there!

This was (is?) the Fosters' residence (our rightside neighbor).

I can't remember his name, but I was friends with the kid that lived in the house to the left of us.

That pine tree that I'm standing in front of was a mere sapling in my memories. In fact, I think I helped my dad plant it!

This was the basketball court that my dad made for me. The hoop and backboard are gone, but the pole remains.

Peering through the chain-link fence into the backyard. The fence is new...

...but much of the backyard looks the same. The shed that my dad put up is still there.

That's the deck that I helped my dad build. That was a lot of fun. And the thermometer that we put up is still there too! And so is the clothes hanging thing.

I snuck into the woods to get some shots of the back of the house and came upon this cool box turtle.

These things are really cool. They have a hinge in their shell that they can close. I had a pet box turtle just like this while living in this house.

This is a fine specimen - it's a pretty good size for a box turtle. Unfortunately it was pretty shy.

I waited a while for it to pop its head out so I could take a shot, but I soon gave up. In the battle of patience, the turtle won.

Here's a shot of the back of the house. Rex, our Siberian Husky, knew to run out past the yard into the woods here to do his thing.