The weekend of August 8, 9 & 10 was Ken’s “multi-year” high school reunion (47 years for him). This was a special reunion hosted by the class of 1958 who invited other classes from past years to attend. Several hundred people accepted, and a good portion of them showed up Friday evening (8th) at the Knights of Columbus hall for the first get together and for pictures of the individual classes. It was a hot humid evening, but still so much fun to see all those folks from the various classes.
This is who was present from Ken’s class of ’61.
Saturday, there was a river/dinner cruise and a sock hop ("senior" prom) later that evening at the high school. On Sunday, after Mass, we attended a pot-luck picnic. As the heat grew and the weekend ebbed, the attendance dwindled, but we still had a great time and got to see several class mates that Ken hadn’t seen since high school, plus many more from classes that were before and behind him. Now, I have my 50th coming up in two years (YIKES, has it really been that long??).
The next week, we had several days of super hot and humid days (triple digits). We didn’t feel like it, but we had work to do around our friend’s place and get things ready to move to storage. All we could manage was a couple hours during the mornings because of the heat and humidity (the hottest we have had all summer). We have about half of the furniture and lots of boxes moved out, but still have sooooo much more to do before we are able to put the property up for sale.
Saturday the 16th, we had a family get together to wish our nephew (Chris) a safe and healthy deployment to Iraq. He is in the Army and will soon be deployed to Camp Anaconda in Bagdad. We truly appreciate what these young men are doing in the service of our country and pray they all remain safe and healthy during this trying time. God Bless Chris and everyone in his unit who are leaving soon!! We love and respect all of you guys!!!
Sunday after Mass, we went to a Geocaching Picnic and had a fantastic time. Ken took his extra geo-coins and was able to trade and sell some of them. Thankfully, it was a cooler day, but the humidity was still high. In fact there were thunder storms coming up from the south and moving over the Cascades which kept the sun behind clouds for most of the day. Thankfully, we didn't get any rain. We were at the picnic until about 4 pm, then got some caching done on the way back to Salem. All in all, it was a fun, but tiring day.
Monday came the rain and much cooler temps. It is supposed to stay cool with scattered showers till the end of this week, but after that the temps will once again rise....hopefully in the 80s and not much higher.
Our next big outing will be when we go to Alaska and hopefully catch those elusive Salmon (grin).
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