A little history, this may be a repeat for some of you. David Lovenheim arrived in Rochester NY at #23 School in fifth grade. Carol and I were in that class. This was  1952.  David and I continued through high school together and on to Brown University. At Brown we met David London and eventually his wife Toby, Pembroke College. I’ll be a bit rude now and use last names to keep things clear. Lovenheim and I have been in sporadic contact ever since. More recently much more continuous as the Lovenheims, Londons and Goldbergs have had a weekly zoom gathering since early in the pandemic. Last year Lovenheim became ill, not with covid 19, and we became anxious to move from virtual to in person at least for a weekend. He is recovering well. His wife, Terry, helped us make this come true. We planned our westward travel to arrive in Charlotte NC and the Londons agreed to travel there from Providence RI and The Lovenheims came in from their temporary home in Myrtle Beach. 

We dined together Sunday, we spent a day in our campsite in McDowell Nature Reserve and a day on a pontoon boat in Lake Norman. We ended that day and said our goodbyes at the Embassy Suites where the Londons had a room.  

Here are some pictures that Toby and I took I’ll add more as I receive them.

It was a great reunion and we hope to see each other again someplace, some time, sooner rather than later.

In the mean time I am in a Goodyear Tire with a slow leak on a tire on the Jeep. We are also waiting for an appointment with a Cummins dealer in Charlotte to find out why the engine has quit on us at speed on the interstate. Losing power steering when the engine quits on the motorhome at 60 mph is frightening. I have spent some time rescheduling everything that was planned for the next two weeks to accommodate the delay which is still unknown until they can connect to the onboard computers for diagnoses, which will happen on Carol’s birthday next Tuesday.

This is enough for one blog.