Drove 550 miles in a little over 8 hours, despite road work all along I-90. Still, I arrived at Bob and Meme Schultz’s place local time a little after 6pm. We did some catching up over a couple of beers, then had a delightful dinner of poached salmon, spinach and arugula salad, and bread, with wine. Sat up talking until well after 11, then hit the sack. It’s been 30+ years since I I last saw Meme, so it was good to catch up with them both.
Bob is semi-retired: working about a day a week, but having shed most of his developmental responsibilities. Meme too is semi-retired, after a career raising flowers for both the fresh and dried markets. During our chat after dinner, Bob mentioned that the fridge that Jane and I gave him when he moved to Montana was still working, and in fact, was where the beer he served came from. The next morning, I got this snap of it that I will post when I figure out how to do that. I pointed out to Bob that when we gave him that fridge, it didn’t work; he had to install a new controller before it could be used.
The next morning both showed me around the place: greenhouse, shop, man cave, flowers still going strong, and equipment. Quite impressive. Wonderful to see them and sorry to leave so soon.
From here I head to Billings.