Old Friends = Good Times

This evening was a VERY special time as we met up with Judy and Tim, friends that date back to our pre-Spokane days. (I can remember staying at their house when I first went to work for WSU Spokane, before we bought our house and Forry moved up from the ranch.)

Judy and Tim have bought an Airstream trailer and have been spending their first winter post Tim's (Judy retired a year earlier) retirement from teaching, traveling through the western states. They spent the holiday season in Kansas with Judy's family and then headed to the Southwest via Texas.

We had hoped to spend some time with the two of them exploring some of the sights around Phoenix, but Tim's sister passed away this past week, so they will be leaving their Airstream in Palm Springs and flying back to the Northwest for the services.

But, we had a lovely time with them at dinner this evening. We met them at Rancho del Tia Rosa, one of our favorite gourmet Mexican restaurants and talked dinner and the evening away. We got caught up on the lives of their blended family, Angela, Steve, Leticia and Biz as well as their grandkids and did an equal amount of bragging about ours.

We ended our evening with their promise to come back to Phoenix next winter and spend some extended time. In the meantime, we'll look forward to seeing them when we all get back to Spokane this spring.