On the way up to Annapolis for Homecoming at the Academy we stopped off in Fairfax, VA to spend a night with Dick & Saundra Weller - old friends from both VS-28 in Jacksonville and later at TPS in Pax River. Hadn't seen them in probably 15-20 years, but you wouldn't have known it from the ongoing conversations. Seemed as if we picked up a discussion from a few days earlier rather years. Their younger son Geoff was there too, so we got to meet him again - this time as an adult - and spoke with him at length. Appears that he's grown up to be a fine young man, which means he obviously takes more after Saundra than Dick.
Can't tell you how much fun it was to spend a couple of days with them. The gentle teasing that went back and forth had us smiling and laughing for hours - haven't laughed that much in years.
As you can see from the photo they haven't changed too much either. Dick is working for one of the beltway bandits in DC and Saundra is working with a local Medical Facility in the area. Both remain quite busy with their professional lives, although both remain as sweet-natured as we remembered from all those many years ago. Great time!
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