Hugging Friends and Other New Things
Friends Jamie and Angela came to visit from Humboldt County this week. It has been more than a year since we could hug, or be in close proximity with others, but now that we are fully vaccinated we can hang out with others who are also vaccinated, and this week we had visits from three couples at Samuel P Taylor State Park. On Sunday Steve and Sue and their daughter Catherine were in the Bay Area to visit Sue's 92 year old mother who is just going into Hospice Care. Steve, Sue and Catherine live up in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties and it was good to see them and visit and eat hamburgers around the campfire - and get hugs. On Monday while doing campground check, Don and Tana, colleagues of mine from Nevada County years ago just happened to come camping here and we got to catch up with each other regarding how retirement is going. Tana was my parents' pastor in Grass Valley at the time of their deaths and she and husband Don have now moved from their Grass Valley home to V...