He did not want to go but she insisted and so the arrangements were made. What happened from that point forward was almost too much to believe.
It was 1981 or 82 and we had decided to visit some friends in Southern California. We weren’t much for traveling in those days. Not that we didn’t enjoy it; we just didn’t really have the money and living in Phoenix during the summer, driving 500-600 miles in 115 degree weather just wasn’t very appealing. But Janice and Andy had been insisting that we visit since they were such good friends of ours before they left our neighborhood due to his company transfer. Jane and Janice, in fact, were attached at the hip the 7 years they lived two houses down and the kids played together virtually every available moment.