[BlueLancer]

"I used to walk three miles to and from school every morning and afternoon. Uphill.......both ways.........."

Funny you should mention that:

When my unit was assigned to Wildflecken during a Brigade 76 deployment rotation, I remember that, when it was raining or snowing, it certainly seemed like I was walking uphill to the shoppette ... and walking uphill again when I walked from the shoppette back to the barracks.

You know the old cartoon images of high, rounded mountains that went to a sharp peak and fell away on both sides? That is exactly how I remember Wildflecken.

[Red Badger]

This was in Birmingham, Alabama, Southside in the late 60’s. Hills everywhere. Up one side and down then up another. I also had an after school paper route. I peddaled my bike loaded with Birmingham News up and down those same hills after school......and on Sunday mornings.............