Ah, the Internet.

Rik Hoffman who taught at Sul Ross State University when I was there from 1971-74 (and I’m not sure we’ve spoken since then) sent this photo of me (left and without my beard) and Claude Thormalen (Sul Ross Dean of Students) hiking in the Chisos Mountains of Texas up near Boot Springs. Claude, Rik and I would often go on these kinds of hikes and float the Rio Grande River in rafts as it passed through Big Bend National Park/

Lots of beer and tequila flowed around and through these trips.

Jill and I were invited to the wedding of Ben Thoma, one of my students that has become a good friend.

Here is a photo of the VC classmates who were also attending.

Front row / left to right: Emily Mellor, Jessie Perlin, Ben Thoma, Dee Geraci, Christie McPartlan.

Back row / left to right: Karla Burger, Jillian Cordes, Sarah Salvatoriello, Russell Fraze, Carly Tushingham, Ray Nichols.