Monday, May 5, 2014

Reminiscing About the Good Ole’ Days


Like many things in life, we had the best of intentions four years ago when we printed photos for Rob’s 60th birthday. We had planned on delivering them, but our plans changed, work intervened and we did not get to visit. The photos went into a box in the closet.

The pictures were of us in the mid and late 1980’s. Everyone looked so young. One of the photos is an early spring bike ride, before the spring thaw. It is how “mud season” in Colorado got its name. Our bike tires had mud caked on them so thick that at times they wouldn’t even roll. The photo shows our clothes, face and skin being caked with mud. After the picture was taken, we went to the car wash to spray ourselves and the bikes. I haven’t taken a shower in one since.

Other photos show us biking in Moab, Utah. We rode the smooth red rocks through the desert country. Camping was an adventure in itself. We nicknamed our favorite spot after a friend of ours who loved it very much—Camp Yarberry. In a rare event, it rained and we watched in awe as water began to pour over the edges of the canyon and splash into pools below. We’ll always remember the waterfalls there.

Today’s gift was to give the framed photos to our friends. These pictures are prized possessions of who we once were colored by who we are now. The reminiscing about the good ole’ days was almost as good as the actual event.

In Giving,
Robin

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