Yesterday Herb and I spent time outside in the early morning, bundled against the rain, wind and cold as we put things back in place after a night of gusty winds...Then back inside laundry was started, showers taken...I started the spaghetti sauce to simmer, bread was rising, green salad and fruit chilled...Friends were coming for dinner, we had shared many spaghetti dinners.
We met the Gelock's in New Meadows, Idaho where Herb and Jerry both had jobs with the US Forest Service...Fresh out of college they were "green" Foresters ready and eager to learn and move on in this, their chosen career...Jerry and Louan were from Michigan, Herb from New York and I the only native westerner...We had many things in common, married just two years we each had year old girls and soon we added a boy and they another girl...We baby sat for each other, trading kids back and forth...We shared meals (mostly hamburger casseroles or homemade pizza), played cards, the guys hunted and fished together, we became each others adopted family...Herb was the first to transfer...We moved to Utah and a year later the Gelock's moved to Wyoming and added a boy to their family...We kept in touch for the next 10 years, visiting each other homes, until they moved to California and we eventually lost touch...About 3 years ago I did an internet search and found them still in California and retired like us.
Yesterday they arrived at our house after traveling back east, making a big loop, so they could come to Eastern Oregon and share a meal at our house...We spent the afternoon visiting, catching up on each other lives and families since we last saw each other some forty years ago...Now we move a little slower, hair is gray and thinning, wrinkles have appeared, but the voices and the smiles are the same...Sun is shining this morning, breakfast will soon be on the table and we will spend today showing them the sights of our county before they finish their journey back to California...Hugs To All...OWAV:)
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