Last night my sister Susan and I got together with our first cousins and their spouses for a reunion at Conchy Joe's Seafood Restaurant and Bar in Jensen Beach, Florida. We had gotten together with Linda and her husband Rodger this past spring in Colorado Springs after 30 years or so, and then again here in Stuart a few weeks ago, but have not seen Judy and her husband Cal in at least 50 years. Linda and Judy's parents, Elsie and Bill (my mother Mary's brother) lived in Cleveland, and each summer our families would vacation together up in Canada, where Uncle Bill and my father Nelson would play golf for two weeks and the rest of us would do whatever. Eventually, Uncle Bill and Aunt Elsie retired to Stuart, Florida back in 1972, and my parents followed them down there from Chicago several years later. Linda and Rodger and Judy and Cal would vacation there with their kids for several weeks each summer, and now Linda and Rodger spend February and March at the same place, while Judy and Cal spend January through April in Bonita Springs, on the West Coast of Florida. Now that Susan and I have taken back the Stuart condo we inherited from our renters, we were all finally able to get together again. And as far as I can tell, nobody has changed much at all. And nobody even paid me to say that. In the photograph above are, from left to right, Linda, Susan, Judy, Cal, and Rodger. Great to see you all again, guys!
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