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The trailer that we had at the Cloverleaf trailer court (which seems to have been swapped with the one brought back from Michigan) was then moved to the farmyard of Grandpa and Grandma Hibbard (Jesse and Edna). I don't know when we moved in. Its back end was somewhat pointed toward the machine shed (but almost parallel to it, and somewhat overlapping), and the front end was somewhat pointed toward the barn, based on my memory and photos that I have seen. I am guessing that water and electrical lines were buried from the milk house (or the electrical from the nearby garage).
The trailer had a back bedroom in which there was a three-tiered bunkbed: Keith on top, Ken in the middle, and Lou and I shared the bottom bed. Sometimes our heads were at the same end, but sometimes we went head-to-feet (perhaps when it was warmer?). I vaguely recall that the bathroom was next. The other bedroom was for Mom and Dad. Becky was put in their bedroom to go to sleep, and then she was moved out to the couch when my parents were ready for bed. Later, in the last 9 months or so of using the trailer, Bruce also slept with Mom and Dad, but perhaps not there while Becky was trying to get to sleep. There was a kitchen at the front of the trailer, then a dining area, and then a living room area. By the kitchen there was a door, which later had a porch built around it to protect the western exposure.
See the story Life in Our Trailer Home for more details. Another story based on this trailer, First Call Answered, only addresses the trailer tangentially.
Q: Can anyone confirm the following? I am not sure where the sewage went, but I vaguely recall it going toward the sheep shed. Thoughts? I think Ken confirmed this, but not sure now.
Published 2026-07-20.
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