Heading Towards the End of a Rainbow!

 

I started this post in early February when I screen grabbed the above shot off of Google Street View knowing that sometime in March, I would likely be there in person when I got word. My plan then had always been a sprint to just drive there, retrieve the other boxes and albums of the Kuck family (and descendants) and drive right back. But with spring break a couple weeks away (as I put the finishing touches on this post) and no real destination in mind, the thought of perhaps combining the two and making for a more leisurely drive came to mind.

I wrote the store owner, definitely not pressuring them to be done sorting by then, and telling them that if this timing worked out to let me know. They wrote back saying it would be perfect and so the planning began. As you read this, later this morning I will be at the shop pictured above, located in Florence Colorado, and hopefully retrieving the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in genealogical research. Of particular interest to me is the "hand drawn family tree" that the Store Owner mentioned a couple months ago. 

As some have pointed out, it could end up being a worthless bunch of junk to me. That certainly is a risk and one I would have taken regardless, but now combining it with a week of family fun exploring that part of the world makes it even less of a risk. We have a AirBnB rented a few miles north in Colorado Springs as our home base for the week. 

Stay tuned. My blog shall be silent this week but hopefully I will return next week full of things to say.

Wish me luck.