Skylar and the Duke

My daughter, Skylar, with John Wayne in the summer of 1992 or 1993. Yeah, right! At our local strip mall where we used to go regularly for the best donuts in the world (and I don't mean Krispy Kremes) there was a cardboard cut out picture of John Wayne just standing in front of one of the stores. We asked both kids to pose with him but only Sky would do it. It is remarkable how realistic the picture of the Duke looks next to my little girl.

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