I have so many stories and memories of my friend Tom. We met in ENSP in 1976! Here is one funny story. We set out on a camping trip in my little old VW bug with almost no money between us. I think we were in the Mt. Shasta area and ran into unexpected snow - more like a blizzard actually. (We had actually planned to camp!) That was the time my windshield wipers decided to give out. So I can remember Tom reaching out the window in the freezing air, trying to wipe the mounds of snow away as I slowly crept along the road trying to find a place to stop. Of course it was Sunday so any car repair places in the small town were closed. So we scraped together our pennies, found a cheap motel, pulled out my idiots guide to VW repair and I remember a greasy mess spread out on newspapers on the motel room floor. I DON'T recall whether we fixed it or not! But I think I remember we found enough change in our pockets to share a plate of spaghetti.
Sometime after that, Tom presented me with a birthday card from the "windshield viper"! It was a real card with a real viper (cut-out)! I laughed so hard. I might even still have it - I have to look.
This is from a birthday party in my backyard - 1982 or 1983. Ginny Doyle on the far right.
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