He did trust me to do almost all preparations for our nine day backpacking trip, though.He did trust me to do almost all preparations for our nine day backpacking trip, though. The company, he said, needed yet another draft of his proposal to spin off some divisions. Bill and Barbara, whom we hadn't seen in four years, wanted us to arrive the night before so we could get reacquainted, rest a little, and go through our gear together. Thanks to some very determined driving by Paul, we did get to the trailhead by 7:30 in the morning. When Paul and I moved away from Barbara four years ago, Bill was only one among several of Barbara's boyfriends. They got married a year later. |