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EDITOR'S PAGE
Dear KGS members and friends,
It has been a busy working summer for
yours truly. I am always so grateful to have
work, but as one grows older, little things seem
so much more important. My regret from this
busy time is that I have not had the time to relax
or take a much overdue visit to my uncle in Ne-
braska. I have so little family left from my par-
ents generation that I need to try to see them
when possible. I am hoping that late September
may prove to be my opportunity to go north.
I have often tried to explain to Betty
that a "vacation" is not the same as a "trip." It
seems, painfully, that most of my "vacations"
from the last many years, were in effect only
"trips." Vacations to me involve no schedule,
no plans and no family except the immediate
one.
I catch a lot of grief over my mention of
any past trips or future travel plans that Betty
and I have. I love catching grief. We have been
coerced into plans for travel to Hawaii over
Christmas and Years. My son, Nathan, has a
January 1st birthday. His in-laws suggested that
we should be in Hawaii for his birthday as well
as the huge New Year's celebrations that the
islands put on. The plans have been made with
our departure on Christmas Day and return on
New Year's night. I hope most of this trip will
also be a vacation.
I had hoped to have a photo-op from the
get together of the responders to my offer of
free drinks on Wes from the July/August Bulle-
tin, but I have not been able to get together with
the winners. Many of you may ask, "What free
drinks!" Well, I had threatened to see who
Really reads the Bulletin for quite some time. I
had told several people that one of these days I
will offer to buy the beer or beverage of one's
choice if readers would see the offer. After
much thought, I finally followed through with
that threat in the July/August issue. Buried in
fine print in the Geologist's Wives section, I
made such an offer. There were two respon-
dents: Ted Jochems (who regularly reads the
fine print on condiment bottles) and Brian Wil-
hite (who got a veiled "heads up" from my as-
sistant , Kimberly Dimmick-Wells). I will ful-
fill my offer when we three can get together at
the same time. Dang! Those two can really put
them away when the price is right! Photos will
be taken for the archives.
For the rest of you miscreants, I will at
a future time, and not too distant future time,
make the same offer. My fear is that I will have
to be so much more subtle. For those of you
who read the on-line version, my last offer was
quite easy to see. Of course I will have to con-
tact Lloyd's of London for insurance for my
next venture.
It's Thursday night at the KGS as I
write these words. The same group is here
working or volunteering their time. The volun-
teers are Sal and Chellie Mazzullo, Ted
Jochems, and the WSU geology student entou-
rage. As Pink Floyd's Gilmour said of Roger
Waters, "Wish you were here."
Bye for now,
Wes