We were driving down 86th Street in Des Moines, IA, yesterday, and noticed that our most memorable McDonald’s is closing! We fondly remembered the day in July, 1985, when we drove all the way from Sioux Center, IA, with our whole family (at the time Kristin was 6, Nicholas was 4 1/2 and Reuben was 3) to big city Des Moines to pick up 2-year-old Kimberly. After meeting Kimberly for the first time as she came off the airplane, and after spending the night in a Best Western Hotel in downtown Des Moines (which was a HUGE adventure for our young family), we went to MCDONALD”S on 86th for breakfast in the morning. This was a BIG DEAL for our family, as we rarely ate out in those days. So needless to say, we were rather saddened by the closing of this McDonald’s, even though the better part of us thinks that ALL McDonald’s should close:)
This is what we saw yesterday
And this is what we remembered from over 22 years ago:)
what a reflective post. i really appreciated the pictures. i am reminded again and again lately about the passage of time and how complicated it is! my mind is having a hard time wrapping around these thoughts
they will probably build a bigger one down the block
that one mcdonalds in wyoming with the saddles for seats was pretty cool.