Saying goodbye - sometimes you don't realize how many good friends you have until it comes time to say goodbye to them. We have been blessed with many good friends both through the hospital where we worked and camping buddies.
This is one of Bill's friends from the Facility Engineering Department (fancy title for maintenance). Bill used to call John "Dad" and John called Bill "Billy Trump". He's a great guy and good friend. Bill enjoyed working with him.
This is MY friend Barb sitting on Bill's lap. Guess she is Bill's friend too!! I met Barb through volunteering in the hospital Gift and Coffee Shop. She is so much fun to work with. I will never forget the time she was making a chocolate milkshake and the cup came off the milkshake machine - chocolate shake ALL OVER! The wall, the mirror, the floor, Barb's hair, etc. etc.. HaHa! What a sweetheart, I will miss her......
This is George and Reveta. Reveta is the Coffee Shop manager and a great friend. I have really enjoyed volunteering for her. She is one of the most caring, loving, giving people I have ever known. I love you, Reveta! George, her husband, would come in every day for lunch. We had to work hard to keep his coffee cup filled! George always had a smile and always had a joke to tell you. If he couldn't make you laugh, no one could.
Some of our favorite customers, Rich, wife Jan (works at the hospital) and Greg. Rich and Greg are mailmen and stopped for lunch almost every day. We always had a maple frosted cinnamon role and coffee ready for Greg. "Hi guys, wish you were here!!"
This is (was) the Thursday and Friday morning crew, Barb K., Viv, our cook, and me. Viv and I always worked the crossword puzzle in the newspaper together. What great fun we had!!
The Praisner's, Gary, Pat, and Troy. Gary worked with Bill, Pat worked at the hospital for awhile, now has her own office and does transcription. Troy, their son, is now taller than both of them. He was just a little tike when we first met about 11-12 years ago. We always spent New Year's Eve together and "pigged out". They had us over for a delicious steak dinner before we left. Thank you, Pat. We'll have to came back to PA for another one someday...
This is Pat's mom, Mabel. She lives with them. Several years ago when Bill's grandmother died at age 101, we gave Mabel a box of quilt squares and material, knowing she like to quilt, This wonderful lady took the squares that Bill's grandmother had made and quilted them into a pillow sham and a beautiful quilt wall hanging and gave them to us for Christmas one year. It brought tears to our eyes. Thanks you, Mabel.
This is a picture of the stream and bridge going to our vet's office. Ceilidh got a lot of shots here. One day I had walked her to the vets. She was having a good old time until we came to the bridge. She stopped dead in her tracks, knowing what was coming! Goodbye, Dr Hopkins. We been friends since the mid 60's and he's treated a lot of our cats and dogs over the years. Thank you for taking care of all my furbabies!
Our camping friends, Nellie and Gerard Bekker, came down from Ontario and we met at the Mill Creek Mall in Erie on Saturday, Nov. 1, a few days before we left. We had a great time visiting, walking around the mall and finally having dinner at the Old Country Buffet. Hopefully we can meet them in Florida in January when they come down. They are so much fun and have become good friends.
I met my good friend, Linda, on Tuesday, Nov 4 for one last visit. We have been friends since 1st grade in a 2 room schoolhouse. We took a walk on the Ernst Trail in Meadville which meanders along French Creek. We sat on a bench here and had one last chat. Later we had lunch before going on to the notary public.
This is one of Bill's friends from the Facility Engineering Department (fancy title for maintenance). Bill used to call John "Dad" and John called Bill "Billy Trump". He's a great guy and good friend. Bill enjoyed working with him.
This is MY friend Barb sitting on Bill's lap. Guess she is Bill's friend too!! I met Barb through volunteering in the hospital Gift and Coffee Shop. She is so much fun to work with. I will never forget the time she was making a chocolate milkshake and the cup came off the milkshake machine - chocolate shake ALL OVER! The wall, the mirror, the floor, Barb's hair, etc. etc.. HaHa! What a sweetheart, I will miss her......
This is George and Reveta. Reveta is the Coffee Shop manager and a great friend. I have really enjoyed volunteering for her. She is one of the most caring, loving, giving people I have ever known. I love you, Reveta! George, her husband, would come in every day for lunch. We had to work hard to keep his coffee cup filled! George always had a smile and always had a joke to tell you. If he couldn't make you laugh, no one could.
Some of our favorite customers, Rich, wife Jan (works at the hospital) and Greg. Rich and Greg are mailmen and stopped for lunch almost every day. We always had a maple frosted cinnamon role and coffee ready for Greg. "Hi guys, wish you were here!!"
This is (was) the Thursday and Friday morning crew, Barb K., Viv, our cook, and me. Viv and I always worked the crossword puzzle in the newspaper together. What great fun we had!!
The Praisner's, Gary, Pat, and Troy. Gary worked with Bill, Pat worked at the hospital for awhile, now has her own office and does transcription. Troy, their son, is now taller than both of them. He was just a little tike when we first met about 11-12 years ago. We always spent New Year's Eve together and "pigged out". They had us over for a delicious steak dinner before we left. Thank you, Pat. We'll have to came back to PA for another one someday...
This is Pat's mom, Mabel. She lives with them. Several years ago when Bill's grandmother died at age 101, we gave Mabel a box of quilt squares and material, knowing she like to quilt, This wonderful lady took the squares that Bill's grandmother had made and quilted them into a pillow sham and a beautiful quilt wall hanging and gave them to us for Christmas one year. It brought tears to our eyes. Thanks you, Mabel.
This is a picture of the stream and bridge going to our vet's office. Ceilidh got a lot of shots here. One day I had walked her to the vets. She was having a good old time until we came to the bridge. She stopped dead in her tracks, knowing what was coming! Goodbye, Dr Hopkins. We been friends since the mid 60's and he's treated a lot of our cats and dogs over the years. Thank you for taking care of all my furbabies!
Our camping friends, Nellie and Gerard Bekker, came down from Ontario and we met at the Mill Creek Mall in Erie on Saturday, Nov. 1, a few days before we left. We had a great time visiting, walking around the mall and finally having dinner at the Old Country Buffet. Hopefully we can meet them in Florida in January when they come down. They are so much fun and have become good friends.
I met my good friend, Linda, on Tuesday, Nov 4 for one last visit. We have been friends since 1st grade in a 2 room schoolhouse. We took a walk on the Ernst Trail in Meadville which meanders along French Creek. We sat on a bench here and had one last chat. Later we had lunch before going on to the notary public.
Linda is married to a farmer and their farm is back a long lane on a dirt road. She seemed to get stuck in the snow a lot, so when we left she became the new owner of our Ford Ranger! What a dear friend she is and I've invited her to Florida to spend some time with us this winter. Hope she comes!!
Finally, the day has arrived, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Hitching up in the early morning light, ready to "hit the road" for good!!
Goodbye friends, goodbye Meadville, goodbye SNOW! See ya all down the road.......
We're ready for whatever lies around the next bend.
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