After reconnecting with a couple of old high school friends on Facebook we agreed to meet face to face one afternoon at McNamara's Pub in Donelson, TN. I brought my laptop PC with a collection of pictures of us in our 20's and a copy of our Senior year annual to trigger old memories.
Mark, aka "Zemo", on the right had just retired and was adjusting well to the concept of not working. His hobby was working on Civil War-era history and he just self-published his third (or is it fourth) book.
Mike, behind us, had not made the leap into retirement yet. He had no compelling ambition or interest outside of his work at NASA to make him leave the ranks of the employed. He did, however, have quite a few questions about fulltime RVing.
We had a couple of pints and some Irish nachos (quite tasty!) before heading to Mark's condo to sip some scotch and continue reminiscing for a few more hours. We will have to plan on another get-together but maybe not wait another 40 years before we do.
Not very many pictures from the '70s have David in them, but every now and then he would set the timer and jump in the photo. This one has Mike (far left), Zemo (yellow coat) and David (far right).
Another timer shot - Mike far left and then David, Zemo is in the window center.
David is behind the camera this time, but Zemo is second from the right and Mike is fourth from the right.
I took over camera duty to capture David in front of Fall Creek Falls.
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