We
visited friends and family along the way home. Wish we could have even squeezed
in longer visits and a few other people, but we hope to return.
Bill’s
cousins (on his Mom’s side), Darcy and Melissa, warmly welcomed us to Albuquerque, New
Mexico. They invited us to park our trailer right in
their driveway and to share in a delicious meal. It was great to spend some
time with them.
Then
in Denver we visited Bill’s cousin (on his Dad’s
side), Shari. It was great to meet her
daughter Becky’s family and connect. They took us out to a cool restaurant in a
former church. We had the choir loft to ourselves.
The
waitress took our order on a tablet. It was the first time we saw a restaurant
that uses Toast - a management platform for
restaurants and the company where our daughter, Kate, now works.
We
only had several days to get from Barbara’s training in Colorado
to a different training in Massachusetts,
but managed to fit in a few more visits.
In
Kansas City we
saw Malcolm and Mary Ann. It’s always great to see these friends that go back
to Bill’s Vanderbilt days.
We
had an ultra quick visit with Bill’s parents and sister in Dayton, but Bill managed to set up their
computer for remote access.
We
were glad to be neighbors (although for less than 24 hours) with our friends
Tom & Karen. They are fulltime RVers who volunteer in the National Parks
often doing living history. Here they are at their home in 2018 period dress.
And
we saw Bill’s brother and wife conveniently in the same town near Columbus where Tom &
Karen were camping. It was a whirlwind trip, but good to catch up with friends
& family.
