A fun page has sprung up on facebook, completing this phrase.
It has over 400 posts and growing, below is a sample of the memories.
Photo by Earl McKee “Blossom Peak” from Bar-O-Ranch
You know you are from Three Rivers when…
…you got a wave from Grandma Vines when you drove by and if you stopped you could get fresh eggs…and when you try something on at the Thingere and when you look in the mirror you realize you donated it…Sage Lee
…speaking of the Carnival earlier, who remembers the steam engine coming out of the wall on one of the original old school buildings that was painted by Bill Jones? It remained there until the buildings were torn down…sniff, sniff, sob…Don Stivers
…you spend a small fortune to feed and keep the wild life in your yard…..when you spend a small fortune to keep the wild life out of your garden…Maria Partin
…a Christmas Eve memory involves tying fishing line to Santa’s arm and making him wave to cars going by (almost caused Mike Scott to crash…again!)…Jay O’Connell
…when you can ride your horse to the Three Rivers Market bareback, barefoot, and in a swimsuit…Megan Thorn
….You knew all the names of the plants and wild flowers before you knew your ABCs…Lindsay Boley Hendrix
…the Valley Oak Credit Union was in Gene and Marian Gray’s office at their house…Bob and I had just gotten married….had no credit at all…..found a car we wanted….drove it to the office….Gene came out and looked at the car….said it looked good to him…..we signed a 1 PAGE contract….he cut us a check on the spot! …Kathy Johnson
…you tell someone you live in front of the rock house on Old Three Rivers Road…Kathryn Frey Ramsey
…you only have 13 kids in your eighth grade graduation class…Michael Scott
…when every girl in the 8th grade was a cheer leader…Sandy Wilson Myers
…when your dad not only gave hitch-hikers a lift, but actually brought them home to set up camp in the pasture…and you can walk 2 1/2 miles barefoot on hot pavement to get to the hot rocks that lead to your favourite swimming hole, and hardly flinch. (Feet of steel, thanks Three Rivers!)…Deirdre Ohlwein Wolfgang
…I addressed a postcard with “Grandma and Grandpa, Three Rivers” and it was delivered to them!…and the local artists were Henrietta Siodmak, Eleanor Marshal, Jean Caulfeild, Frank Treuting, Jeri Crosby, Lorraine Young, Rosemary Packard, Carroll Barnes, Red Whitson, Lidabelle Wylie… and the weavers were at the Loom Room…Sarah Barton Elliott
…A Farkle Burger and a Beer with an olive in it…. Sounds good…and the Post Office was next to the Three Rivers Market and there was only one Mail Lady for the whole town…. Lora… Loved her. She was my hero and my inspiration…Lori Bauman
…[you got a] short stack at the Nosiy Water Cafe for 99 cents…I miss that place, home of the humming bird…Esther Garcia
….you know there’s a difference between the largest living thing and the tallest living thing…Jay Emerson
…you are driving into Three Rivers and you are not driving around the lake but along the river where the lake bed is now…Elsah Cort
….when you get a week off of school each year just because you can’t cross a flooded bridge…Stephanie Noel Qullen
…Harold Kluck [rode] his pony cart down North Fork to town !!!!! There wasn’t much traffic then !!! …Judy Onstot Will
…when walking up the slide at slicky was as much fun as going down it & when riding the rapids on the Kaweah without a raft was second nature…Alyssum Root
…when you miss being there!!! And ALL your FRIENDS!! …Deonna Gardner
