1959...the last time we were together!

We attended a clam bake yesterday at the home of new friends, Traci and Jeff Sampson. Their daughter Samantha "Sam" takes lessons from Sarah and Sam had ridden my mare last season in the COSCA Shows.

We were invited as a "thank you" for helping get Sam to horse shows with our truck and trailer.

Lovely people, and we had a lovely time. After a few hours of eating and visiting the crowd had started to dissapate, leaving a few of us saying our last "tales" to people we may not know... when something strange happend. Tim was talking with a few men, hunting stories and the like, when he stretched his hand out to a gentleman and said "I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself, I'm Tim Von Duyke". Almost instantly the man responded "I'm Eddy Belkey"! Both men suddently embraced and hugged and jumped around saying "No way"!.

Tim and Eddy had been high school buddies, inseparable with four or five other guys through their high school years. 1959 was the last time they had seen each other.

Can you believe it? Eddy lives in Westlake and was at the clam bake with his daughter, who is engaged to the host's brother.

Not only is it a small world, but it seems to be getting smaller everyday!