[CKF Info] Best Memorial Day Ever

[Duane Strosaker]

Steve H.,

I'm happy to hear your son is coming home safely!

I also had a wonderful Memorial Day, which made up for the canceled Catalina kayak trip this weekend. I was able to drive down and visit my nephew, who just finished infantry school at Camp Pendleton. I had a wonderful time on the base hanging out with him and his buddies, who all quickly took me in like I was one of them. Seeing him and his buddies brought back memories of being in the Army back in the 1980's. In each of his buddies, I could see some of my old buddies, and it's nice to know that camaraderie in the military today is the same as it was then, as I'm sure it was when you were in the Army in the late 1960's too. Before parting with my nephew, I bought each of us a Marine Corp coin, and I told him that I'll keep mine right next to my 82nd Airborne coin.

Duane


--- On Mon, 5/26/08, Steve Holtzman <sh at actglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Steve Holtzman <sh at actglobal.net>
> Subject: [CKF Info] Best Memorial Day Ever
> To: "'CKF'" <info at list.ckf.org>
> Date: Monday, May 26, 2008, 4:21 PM
> Hi everybody,
> 
>  
> 
> This has turned out to be the best Memorial Day ever. As
> you know, I had a
> lot of fun paddling with my wife and some good friends
> yesterday. What I
> didn't mention was that our youngest son had called on
> Saturday and said
> that his team was now in Basra and that all of their gear
> was palletized and
> they were waiting for transportation out of Iraq.
> 
>  
> 
> Today, I received an email from him that they are out and
> in Kuwait waiting
> for transportation back to the US. I was so ecstatic, that
> I spent the rest
> of the day today, cleaning, waxing, and performing some
> maintenance on our
> fleet.
> 
>  
> 
> Mike Davis came by to show me his new gas sipping scooter
> and I realized his
> arms are several inches longer than mine. Well Robin's
> boat has had a
> problem with the rear carry handle for the last 2 years
> that I hadn't fixed
> because I could never reach that last nut. My arms were
> about 2 inches too
> short. Well with Mike and I working together, we managed to
> fix it.
> 
>  
> 
> Now Robin's 8 year old boat looks brand new again, and
> my two year old
> Shadow and 4 year old Capella, look pretty good but
> scratched. What can I
> say, I use my boats a lot and Dumpy likes to jump out and
> try to grab me.
> 
>  
> 
> Anyway, what a wonderful Memorial Day this has been. I hope
> everybody joins
> me in thinking about those men and women who have given
> their lives in
> service to this country - the true meaning of Memorial Day.
> 
>  
> 
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