Friday night – Remembering Sam

Today is the day we mark Sam’s passing. We miss him so very much. He was such a loving and fun person. He was kind and smart and strong.

We think of him all the time and feel his presence in everything we do. ..
My heart hurts so much tryign to write this.. After so many years you would think it would get easier to tell the sortory,.. but it doesnt.. not for me at least.

IBM sent a plane for us and flew us down to florida. I’m forever grateful for that

We spent the day with Sam as we made the decision that we knew Sam would want, tgat he would donate his organs to save other peopke.

We honored sam as we do most eyars by takign a hike. Sam loved the outdoors. Thats where Ifeel him the most..

Gabe. Mya Diane and I heade to the washington side of the gorge and did the 7.5 mile Cape horn loop. It was a beutiful walkj.. lots of differnt terrains.

As I walked Ithought about Sam doing every day things.. rememebring his voice, his smile.. his strong body..

This is the best way to remember him .

From one part of the trail we couls see multunomah falls on the other side of the river.. We have great picture of Sam there when he was up at High Cascasde.. Must have been 2004 or 2005

We did a red bull toast for Sam. Mya through a samstone towards the river.. you can see it in flight !

We jeard this thundering and realized that tehre was a train tunnel under the mountain. the train peaked out for a short bit

GReat hike.. and a great way to be outside for Sam.

For dinner we went to Korean BBQ.. it was the closest that we could find to Sam’s favorite Mongolian Buffet restaurant in VT

Yum !!!!