Thursday October 4, 2007

 

 

The Old Gang

 

Our trip yesterday was with friends from dating days.  We began getting together several years after everyone married – when someone thought it would be fun to get in touch with those we were no longer seeing on a regular basis. 

For lack of a better name we called ourselves “The Old Gang.”

We probably started meeting in the late ’60s or early ’70s.

 

Even our driver is part of “The Old Gang” – and yes, he is very tall – 6′ 7″.

Yesterday we met at 6:45 a.m. and traveled about four hours by coach (including a coffee break) to the Poconos – where we rode a train to our lunch destination.  

 

 

Our welcome snack at the Visitor’s Center was coffee, iced tea, and apple cake.  Julie (getting coffee) is the person who usually organizes our picnics, trips, etc. 

 

Brother-in-laws, Abe and Marv

 

Marti and Sharon

 

Finishing our cake and coffee

 

It was a beautiful fall morning for a train ride.

 

Our conductor

 

Boarding

 

A few facts about the twenty-plus couples from “The Old Gang.”

Of those who come to our (almost yearly) get-togethers, nobody is divorced and no one has lost a spouse to death.  The oldest person is almost seventy, and the youngest is sixty-one.  Most are married forty-three to forty-six years. 

 

True to most train trips, we saw lots of interesting, old buildings with lots of “character.”

 

Leaves were just beginning to change.

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(to be continued)