tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post7163117622488381264..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: My first Mt. Vernon HalloweenGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-37581346475744417032008-11-03T21:58:00.000-07:002008-11-03T21:58:00.000-07:00melanie -- I suspect that all parents (or most) fa...melanie -- I suspect that all parents (or most) fall into that category; I'm sure that mine did! As I recall, down in Florida, we usually had a Halloween carnival at school for festivities.<BR/><BR/>dagny -- I didn't have any, either. So I'm pigging out on Hershey miniatures. Definitely not good for me!Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-43416935707110456212008-11-03T16:09:00.000-07:002008-11-03T16:09:00.000-07:00Very nice collection of photos. We stayed home and...Very nice collection of photos. We stayed home and had no trick or treaters come by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-41545353824993866902008-11-03T12:56:00.000-07:002008-11-03T12:56:00.000-07:00My crowd-hating parents were wheedled into taking ...My crowd-hating parents were wheedled into taking my sister and me to Mt. Vernon only once; I think it was about 1975. One night of idling in traffic for an hour or two was all it took for them to forswear ever doing it again.<BR/><BR/>I think it was such an attraction because so many Prescott neighborhoods at the time had the bad combination of no sidewalks, no streetlights, mean dogs, and people who didn't celebrate Halloween. Mt. Vernon seemed more promising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-38482598764427350192008-11-03T10:53:00.000-07:002008-11-03T10:53:00.000-07:00Yeppers.Yeppers.TomboCheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076931481931258301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-40619393831819942232008-11-03T10:52:00.000-07:002008-11-03T10:52:00.000-07:00tombo -- so that pegs the tradition at at least 20...tombo -- so that pegs the tradition at at least 20 years, right?Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-71760879394037559652008-11-03T09:12:00.000-07:002008-11-03T09:12:00.000-07:00I remember spending halloween on Mt. Vernon as a k...I remember spending halloween on Mt. Vernon as a kid, though it wasn't city-sponsored then, and you had to contend with the cars. :)TomboCheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076931481931258301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-31820681564564310302008-11-02T17:42:00.000-07:002008-11-02T17:42:00.000-07:00anon av -- it was closed from Sheldon to Carlton; ...anon av -- it was closed from Sheldon to Carlton; at Carlton, it was possible to take a right onto Mt. Vernon & thence to the Senator. But I think you had to be in on the secret to be aware of that fact. Or ask a policeman -- there were lots of them out and about for Halloween.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-43858182156731145092008-11-02T17:35:00.000-07:002008-11-02T17:35:00.000-07:00The Mt. Vernon district is so cool!But, yea, with ...The Mt. Vernon district is so cool!<BR/><BR/>But, yea, with Senator Highway, how did they redirect traffic?<BR/><BR/>~Anon in AV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-47265479244011672892008-11-02T13:07:00.000-07:002008-11-02T13:07:00.000-07:00My younger brother and I did it for a few years. ...My younger brother and I did it for a few years. Lots of houses in the area, so there was always a good haul of candy and fruit. Apples and oranges. There were enough kids so that you could hit the same houses a few times and they wouldn't notice (grin). I guess that was an advantage to living in a crowded city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-86000081291144055062008-11-02T12:13:00.000-07:002008-11-02T12:13:00.000-07:00cat-A -- thanks for the thought & for the link...cat-A -- thanks for the thought & for the link, also.<BR/><BR/>steve -- so did you go trick-or-treating out in Calif.? It wasn't invented when I was a kid. Halloween pranks were common -- TPing a tree or a car, for instance; and the rare one -- dismantling an old car and re-erecting it on a church roof. I was born too late for the classic of tipping over the outhouse.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-85514838630540498482008-11-02T01:32:00.000-07:002008-11-02T01:32:00.000-07:00Super photos. Reminds me of the crowds when I was...Super photos. Reminds me of the crowds when I was a lad in Oakland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-46396042692804430532008-11-01T21:59:00.000-07:002008-11-01T21:59:00.000-07:00Good job, GJ.Good job, GJ.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.com