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ACTIVITY CALENDAR: July 26 - Aug 01
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Hello --
Yesterday the family and friends of our founding CSC Board member Debbie Worthley gathered in Huntington to celebrate her life. Rev. Larry Detweiler underscored some wonderful advice found in her obituary: "In memory of Debbie and to honor her lifelong passions, plant something beautiful, volunteer in your community, visit with an elder neighbor, and go for long walks. We all have more to do now."
Yours in staying active, Martha
HAPPENING THIS WEEK
All Community Senior Center Programs and Activities for the week of 7/26-8/01
All those participating in CSC in-person activities are required to sign a waiver. It is the same waiver as was used pre-COVID-19. If you signed one then, you will not need to sign again.
The CDC and the State of Vermont no longer require masks to be worn. While no longer mandatory, Vermont is still encouraging unvaccinated people to follow guidelines like masking indoors and going outside to gather with other households. There may be sites used by the CSC that will require masks. That information will be in the description of the activity.
We understand that as things open up, we will all fall somewhere on a continuum of how much risk we’re willing to take. As we venture back into the world, we must all decide for ourselves which steps we’ll take and when we’ll take them.
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Monday, July 26 at 8:30AM-10:30AM PICKLEBALL-HUNTINGTON Outdoor courts beside the Fire House - Huntington Center
New players welcome. Equipment provided. Weather permitting. No charge.
Contact David Cozzens with questions [email protected]
Monday, July 26 at 10:AM-11AM RICHMOND BONE BUILDERS: Richmond Congregational Church-Fellowship Hall, 20 Church Street
All are welcome! Waivers from RSVP and the CSC will be required. Parking is very limited on Church Street. Alternative parking is available across Bridge Street in the Town Center parking lot. No charge.
Please contact leaders Polly Sobel and/or Peggy Curtis if you would like to join or have questions. [email protected]. [email protected]
Monday, July 26 at 11:40PM (note later start time) VIRTUAL MEDITATION GROUP TO JOIN, PLEASE FIND THE LINK IN THE CALENDAR AT THE TOP OF THIS NEWSLETTER.
Discover the many benefits of meditation. Come join us this week, Monday at 11:40, as we experience a fifteen minute "Summer Guided Meditation" that will bring you on a path to a calming stream. Music will help you relax and let you appreciate the moment. For more information, please Contact Jeanne Desilets [email protected].
Monday, July 26 at 2:PM BRIDGE: Richmond Congregational Church Fellowship Hall, 20 Church Street.
Intermediate skills. No charge.
Contact Ike Patch with questions/to join. [email protected]
Tuesday, July 27 at 9:AM HIKING Raven Ridge, Monkton
Kathy Kort will meet you at 9 am at Volunteer's Green in Richmond and we’ll car pool to Raven Ridge on Rotax Rd in Monkton. This is a popular Nature Conservancy trail. Bring water, snack, bug spray, poles, raincoat. We will hike for about 1 and 1/2 hours (2.2 miles) on the moderate loop trail counterclockwise, saving the Adirondack views for near the end. The accessible beginning trail starts with a boardwalk over a bog and and changes to a compacted fine gravel trail. Then the 1.8 mile loop trail diverges from the accessible trail and offers an enjoyable hike through a mixed forest full of boulders and ridges gradually gaining in elevation as we loop around at the top ridge to magnificent views. The Oven (geographic feature) is right off the top of the trail. We then come down the ridge and veer off to the viewing platform at a beaver pond. Any questions email Kathy at [email protected] or call 434-4904 or 578-4567
Tuesday, July 27 at 10:AM RECIPE CLUB Richmond Volunteer's Green Band Shell Jack will serve strawberry shortcake, coffee and tea. If anyone else has a favorite summer dessert they'd like to share, bring it along. There's no such thing as too much dessert. Contact Jack Lazarowski with questions [email protected]
Tuesday, July 27 at 1:PM WALK & TALK Johnnie Brook Road, Richmond
Weather permitting, we'll do this year-round--getting outdoors to walk and talk on flat trails or dirt roads. This will be a restart of Nordic Walking, but also anyone may join with or without walking/nordic poles. It will be at most a one hour walking experience. Bring good footwear, plenty of water and snacks, clothing layers including hat and rain jacket, bug repellent, sunblock, sunglasses, walking poles if desired, camera, binoculars. Meet at 1:PM at Richmond Volunteers Green to carpool to Johnnie Brook Road. No charge.
Questions contact Martha [email protected]
Tuesday, July 27 at 5:PM-7:30PM PICKLEBALL-RICHMOND Camels Hump Middle School Outdoor Basketball Courts
New players welcome. Equipment provided. Weather permitting. No charge.
Contact Bryce Jones with questions [email protected]
Wednesday, July 28 at 10:AM BOLTON COFFEE TIME Bolton Fire House
Park in the back of the lot or to the side. Do not park near the Fire Truck Bays. Please come join the conversation! Hot beverages and pastries provided. You don't have to live in Bolton. All are welcome, no charge!
Questions, contact Jack Lazarowski [email protected]
Wednesday, July 28 at 10:AM RICHMOND BONE BUILDERS: Richmond Congregational Church-Fellowship Hall, 20 Church Street Please see the description under "Monday".
Please contact leaders Polly Sobel and/or Peggy Curtis if you would like to join or have questions. [email protected]. [email protected]
Wednesday, July 28 at 12:15PM-1:PM SWIMMING AT ALISON'S AQUATIC SCHOOL 3103 Huntington Road in Richmond Alison Anand is offering your CSC a special senior session. We may swim from 12:15PM-1:PM every Wednesday and Friday for the rest of the season. Participants are welcome to just relax and/or swim for exercise. Your CSC will cover the cost, so there will be no charge for senior swimmers. Alison will have a recorded message at 434-2311 if you are wondering if the pool is open because of weather. For more information, for questions or to sign up, please contact Martha [email protected]
Wednesday, July 28 at 6:00PM LAWN GAMES--Croquet, Bocce, Cornhole Brown's Court Field, Richmond
Equipment provided. Thank you Judy and Erwin Brace and Sue Roberge for leading these activities. Weather permitting. No charge.
Questions contact [email protected]
Wednesday, July 28 at 6:00PM-8:PM PICKLEBALL-HUNTINGTON Outdoor courts beside the Fire House - Huntington Center
New players welcome. Equipment provided. No charge. Weather permitting.
Contact David Cozzens with questions [email protected]
Thursday, July 29 KAYAKING
Contact Rich Roberge [email protected] or call 434-5604 for information as to time and location. All participants will be asked to sign a waiver, if have not previously done so. All kayakers are required to have PFDs and they are to be worn and fastened at all times. No charge.
Thursday, July 29 at 9:AM-11:AM RICHMOND COFFEE TIME Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Hall, 64 West Main Street, Richmond. (Plenty of parking behind the building)
Hot beverages and pastries provided. You do not have to live in Richmond. All are welcome. No charge!
Please let Kathi know if you have questions [email protected]
Thursday, July 29 at 11:AM-12:30PM STATE OF THE WORLD DISCUSSION GROUP Picnic table behind the Richmond Free Library/Richmond Free Library Community Room.
If weather permits the group will meet outdoors. No charge. If group meets indoors, masks must be worn entering the Library. Questions: Peggy Curtis [email protected] Ian Stokes [email protected]
Thursday, July 29 at 3:PM-5PM MAHJONG 3rd Floor Richmond Town Center
All levels welcome. No charge.
Contact Jan Sibal with questions [email protected]
Thursday, July 29, 5:PM-7:30PM PICKLEBALL-RICHMOND Camels Hump Middle School Outdoor Basketball Courts
New players welcome. Equipment provided. No charge. Weather permitting.
Contact Bryce Jones with questions [email protected]
Friday, July 30, 8:30AM-10:30AM PICKLEBALL-HUNTINGTON Outdoor courts beside the Fire House - Huntington Center
All levels welcome. Equipment provided. Weather permitting. No charge.
Contact David Cozzens with questions [email protected]
Friday, July 30, at 9:45AM VIRTUAL STORY CIRCLE: TO JOIN, PLEASE FIND THE LINK IN THE CALENDAR AT THE TOP OF THIS NEWSLETTER.
Every Friday we share stories about our experiences through a given prompt. Room for more. No charge.
Please let Martha [email protected] know if you have questions.
Friday, July 30, at 12:15PM-1:PM
SWIMMING AT ALISON'S AQUATIC SCHOOL 3103 Huntington Road in Richmond.
(See description under Wednesday!)
Other Community Programs, Activities and Opportunities.
Tuesday, July 27 at 10:AM RUG HOOKING Holy Rosary Parish Hall, Richmond
Richmond Rug Hooking Group will mentor beginners and experienced hookers. Must have own supplies and $2 to help pay for space rental.
Contact [email protected] with interest/questions
Thursday, July 29, 4:PM-5:30PM Nutritious meals for Vermonters Holy Rosary Parish Hall, 64 West Main Street, Richmond Everyone Eats! will restart distributions in Richmond (you do not have to live in Richmond) on Thursday nights starting this week and running through the end of September (most likely, the last distribution will be 9/23). They are planning to distribute meals for a slightly shorter timeframe, between 4:00-5:30 with 150 meals each week. They are encouraging folks to sign-up in advance, but walk-ins are always welcome on a first come, first-served basis. Here is the link to sign up. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdITAQ3s6cvWLDIgk1Eh 7dmTQyLFOxWzHS5UrBeKqUXF8Cj5Q/viewform
Friday, July 30 at 3:PM-6:30PM Visit the Richmond Farmers Market every Friday! Volunteer's Green, Richmond For more information: http://richmondfarmersmarketvt.org/community-food-access/
Limited parking at Volunteer’s Green, overflow at the Richmond Town Center lot. Cash, Cards, EBT, Crop Cash, and Farm to Family coupons accepted
SAVE THE DATE FOR UPCOMING PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES/OPPORTUNITIES
Monday, August 2 at 10:30AM-11:30AM HUNTINGTON BONE BUILDERS Huntington Community Church Annex, Huntington Center
Want to strengthen your bones and avoid osteoporosis?
Bone weakening is a common problem associated with aging. The Bone Builders program is an osteoporosis prevention program developed in 1998. Participants report improvements in daily functioning, strength and endurance. Whether you want to improve or maintain your fitness level, please join our trained leaders. Join us at the Huntington Bone Builders sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30. All equipment is provided. No charge.
For more info, contact Barb at [email protected].
Coming Soon Tuesday and Thursday mornings BOLTON BONE BUILDERS Bolton Fire House
For more info, contact Deb Shelby [email protected]
Wednesday, August 4 at 11AM-12PM August Richmond Grab n Go Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Hall
Registration Donna Lewis, Nutrition Coordinator Phone: 802-434-3155 Email: [email protected]
Must register by July 30
Monday, August 9 at 12:PM-1PM A Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park Working Woodlands Workshop
Vermont’s First Tree Farm: A Forest of Recognized Importance (FORI) The forest at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park holds the special distinction of being Vermont’s first tree farm and is a newly designated Forest of Recognized Importance (FORI), the only of its kind in the state. What is a Tree Farm? What makes a forest “important”? If you find yourself wondering these things, you’ll want to join us for this special webinar on August 9 Noon-1pm and hear from a distinguished panel of experts, including our very own Deputy Superintendent Christina Marts and Kathleen Wanner, executive director of the Vermont Woodlands Association.
Here is the link to register https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02 TQfMvQApUlFn7O8J7igRBpJCgOnqTHbhURTVHSFZBUjBCNlAyTENVSD NQMlRHU0VLUy4u
Friday, August 13 and 30 at 3:PM-6:30PM Your Community Senior Center will be at the Richmond Farmers Market on August 13 and August 20. Stop by the booth for a chance to win door prizes, play some games, talk to the activity leaders, see some of the beautiful projects our needle arts group have completed and lots more!
"Richmond Terrace Singalong: Hurrah! It looks as if we can start up again in late September, so here's a shout-out to any and all (do not have to be Richmond Terrace residents, but that's where we've been meeting) who enjoy singing. We'll have more specific dates to share as the summer goes along, but wanted to let people know who have been wondering if we'd get going again. We meet every other Thursday A.M. from 10:30 to 11:45 or so. The only requirement is for everyone to be vaccinated. We're excited to see old friends again and to welcome any new ones. Stay tuned!"-- Richmond Singalong Committee
Contact Carol Adams with your questions and interest. [email protected]
REVIEW OF PREVIOUS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMS
Pickleball is played in Huntington on Monday mornings, Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings. Here are some action photos. Thank you Barrett Grimm for sharing.
Richmond Bone Builders on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Last Tuesday, three hardy women--Kathy Kort, Deborah Stone and myself took to the fields and woods at the Huntington Town Forest. We arrived at our destination at the top of the hill. On our way back, the rain returned and we arrived back at the cars not so dry as when we started.--Carlene Squires
Here’s a photo I snapped of our lovely French lunch at Joan’s house Tuesday. These ladies truly are a highlight of my life! I’ll look forward to seeing everyone again on August 11th at 2:30 in the Town Center.--Cathy Plas
If it is not too hot, it is too rainy. Weather has not been cooperating when we have scheduled hikes and walks. Here are some photos from our first Walk and Talk experience. Just two of us made it to Mills Riverside Park on Tuesday, but we had a lot to see and talk about. Thank you Karl Riemer for the great company and conversation--Martha Nye
Kayaking on the LaPlatte River. Thank you John Hamerslough
Andrea Joseph and Andy Squires at Richmond Coffee Time on Thursday.
OTHER WAYS WE HAVE BEEN STAYING ACTIVE-- OR CAN... Please send photos of what you are up to. We do love seeing and hearing from you!
As we continue our quest to visit all of Vermont's 251 towns and gores we hike, bike or engage in some recreational activity in each town. We have visited General Stores, State Parks, Historic buildings and sites, town forests and town hiking trails on public or private land, Nature Conservancy preserves, and have gone swimming in many lakes or ponds. We have never felt unwelcome and have come to appreciate all that makes Vermont a great place to live and explore. Our trip to Strafford provided us with a day full of discoveries. I have attached a few photos from that day.--Fran and Dave Thomas
We still might not know how Peter Curtis turns photographs into these beautiful works of art, but through careful stalking, we found out how he cuts the grass.
Jeanne is the only person I know who has hundreds of flowers and will take the time and effort to mow around a single flower that seeds itself in the middle of the lawn.--Ray Desilets
Some photos of Jane Vossler's beautiful gardens.
We were camping in a friend’s yard over the 4th of July & this romantic song came to me for them and for anyone who wonders if “we’ll meet again.” Hope you are enjoying your summer.--Dawn Decker https://youtu.be/exfhCl8fbmk
We had a lot of rain this week. In a normal year the streams would be very high and muddy. This year the water table was low enough to accommodate the influx of water. The water level came up for a short time and started receding hours after the rain stopped. As you know Saturday was a beautiful day. A trip up the Dugway road told me that there were a lot of folks enjoying the water. I noticed that the new parking areas were also quite full. I have a garden at work. I planted indoors and transplanted around Memorial day. Many of my plants died due to lack of water even though I watered daily during the week. By the end of June they were growing. When the rains started the plants exploded. I picked a couple zucchini squashes on Friday. I expect I will have at least one tomorrow. My tomatoes are on the verge of producing. I hope we all enjoy summer. it is slipping away. It is darker each morning when I get out of bed. Stay well, Bob Lajoie
It was wonderful to see Linda Harmon back in Huntington, if only for a few days.
FOUND ON THE WEB
Do you have some sites of interest that you think we would like to know about? Please send the link if you do to [email protected] and we will share them here.
Staying Sharp is a program that shows you how to incorporate the six pillars of brain health into your daily life. The pillars follow guidance from the Global Council on Brain Health whose goal is to provide simple steps people can take every day to learn about their brains and live life to the fullest. https://stayingsharp.aarp.org/?referrer=https://stayingsharp.aa rp.org/authenticated/
From the Vermont Historical Society
Collections Video: Daniel Pierce and Eunice Robinson Thompson Portrait Today's video highlights Daniel Pierce Thompson, a Vermont author, historian, and one of the founders of the Vermont Historical Society. Collections Manager Teresa Greene explores this portrait of him with his wife, Eunice, painted shortly after their marriage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br85IsbNUxc
GARDENING TIPS If you have questions or would like to submit your own tips and/or photos, please submit to Martha [email protected]
Here’s everything you need to know to get rid of slugs naturally. Have you ever gone out to the garden and come across a slug on your plants? Does anyone else hate these slimy things as much as I do? By Ellen Christian https://confessionsofanover-workedmom.com/can-slugs- drown/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campai gn=tailwind_smartloop&utm_content=smartloop&utm_term=55112 720
NATURE QUIZ
Here Are The Answers to Last Week's Quiz
Photos by Britt Nielsen taken in Vermont
Do you know what they are?
1? Eastern Rat Snake
2? Pickerel Frog
3? Jackson's Slender Caesar - Amanita jacksonii
Here Is This Week's Quiz Photos by Louanne Nielsen Name these local species
2? 1? Name this duck A “twofer” Name this plant and bird
3? 4? Name this plant Name this plant
MYSTERY PHOTOS
LAST WEEK'S MYSTERY OBJECT I am at Mom's in Ohio. She says this item below is from her Grandmother's farm. I know what it is and how it was used. Do you?-- Jeanne Agner No one was able to identified this item. It was used to scrape the butter out of the churn and mold it into balls.
Ray Desilets has shared a number of items that he got from his in- laws' farm. Here are two. If you think you know what Laurette and Ben LeClaire used these items for on their Hinesburg Farm, please email [email protected] with your answer.
LOCAL VOICES Stories/Articles/Poems written by you! Please consider contributing. In this way we can all get to know our community better. Please send me your thoughts! [email protected]
OH, WHAT A TIME IT WAS by Cristine Hammer
“A long way from my home, yeah, yeah. Sing freedom.”
RICHIE HAVENS During the summer of ’69, I was 20 years old, had just finished my sophomore year in college, and was working at a country club in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was a summer job waiting tables in the dining room at night and flipping burgers at the snack bar by the pool during the day. It was my first summer job away from home and my first serious attempt to become independent.
“I can't seem to get where I want to be. Maybe it's my own foot that keeps tripping me.”
ARLO GUTHRIE We had Mondays off—the only day the club was closed—so the summer staff used to hang out together. We were all college students and most of us were civil rights and anti-war activists. The guys worked at the tennis courts, the golf course, and in the kitchen and all the women waited tables in the dining room. Two of the guys and I did double duty also working the poolside snack bar during the afternoons. On those Mondays off, we often played golf or tennis together and enjoyed our access to the entire club, including the pool and the bar.
“Oh, hello Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason, for the thought that I caught that
my head is the event of the season.”
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG One Monday early in the summer, while we sat around the bar after playing a round of golf at the closed club, we started talking about music, one of our favorite topics. It was the 60s after all—sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll. The Filmore East was just over the New York state line and was a great place to catch well-known groups and, with a drinking age of 18, a place we all liked to go. At some point, someone suggested, “Hey, let’s go to the Newport Jazz Festival. It would be so cool if we go as a group.” The idea of an entire weekend of music was super exciting and the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island was the place to hear “cool” music. There had been some rioting at the festival the year before, but we were eager to go anyway. It was our grand plan for that summer.
“The simple story of a younger life, happy dreams and somehow through the day, we haven’t come so far to lose our way.”
MOUNTAIN A few weeks later, a billboard popped up along the Connecticut Turnpike promoting “3 Days of Peace & Music.” I saw it every day as I commuted from my apartment in Stamford, Connecticut to work in Greenwich, but I wasn’t the only one. “Hey, there’s another music festival that looks really cool and it’s closer than Newport,” someone said, and it didn’t take long to change our plans. With the promise of peace, crafts, art, and music, we decided to go to the Woodstock festival instead of Newport. The following Monday we headed down to New York City to buy our tickets. I could only afford to buy tickets for the first 2 days—a whopping total of $14!
“This is my generation, this is my generation, baby.”
THE WHO Our group consisted of me, the only woman, and six guys— Giuseppe, the salad chef and a foreign exchange student from Italy; Stevie, the sous chef and also a foreign exchange student from Japan; Kevin, the assistant tennis pro; Mark, the assistant golf pro; Tom, the assistant bartender; and the dishwasher Stephen, nicknamed Lambchops because of his enormous, mutton-chop sideburns. My best friends that summer were Stevie and Lambchops, two guys I had known before the summer and who always had a steady supply of grass, although that’s not why they were my good friends. Giuseppe was dark and brooding and with his Italian accent very exotic. Giuseppe and I had a love/hate relationship which belied an attraction to each other. Tom taught me to drive standard shift, taking me out in his Volkswagen beetle to practice during our hour off each afternoon. Kevin had told the others behind my back that we were an item, but that was not true. I think there were a lot of raging hormones, but at the time, I thought we were all just friends.
“Here it is, it’s summertime, still I haven’t felt my sigh.”
BERT SOMMER Working 10 to 12 hours a day and 6 days a week waiting tables for rich people was exhausting work. Being rude, demanding, and arrogant appeared to be the unifying characteristics of pretty much every country club member. These were the nouveau riche, who seemed to have an unending need to prove their superiority by ordering us around. The maître d,’ my boss, was German, spoke with a heavy accent, never smiled, and was always impeccably dressed in a gray suit, starched white shirt, and pale blue tie. His shoes were polished to a high sheen and never scuffed. His stiffly oiled hair matched the shine of his shoes. I had never met anyone who stood as rigidly straight as Hans did and at 6’ 5” he was an imposing figure. None of us knew much about Hans so we made up our own stories. Because of his strict and stiff demeanor, we rumored that he had been a Nazi during the war but had escaped the trials and made his way to the US via Canada. He worked us hard and we took our passive- aggressive revenge by doing the Nazi salute behind his back every chance we could.
“This moment is different from any before it.”
THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND Focused on our plans for the festival, however, made that summer bearable. We all asked our respective bosses for time off. I know Hans didn’t want to give me permission, but I was the only waitress who could carry out 8 dinners at a time and he needed me for large parties. I had some power and I used it to get the 4 days off. It wasn’t until the concert weekend in August that the club manager realized so many of us had taken off the same weekend. Almost the entire summer crew was gone.
“I get by with a little help from my friends, I get high with a little help from my friends, gonna try with the help of my friends.”
JOE COCKER For weeks we prepared and planned. We gathered what we thought we’d need—a tent, a hibachi, and sleeping bags. We “borrowed” the flag from the 7th green to have something to mark our spot during the concert. We planned to “liberate” a box of frozen hamburgers, a box of frozen hot dogs, and bags of frozen rolls from the snack bar freezer. And, we bought 8 bottles of cheap wine, Boone’s Farm and Ripple, to tide us over. I can’t remember how much grass and other mind- altering substances we packed away, but it was plenty.
“I'm goin' to some place, I've never been before, I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine, we can jump in the water, stay drunk all the time.”
CANNED HEAT On the morning of Thursday August 14th, the day before the start of the concert, three guys from the group headed to Woodstock to find a spot to put up the tent. The rest of us worked the full day. All day we heard news bulletins on the radio about more and more cars heading to Woodstock. It sounded like thousands of people were headed “up the country” and there were reports that the New York Thruway might be closed. Around 7:30 that night, the remaining four of us, hopped into Tom’s VW beetle with the frozen hamburgers, hot dogs, and rolls and drove off. When we got off the highway, the two-way road had become one-way and traffic slowed until it was barely moving. All we could see up ahead was an endless line of red taillights. Crowds of people walked along the road. “How are we going to find the guys?” I asked. “Stand up,” Lambchops suggested. “Look out through the sunroof and tell us what you can see up ahead.” With so many people and so many cars, I had no idea how we were going to find our advance group with the tent, wine, and weed. With all our planning, we had not planned for this mass of people.
“Did you find the directing sign on the straight and narrow highway. Would you mind a reflecting sign, just let it shine within your mind and show you the colors that are real.”
BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS As we drove along slowly, I suddenly saw a flag with the number 7 on it! “I see them!” I yelled. I spotted the guys carrying the flag from the 7th green walking along the side of the road. I shouted out and they ran over and jumped onto the running boards. It was only years later that I realized how astounding it was that in a crowd of 500,000 people, we actually found each other. Because the advance guys had had the entire day to scout around, they knew a side road, which took us directly to our campsite tucked away in the woods right by the pond.
“Lots of people, that I've got to see. That's how I know this good life was meant for me.”