A Chance to Visit

Today I had a chance to visit with friends we worked with in Skagway, AK. After a nice lunch at the local Red Robin, they came up to the house, where we sat outside at the new patio furniture that sits of the extended patio area, surrounded by the plants that adorn the new plant stands, and looked out over the gravel yard that was formerly-just dirt.

It was sort of like a class reunion. It's fun to catch up and hear about mutual friends, what they are doing and where they are headed to work this summer, and where they worked this winter. We are all hard working folks who have retired form "regular" jobs and enjoy shorter term work that take us to different parts of the U.S. What a beautiful country we have, so many wonderful places to be/work/live for a period of time. Sometimes I wish we had stared this life-style sooner....so much to see, how much time?? There is a question to ponder.

Bob and Vivian are headed to New York to work at a big campground in the Adirondacks, an area of the country they have not visited before. I hope this will be a positive experience for them. Bob and Jeanette plan to spend most of the summer in Oregon where two of their kids are. They promise that if we visit, they will take us to Agate Beach, a place I've heard about but never been.

It was good to visit with friends, in our nice back yard and patio.