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My good friend Steve from Madison, VA paid us a long anticipated visit this past week and brought along his airplane, a 1946 Globe Swift. Steve and I worked together in Chile and the old USSR back in the 70's. He is on his way to meet up with a group of other Swift owners in Santa Fe. From there they're off to California. -
Naturally, we had to fly over the Out West homestead so here's a photo of our place off of the .JPG)
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right wing-tip:From the bottom-right is the Out West Gallery, my workshop, and the barn. Our house is just up the drive. That bare earth spot out from the barn is where my buddy Boomer is buried.
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While Steve and I always remained in contact we hadn't actually shaken hands for over 30 years. Needless to say it was great to be able to set down and exchange old recollections of some of the troubles and fun we used to get into. Those were experiences I'll always cherish as they are experiences that can never be repeated.
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Good friends are hard to come by so keep the ones you have close cause in your later years they become even more important.
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Have a safe journey Steve!
I had the same expirence this summer with a friend from Hawaii in the late 70s we met on a job working up by the Yukon border. He was a Master Mechanic and I was a dirt broker What a great two weeks we had this summer talking about old jobs and times that we had together. Later John Smith Anchorage Alaska
ReplyDeleteOld friends mever have to keep in touoh on a daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly basis to share the fellowship. Glad you got together with your Buddy over all these years and still had the comaraderie that was there when the frienship was formed. I too have some good friends & great friends (some have passed) who no matter how much time passed between seeing them, we still enjoy each others company. To paraphrase an old GI saying: smoke (keep)'em if you got 'em", and appreciate every one.
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