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March
1 A farewell dinner with Tony and Tom Billotto... |
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March
1 After dinner we repaired to Bigfoot, where we were joined by Pete... |
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March
2 Visiting with John Outen's grandparents in Indian Trail, just east of Charlotte... |
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March
2 Driving by the old Farmwood home... |
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March
2 Dad and Mom's resting place at Sharon Memorial Park, where the moon was rising in the late afternoon sky... |
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Bill Noonan's band was holding forth at the Comet Grill in Dilworth... |
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A couple of steps into the Comet... to the left, Ray Mitchell on drums... to the right, Randy, Bob Patterson and Pete on the stairway... |  |
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And Bill Noonan on the sunburst Telecaster... |
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Beloved Sister Jan on the left... |
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Brother-n-law Matt on the left... |
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Ray Mitchell, Jan & Matt... |
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Pete, Ray Mitchell, and Matt... |
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A few of the boys stepped out to Bigfoot where I proudly showed off the new Gibson Dove. Bob Patterson couldn't resist trying out a windmill move... |
Say, who's that turkey behind the bar?
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I said farewell to some good friends and retired to Bigfoot for the night. What turned out to be a ten month stay in Charlotte would end the following day and a long cross-country drive to Seattle would begin... |
