October 20, 2010

DoDDS gathering

With several Mannheim retired teachers within a few hours of our place we decided to host a gathering. Our summers turned out to be too busy to schedule a gathering but in October we were pleased to arrange a date that Susie Walker and Roy Harris, Marcia and Ray Reass, Margaret Burkhart and Jane Black were able to come for a couple of fun filled days. During the reunion we ate very well as our guests arrived with lots of delicious treats. As you can imagine we spent lots of time reminiscing as we shared memories of our teaching times in Mannheim, Germany and our adventures since enjoying retirement. The time visiting on the deck during the day was very relaxing as we experienced a rare warm sunny fall day. As dusk arrived so did some pesky mosquitoes, so we moved indoors. Our area has not yet had a frost so mosquitoes are still a problem after the sun starts to go down. According to the locals this year has been much worse than normal because we had such a wet spring.

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