Thanks so much Patti for the photos – it so so great to have this little memento of how glorious that little bit of time was and how perfect that he had “his” family – rag tag and odd as we all are – we were his family – you and alex, paul, arnie and craig, and the fourth dimension all at the same table… PERFECT and some ice-cream to boot.

He had so much fun on the way up there in the RV (thank god that Brent built those steps) – laughing and joking and ordering up breakfast while we moved down the road “this is perfect, this is perfect” – having Candace and I wait on him – which got him thinking we should all go on a road trip together in the RV – as soon as he got his money which was on it’s way… telling us he was going to get his hands on 10 grand that he was going to invest in a house for us which would have a studio in it and making Brent stop at several places to look them – in case they might be “the” place – we were going to buy together… And when Brent would protest stopping another time… “Well Bart, you never know” Saying what do you think Liam? Candace? Should we think about this one? Well Cheryl, put it on the list. Always the eternal optimist.

Liam had the guitar out and Richard was calling out songs from David Lindley and the Beatles and Neil Young and Liam would sing them for him and he would nod along going “Yeah… Yeah that’s it – you got it”… With his had in the air keeping time. In between saying “Cheryl, Now if you could just let me I would have some more of that coffee and another piece of that chocolate. What kind of cheese is that? St Andres’ – Oh, that’s good isn’t it? Gotta love a continental breakfast. Look at this… Look at that… Oh the lion place is coming up here on the right just past the Dutch place that makes a great breakfast – I took Alex there – I bought Alex something else over here. Patti doesn’t believe in spending money – I do… “etc., etc… But totally totally HAPPY – it makes me thrilled to know he got up there one more time – he loved that country so much. -Cheryl