Old Army Buddy on Facebook

It's still amazing to me how fast we can make reconnections (is that a word) on Facebook. One of my best buddies from the Army who lives in California and I are now friends on FB. Fred is the best skier I have ever known, his folks live in Berkeley and trips home with Fred to hang with the family when we had some 4 day weekends were always fun. Northern California coastline, San Fran, Golden Gate and touring Napa valley with Fred and his sister and her friend one weekend. It seems like another lifetime ago. He seems to be running his own business and finished his degree at Stanford (which is something he always mentioned he wanted to do). Check out this picture of us acting cool and all "Jack Kerouac" outside Ben and Jerry's in San Francisco at the corner of Haight and Ashbury.




His mom is Australian and actually worked for the Australian Embassy in SF. Not only did I get a chance to tour the office; but, she gave the best tours of SF ever. What a classy lady. Tricia and I also spent a wonderful evening after I got out the Army with Fred and his family on their ranch drinking Pinot Noir from grapes grown on the ranch and eating lamb, also grown on the ranch. It was a great weekend hanging with Fred and family in the California summer.  It's great to catch up with old friends and see what has happened in the past 10 years or so.  Life moves fast.

See ya!