The very first stop on this year’s journey was at Bates College, where I and my Bates ’76 classmates came together to celebrate our Fiftieth College Reunion.
It was wonderful to see old friends and catch up with each other on what’s happened since we left. There were over 100 of us there, and because it was a small class at a small school, everybody more or less knew everybody else – not all well, but many (if not most) certainly well enough to have a lot to talk about. And there were, of course, a few folks there that I did spend a lot of time with. I’ve kept in touch with Fred (or, more accurately, Fred keeps in touch with me). I’d last seen Ray at Fred’s wedding 30+ years ago, and the same with Art. Martha and I had seen each other once at an earlier reunion, and otherwise not since before we graduated. I very much enjoyed hanging out with this cohort, exploring the campus together, and getting to know each other again. I also had a good time getting to know some folks I really didn’t spend much time with back in school. I left the reunion happy to have rekindled old friendships and pleased to have made some new ones.
Here is a link to my post from the 40th reunion – one of the earliest posts on this blog. For those interested, here are some more Reunion pix, and some off-campus shots from Lewiston.
