The "Other" Reunion (40)

The "Brunch" crowd at Wild Bills
The "Dinner" crowd at Potholes Golf Course

G & G's House

Our old house

The "Cougar" in the gym trophy case

The "Coat of Arms" - painted by two guys in my class (40 years ago)

One side of the gym bleachers say WARDEN the other side says COUGS

The center jump circle painted by one of our class

We drove to Warden Friday night and met at the Coral Cafe. We had a good time, lots of food, and a good visit. Mom and I left at 10:30pm and drove down to Asgrow. A guy at the Coral told me Dave Shipley was working the night shift. I walked up through the warehouse (all the smells brought back a lot of memories) and found him in the warehouse office. We had a nice visit and reminisced about old times.

We drove to Moses Lake and stayed in a Motel there. It was very nice. Saturday morning we cruised Moses Lake and then took a round-about way to Warden. I saw a lot of old homesteads where my friends had lived. He had brunch at Wild Bills (not the cleanest place I've ever eaten but the food was good). We drove back to Moses Lake by-way-of another route and saw more places where my friends had lived. We even drove the old drag strip. We rested for several hours and drove back to Warden High School for a tour of the campus. It really is kind of a campus now. It has changed somewhat. The gym looked and smelled exactly the same. Mom kept saying is reminded her of Hoosiers. The floor was beautiful. Then we drove out across O'Sullivan Dam to Potholes State Park. The trees have really grown up and the lawns are beautiful. Then we drove to the golf course pro shop where there is a restaurant. We had a steak dinner out on the patio. It was a nice evening and the weather was great. We visited, got door prizes, took pictures, and then drove back to Moses Lake. Sunday we drove back to Warden and attended church. One of my friends, George Galusha and his daughter (23 years old) asked if they could attend church with us. George's family were very active in the Reorganized LDS Church. They attended sacrament meeting and Sunday school. He said it was quite different than the RLDS. It was nice having them there. His daughter has been attending a singles ward in Eugene, Oregon on her own. We visited with "all" the oldies and had a great time. Cox's, Paynes, Coles, Bucks, Olsens, Cornelsons, Weyands (Dean died about 6 months ago), Lybberts, Whitakers, and on and on. It was great. Erik, Shane Cox just got married a few months ago. He said to say Hi. He looks great and seems to have climbed above the old "Cox" image. He looked and acted very sharp. We left church and drove to the Warden City Park for a linger-longer. There were just a few there. Mr. and Mrs. Underhill (she taught us all typing) stopped by for a visit. They are about the same age as Grandpa. We left and came home. It was a nice reunion and well worth the effort.

That's if for now.

Dad