I'm not usually a "political" person but this message is too good to pass up. I totally agree with everything he is saying and I plan on sending in my "teabags" to my representatives in Congress. I hope you will too!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Wasson High 40th Reunion - Class of 1968
40+ years - it seems impossible. Just yesterday, I was a teenager walking the halls of Roy J. Wasson High School in Colorado Springs. This weekend, I had the opportunity to walk those halls again at our "Fashionably Late But Great -- Our 40th for 68" Reunion. Wow - what a lot of memories were floating in those hallways! It's true, I couldn't remember where my locker was or which classrooms I had been in for sure but everywhere I turned there were memories. Most of them good - great friends, good teachers, and fun times; but also those of the sophomore history class I had to take in my senior year - and the coach who finally gave up and passed me just to get me out of there LOL. To this day every time I drive my car I hear the words of my Driver Ed Teacher, John Alderton, saying "check over your shoulder, check your mirrors at least every 10 seconds, and stop far enough back to be able to see the tires of the cars in front of you!" I got my first speeding ticket on the last day of high school! I don't remember him ever saying anything about speeding.....
Ah yes, those great high school years! Fall football games, standing around the fire at woodsies, cruising between Garth's and J's Drive-In, Manitou Springs, Junior Prom, Senior Prom, my '49 Ford, Sandy's Volkswagen, being "queen" at the speedway .... Ah yes .... and then there were the boys ....
I flew into Denver on Thursday, rented a car, met my girlfriend Sandy, and we drove to Colorado Springs for our 40th high school reunion. We stayed at Clark's Bed & Breakfast (aka my sister's house) on Thursday and Friday night. We spent the day on Friday touring town, spending money in Manitou Springs, and talking about all the good and bad times we had during our "formative" years in school.
On Saturday we switched to the Marriott where our reunion was being held so we wouldn't have to drive far after a night of "wild" partying with our classmates. There we met our good friend Linda Worthey who was joining us for our "jammie" party and wild partying LOL. We started the party in our room - Sandy had filled the sink with ice, where we had wine, malt beverages, and champagne on ice. The ice machine was out on our floor, so we made several trips down one flight for enough to fill the sink LOL. We were joined by Shirley Smith and Lance Newcomer and made our way downstairs to the official party room.
So many familiar and unfamiliar faces. Out of a graduating class of 577, there were approximately 70 classmates and their spouses on hand to celebrate. I must say that most everyone has held up pretty well over the past 40 years and some even looked better than high school! I wish I had Dana Swanson's energy!!!
It was great to see everyone and hear the different versions of what they perceived had happened at various events through the high school years. My, I thought we were all at the same party but to hear the stories I guess we weren't really LOL! Linda, Sandy and I called it a night about 11:30, but we heard the bar didn't shut down until after 2:00 AM. Don't know how they did it!
Sunday some of us met at Wasson and did a self-tour of the school. Not much had changed in 40 years. It was fun to look at the hall of fame for the athletes, the memorials for Gib Funk and Sheryl Snyder, and the cafeteria looked much smaller than I remembered it! From there we moved to the Visitor Center in the Garden of the Gods for lunch. More schmoozing and tall tales, friendships established and renewed, a sudden down pour, and the weekend came to an end all too soon!
I hope you enjoy the photos and I'm looking forward to 2013 for our 45th Reunion.
Ah yes, those great high school years! Fall football games, standing around the fire at woodsies, cruising between Garth's and J's Drive-In, Manitou Springs, Junior Prom, Senior Prom, my '49 Ford, Sandy's Volkswagen, being "queen" at the speedway .... Ah yes .... and then there were the boys ....
I flew into Denver on Thursday, rented a car, met my girlfriend Sandy, and we drove to Colorado Springs for our 40th high school reunion. We stayed at Clark's Bed & Breakfast (aka my sister's house) on Thursday and Friday night. We spent the day on Friday touring town, spending money in Manitou Springs, and talking about all the good and bad times we had during our "formative" years in school.
On Saturday we switched to the Marriott where our reunion was being held so we wouldn't have to drive far after a night of "wild" partying with our classmates. There we met our good friend Linda Worthey who was joining us for our "jammie" party and wild partying LOL. We started the party in our room - Sandy had filled the sink with ice, where we had wine, malt beverages, and champagne on ice. The ice machine was out on our floor, so we made several trips down one flight for enough to fill the sink LOL. We were joined by Shirley Smith and Lance Newcomer and made our way downstairs to the official party room.
So many familiar and unfamiliar faces. Out of a graduating class of 577, there were approximately 70 classmates and their spouses on hand to celebrate. I must say that most everyone has held up pretty well over the past 40 years and some even looked better than high school! I wish I had Dana Swanson's energy!!!
It was great to see everyone and hear the different versions of what they perceived had happened at various events through the high school years. My, I thought we were all at the same party but to hear the stories I guess we weren't really LOL! Linda, Sandy and I called it a night about 11:30, but we heard the bar didn't shut down until after 2:00 AM. Don't know how they did it!
Sunday some of us met at Wasson and did a self-tour of the school. Not much had changed in 40 years. It was fun to look at the hall of fame for the athletes, the memorials for Gib Funk and Sheryl Snyder, and the cafeteria looked much smaller than I remembered it! From there we moved to the Visitor Center in the Garden of the Gods for lunch. More schmoozing and tall tales, friendships established and renewed, a sudden down pour, and the weekend came to an end all too soon!
I hope you enjoy the photos and I'm looking forward to 2013 for our 45th Reunion.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
July 2009 Sun Valley Road Trip
What a fun weekend we had with friends and members of the Idaho Cobra Club.
Dick & Jo, Wayne & Victoria, Steve & Sue, Darren & Traci met at the Perkins on Federal Way for a bite of breakfast before heading out on an adventure to Sun Valley through Stanley and back to Boise. We were joined by Stan Moss, who drove with us for a short ways.
A little five card poker along the way broke up the drive into smaller segments. We made brief stops in Mountain Home, Fairfield, reststop at the junction going to Sun Valley, and then received our last card when we got into Ketchum. Deuces wild - and the high hand was a straight held by Wayne & Victoria.
After check in, we split up and two couples went to see Hemmingway's grave and the other two went to take a nap! LOL. It was a very hot ride going up - in the high 90's in Ketchum. Just trying to justify the "nap." We all met later and went to Chapala's for dinner, then it was back to the hotel for some good conversation and a little imbibing.
We spent the night at the AmericInn in Ketchum. Very nice facility but unfortunately Dick & I had some rowdies next door to us who partied until around 3:00 AM.
Sunday morning we all met in the lobby for breakfast and hit the road, after some mechanical difficulties (see photos), around 10:30 am. It was a beautiful ride to Stanley - hot but at least there were trees to look at! We stopped in Stanley to partake in the Mountain Mama Craft Fair - great ice cream! Darren & Traci left us here as they had to get home so Darren could go to work.
Once we left Stanley we headed for Idaho City to eat lunch at Trudy's Restaurant. It was a very long drive for Dick and I as we had some fuel issues (no we didn't run out of gas) and the car kept cutting out on curves. If you've ever driven that road, you'd know that that's all there is - CURVES! We made it into Idaho City, fixed our problem, ate lunch, and were on our way once more.
The rest of the trip was uneventful (think goodness) and we arrived home safe and sound around 5:30 PM. It was a fun trip and great to get to know these people better. Victoria is a hoot! Steve holds his liquor really well! Wayne is a great mechanic! Sue is a saint for putting up with Steve LOL, and Darren (NOT Eric) and Traci are a sweet couple.
Enjoy the photos....
Dick & Jo, Wayne & Victoria, Steve & Sue, Darren & Traci met at the Perkins on Federal Way for a bite of breakfast before heading out on an adventure to Sun Valley through Stanley and back to Boise. We were joined by Stan Moss, who drove with us for a short ways.
A little five card poker along the way broke up the drive into smaller segments. We made brief stops in Mountain Home, Fairfield, reststop at the junction going to Sun Valley, and then received our last card when we got into Ketchum. Deuces wild - and the high hand was a straight held by Wayne & Victoria.
After check in, we split up and two couples went to see Hemmingway's grave and the other two went to take a nap! LOL. It was a very hot ride going up - in the high 90's in Ketchum. Just trying to justify the "nap." We all met later and went to Chapala's for dinner, then it was back to the hotel for some good conversation and a little imbibing.
We spent the night at the AmericInn in Ketchum. Very nice facility but unfortunately Dick & I had some rowdies next door to us who partied until around 3:00 AM.
Sunday morning we all met in the lobby for breakfast and hit the road, after some mechanical difficulties (see photos), around 10:30 am. It was a beautiful ride to Stanley - hot but at least there were trees to look at! We stopped in Stanley to partake in the Mountain Mama Craft Fair - great ice cream! Darren & Traci left us here as they had to get home so Darren could go to work.
Once we left Stanley we headed for Idaho City to eat lunch at Trudy's Restaurant. It was a very long drive for Dick and I as we had some fuel issues (no we didn't run out of gas) and the car kept cutting out on curves. If you've ever driven that road, you'd know that that's all there is - CURVES! We made it into Idaho City, fixed our problem, ate lunch, and were on our way once more.
The rest of the trip was uneventful (think goodness) and we arrived home safe and sound around 5:30 PM. It was a fun trip and great to get to know these people better. Victoria is a hoot! Steve holds his liquor really well! Wayne is a great mechanic! Sue is a saint for putting up with Steve LOL, and Darren (NOT Eric) and Traci are a sweet couple.
Enjoy the photos....
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Monday, July 6, 2009
WHAT A MOON RISE !!
Goodnight from Nampa, Idaho .....
I just had to share these photos with you. I just stepped out on to our back deck and took these pictures of the moon rising. It looks so surreal ....
HOT WEEKEND!
Whew - we just spent the weekend at Motorfest 2009 here in Boise. We had planned on going to Thunder Hill in California to do some racing but we're still playing catch up from our sojourn and decided to stay home.
It was a great way to spend the 4th of July weekend, with 890+ other car owners and a bizillion motor enthuasists. Saturday it was 101 but cooled down to 90 on Sunday. We displayed our vehicles with the newly formed Idaho Cobra Club. One member, Steve Taylor, earned the sponsor award from A & W with his absolutely gorgeous copper colored Factory Five Cobra.
I really was looking forward to running my Mustang in the Hole Shots but it seems that I have a small bolt or oil plug that worked its way out and into the oil pan, so I don't have the maximum amount of oil pressure that I should have. Back to the shop we go, ho ho....
Hope y'all are having a great summer!
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