My dad lived in Mill Valley for a while as a small child. My grandfather was in the Army, so they moved around a lot.
In 1985, my family went on a vacation trip to California. San Fransisco was one of the stops and we drove by my dad’s house in Mill Valley. It’s a humble little bungalow probably worth millions today. Back in the 1950s, my grandparents probably paid less than what a cheap used car costs today.
Oh, and both my parents went to college in Bloomington/Normal, IL. When I was in sixth grade, my dad and I took a trip by Amtrak from Austin to Chicago. We passed through Bloomington, but I didn’t get off the train. My dad did because he’s a smoker and Bloomington was a smoke stop. Even as a sixth grader, I had the sense not to smoke and not to stand on a train platform in the freezing cold.
If only someone mentioned that almost two years ago in post #43
Hawkeye: Crabapple Cover, ME - No
Trapper John: Boston, MA - Yes
Henry Blake: Bloomington, IL - Driven through
Frank Burns: Fort Wayne, IN - No
Hotlips: Fort Ord, CA - No
Radar: Ottumwa, IA - No
Sherman Potter: Hannibal, MO - No
BJ Hunnicutt: Mill Valley, CA - No
Charles Winchester: Boston, MA - Yes
Klinger: Toledo, OH - Driven through
Father Mulcahy: Philadelphia, PA - Yes
SSGT Zelmo Zale, Dr. Sidney Freedman: Brooklyn, NY - Yes
My update:
Hawkeye: Crabapple Cover, ME - No
Trapper John: Boston, MA - Yes
Henry Blake: Bloomington, IL - No
Frank Burns: Fort Wayne, IN - No
Hotlips: Fort Ord, CA - No
Radar: Ottumwa, IA - No
Sherman Potter: Hannibal, MO - Yes
BJ Hunnicutt: Mill Valley, CA - No
Charles Winchester: Boston, MA - Yes
Klinger: Toledo, OH - Yes
Father Mulcahy: Philadelphia, PA - Yes
SSGT Zelmo Zale, Dr. Sidney Freedman: Brooklyn, NY - Yes
Nurse Kellye: Honolulu, HI - Yes
Hawkeye: Crabapple Cove, ME - No; never been to Maine at all
Trapper John: Boston, MA - No
Henry Blake: Bloomington, IL - Yes
Frank Burns: Fort Wayne, IN - No, but I’ve been very close many times
Hotlips: Fort Ord, CA - No
Radar: Ottumwa, IA - Yes
Sherman Potter: Hannibal, MO - Yes
BJ Hunnicutt: Mill Valley, CA - No
Charles Winchester: Boston, MA - No
Klinger: Toledo, OH - Yes; almost didn’t make it out
Father Mulcahy: Philadelphia, PA - No
4/11. I suck.
About Crabapple Cove, ME: It should get an honorable mention that there is a Penobscot Bay and Penobscot River in Maine. You will recall Margaret’s fiancé and short-lived husband was Donald Penobscot.
101 goes right through Mill Valley.
When BJ returned from the war, he and Peg moved to Stinson Beach, west of Mill Valley and right on the coast.
Bonus bonus trivia: McLean Stevenson’s mother’s maiden name was McLean. She was descended from the county’s founder. He was given the middle name of McLean, which he used as his first name professionally.
Bonus bonus bonus trivia: his second cousin was 2-time presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson III. He worked on his campaign staff as a young man.