Patricia Darby deHilster - - a Cousin Passes

Copyright 2017, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

Recently Man and I learned of the passing of the wife of a cousin.  Pat was a dear lady, always fondly spoken of.

Here, in a photo taken in 2004 when Man and I visted them in Huntsville Alabama. Shortly they would move to California to join their son and recently, they moved cross country once again to Florida.

Their son, David has written some beautiful memorials to Pat.  Please read and learn about this special lady, at Patricia de Hilster - Patron of Science and Goodbye Mom.

Peace Pat, peace - - - 

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And, Then, There Were Two

Copyright 2016, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

There were 4 of us, first cousins.  

Here we all are with our grandmother, Minnie.  In the back is yours truly on the left and cousin R, on the right.  In the front, left, with his finger in his mouth, is my brother Don and front and center, our cousin L.  R & L were siblings, Don and I the other set of siblings.

Don passed in 2014 and last week we received news that cousin L had passed.

And, then, there were two.

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A Genie Meetup And A California Geocache

Copyright 2013, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

This is the fun part of traveling with Jolly, Tana, and Man.  Now and then we get to have meetups with other RVers and genie researchers.  This time it was another Lashbrook researcher, C and her hubs M.  They drove about 45 minutes to have lunch with us.  They are a totally delightful couple, he has a special twinkle in his eye and she is one of the most enthusiastic researchers I have ever met.  Man and C are distant cousins.  In fact, the way I figure it, they are 4th cousins, once removed.  So, they are cousins! LOL

Here is C and her man, hubby, M.

The cousins:

The internet friends and co-researchers:

We met and had a nice lunch (a buffet place, Man's smiling still!).  Then, somehow we got chatting about geocaching and next thing I knew, they were following us around Bakersfield, experiencing one infamous U turn  (yep, just one) and finding their first cache!  Do you see it??

Cute stuff inside, a very very nice cache indeed, and we logged our first California cache.

A very special day, one we will hold fondly in our memories.  Thank you C & M for driving all that way, it meant so much to us.

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