the thrill of the chase forrest fenn
Forrest and his Mom

Hi Forrest, Since posting the Six Questions(2/4/2017), I’ve heard many are wondering and so am I; ‘What was the incident you remember when you were just one year old? Would you be willing to share this with us all? Thanks ~jenny

Sure Jenny,
My mom had a rub board on which she scrubbed our dirty clothes. It was before we had a washing machine. That work was done in what we called the “wash room,” and it was outside our house by the garage.

There was a small wooden stool in there also. It was about 7” high, and my mom used it sometimes when hanging wet clothes on the line. One time she saw me struggling to get on the stool so she lifted me on it and I giggled.

I remember all of that very distinctively. f

And one more thing:  I know many shared first memories in comments below the Six Questions.  They were an added joy to read.   Please feel free to share here too.  As of now, but I continue to search my memory, one of my first memories is sitting in front of my Dad on the tractor seat between his legs. He would often take me with him when he went to the fields and I would just sit there and ride along as he harrowed or whatnot.  We kept each other company.

Best of luck with the Thrill of the Chase and all that you seek! Treasure the Adventure!


31 Comments

  1. Thank you Jenny and Forrest for this question and answer…. and thank you Jenny for everything you do.. I love your stories… my favorite is about medicine rock. A trip there would be magical in its self..
    Take care… until next time.. see ya my friend

    Focused
  2. Brought back memories of our first washing machine. The kind that you had to feed the clothes through some rollers to squeeze out the excess water. I used to love helping until I got my arm caught up in a sheet and it got pinned between the rollers. No damage to the washing machine, thankfully. Or my arm.

    nmc
  3. I remember when my mom got out the washboard and rollers. Our washing machine broke and she couldn’t wait for the repair man. I was around 5.
    That wasn’t my first memory, but it was the first time I was fascinated by the mechanics of how something works, and my first realization of how people use our brains to make life better.

  4. When I read Mr. Fenn’s answer, I think of the distance man has traveled in his 86 years; from a rub board to a washing that has so many lights on the control panel it looks like a cockpit panel. My mother and daughter bore the same number of children. As did Mr. Fenn’s mother, my mother used a rub board. My daughter has 2 washers and 2 dryers and thinks she could never keep the clothes clean without both sets! Sometimes I wonder! What does the future hold?

    BW
  5. Jenny, thanks for sharing Forrest’s answer with us. And thanks for sharing your memory of riding on the tractor with your dad. It reminded me of a memory of my grandfather (pap). It wasn’t my earliest memory because I was big enough to sit behind him on one of the fenders over the big back wheels. He just said to hang on tight & we would take off down the dirt road along the edge of the field to look for wildlife at the end of the day as dusk was setting in. It’s a great memory. Thanks for reminding me.

    Chase Fan
  6. Well my earliest memory is when we lived on 2nd side street and it had an incline to bottom street. It was a dead end and we lived at the top side and my aunt lived at the top. I was playing with a big ball and it started rolling down the road …. all the relatives were sitting in the front yards and they all started screaming “get her, get her, she’s running to the road”. I remember someone grabbing me and someone chasing the ball and everyone screaming. Later, I lived up street on bottom street when I was in a coma from an overdose of phenobarbitol at 15 mo’s old. So I know I was around a year old when that above remembered ball event happened. I have other memories from living on the 2nd side road when I was around one yr old. Most people do not remember that far back, but some do …..wonder why … one of life’s mysteries.

    Lyzee
  7. BW

    I often think of how far we have come since washboards etc.. One ringy dingy, two ringy dingy (we were one short then two long rings party line) to now with computers and cell phones. From the first tv’s and the first color tv that I had to go to a family friends house to watch “The Flintstones” on ….. the whole family went in the early evening to watch. Playing in the creek while my dad washed the car that we didn’t have until I was 12. Eventually little by little life changed and we had to change with it. Most of it was a change for the good.

    Lyzebella

    Place Safety First

    Lyzee

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