Marie asked others if they were interested and soon was seeking reservations for their family (David, Marie, Chris & Jonathan), our family (Ray and Mary), Tom's family (Tom, Kathie, Joyce, Ted, and Alex) and Linda's family (Linda, Bruce, Todd and Sean). Marie made reservations at Flagg Ranch (just between the 2 National Parks) for the first week in August. Barbara (our other daughter), Matt, her husband, and their young children, Dylan, Jaime, and Grace were unable to come.
Photo of Chis and David on the boat ride across Jenny Lake with the Teton's in the background
When David's cousin, Larry Parsons, heard of the plans, he said his family would like to join us there for a few days and made reservations for him and his wife Patty and daughters, Amanda and Laura. (Their other daughter, Jenny had something else going and couldn't make it.) I told my sister, Neta, of our plans and she said she and Stan would be there and try to get her daughters, Kelly and Becky to come. Kelly brought her baby son, Mark, and Becky came from Texas. Kelly's husband, Doug, was "out to sea" with the US Navy and unable to make it.
My brother, Bob and his wife, Erdeena, decided they would make reservations and bring Bertha, Erdeena's mother, and try to get their daughter Patty Ann's family to come also. Patty and Steve said OK and brought their kids, Tony, Chris, Molly and Annick.
That's how the "Parsons' Reunion of 1998" came about. Tom's older children, Joyce and Ted decided they would like to come to Colorado for a few days before and after the Reunion, so they flew from Newark, NJ to Denver and we picked them up the Monday before our Wyoming stay and returned them the Tuesday after. Mary and I enjoyed spending some extra time with them.
Flagg Ranch consisted of a lodge with restaurant/gas station/gift shop/grocery store as main building, a horse corral, a laundry building and a small ranger information building.
They had about 100 cabin sleeping units and 100 tent/RV camp sites. Our group stayed in 9 of the cabin units, grouped together at one end of the area.