This will be a memorable evening. I'm looking forward to seeing many old schoolmates and catching up on times past and present.

"Over the past 20 years or so, since our last big reunion, my wife and I have traveled extensively in Italy. Our collective time there (not including my tours there in the service) is nearly a year. We have a great deal of experience all over Italy having visited over 45 different communes, cities villages and nearly all of the 20 regions. Our love is for South Italy where we have several friends we visit every few years. Primitivo Di Manduria from some of the Puglia region vineyards’ is some of the best red wine in the world. Favorite cities in Italy, wow, too many to give justice to, Italy is the historical and art museum of the western world. We are partial to Salerno, Sorrento, Napoli, Bari, Matera, Polmarico, Alberobello, Lecce, Otranto etc. Of course Roma is wonderful, if you go to Roma stay in Trastervere. Other countries we have visited number only 25, but we hope to do an Around-the-World trip by Space A, mostly military in 2020. Our children are all grown and some have come back to the nest on occasion for short periods and one for just shy of a year with their 2 children, while their new home was under construction. Our merged 7 children are all doing well all are employed and all but one has children of their own. I’m retired as is my wife Suzanne. We have now been married 29 years. In today’s world I think that is pretty awesome. Life has been an adventure for sure as it has for all of us here, I’m sure. I often say, “Life is an Adventure, Travel often and Travel young” don’t wait till your 80 to go overseas and see more of the world. Additionally, my motto is “Every Day is a Holiday and every Meal is a Feast”… as I’m lucky to be alive and still picking flowers.