Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Magical Memories~
I remember driving across the US one summer, with Mary Ann (Baskerville), not that long after we had graduated from different colleges together. We took a month to visit family, friends, and other educational outposts. We started south, through New Orleans (very educational), then headed across Texas, as we were "California Dreamin'." Dipped our toes into the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, just before visiting Mary Pat (Griffith) Wilhelmi, in So Cal. We drove up the coast to have oxtail soup with Marci (Sun), in San Fran. Headed back east through Colorado. Two events in Colorado I remember vividly: "reviewing the troops" at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, and staying with JoAnn and Danny,who were at the army base near there, who taught us how to make "coached eggs" for breakfast, to allay the "altitude sickness" we were feeling after having partied the previous evening.
Jo and I reconnected in 2018, near L.A., after Danny had passed. We talked and talked, of husbands, family, friends, of being grandparents, of memories we had collected since meeting in class, at SFA, in 1965, and promised we'd see each other again. Maybe we will. Missing you Jo. Love, Jody
