Tuesday night – Olivier Heads to France

September 6, 2022 johncohn Leave a comment

Today was the last day of us all being together for this trip so we manage to hang out together most of the day. Max and Gabe went to visit Chris and ‘Kim and then we all met for an early sushi dinner at our favorite sushi place in Williston.

Sushi has become a family ritual for us… Yum!

On the way and we ran into our friend Joanne who just retired from work today!… She just happened to have In her car a photo she made for us of a Sam Stone underwater. She’s an amazing photographer… It was so nice to get this gift from her… Especially on her retirement day!

They were quite a few people gathered for Olivier’s sendoff… And it was really fun to hang out and talk to them all. Afterwards we walked uptown to get ice cream… Then went home and hang out with the boys.Quite a nice evening. It’s been a great visit…

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Ps As people come back from burning man I’m getting some additional pictures and I posted them on the dates they were taken. Here are some great pictures of the samstone atop the flamethrower on the fluffy bus. Rebar took them. I really appreciate it

Monday night – retracing

September 5, 2022 johncohn Leave a comment

Today was Labor Day… So it was a bonus day off.… Really nice to hang out with the boys. Everybody slept late so DIane and I took a valiant attempt to locate the car keys I lost yesterday.

we took a fast walk retracing our path up the river .. no luck on Finding the keys… It was nice to be out in the woods with diane in such a pretty place 🙂

We spent the rest of the day hanging out with the boys Max have to go home tomorrow so we enjoyed soaking in Being together. Which included eating one of the lions mane mushrooms that Max found on our hike yesterday … yum !

nite all, nite sam

-me

As the week goes on I’m getting more pictures and videos from burning man friends. Here’s a video of the folks emptying one of the remaining propane tanks. Those are about 10 foot flames

Sunday night – Catamount trail

September 4, 2022 johncohn 1 Comment

Who is a super nice and relaxing day after all the fun of the wedding this weekend. Our big venture out was that Max, Gabe, Diane and I hiked up the catamount trail Visit some of our favorite waterfalls. We spent a couple of hours walking up Honey Hollow Creek… It’s amazing that this is only 2 miles from our house.

our friends CSean and Nell who are also visiting from Portland… It’s nice to have all these people around

I love being all together… I understand why my parents like it Getting together with us

nite all, nite sam

-me

Saturday night – Kevin and Margaret’s wedding !

September 3, 2022 johncohn Leave a comment

Today was the big day! Kevin and Margaret (a.k.a. Marge) we’re getting married. We were so happy to be part of this wedding. Kevin and his family have been super close to us ever since he and Sam met on the school bus in third grade.

Kevin and his family were there for us so much when Sam died… And have been like family to us ever since. Kevin statue died just six weeks ago.

. Joes memory was everywhere in this gathering. . Joe had been so proud of Kevin and loved Margaret.

Even with some sadness mixed in, This was a very fun and light day… It was wonderful to be here with everyone.

It was fun catching up with folks as we gathered and set up for the party

And then… It was time for the wedding. We are gathered down hey Siri the lake… And Kevin’s good friend John stood up to officiate. He did a fabulous job

And just like that they were man and wife.… I wish them a long and healthy and happy life together. I’m a big fan of marriage… It’s worked out very well for us 🙂

Let the party begin.… There was such great food and drink and toast and talk… It was great coming together and it was great remembering those who couldn’t be here with us