| Over March 16-18, we attended
a memorial service / long weekend event, to pay respects to our old
friend, Bob Vidali, who had recently passed away.
The event was help at the Sage Hill Campground, near our old home in the Santa Barbara Mountains. We saw lots of even older friends. We had to buy a new tent because ours wouldn't fit in our car for the main trip south. I was made responsible for a slide show and music presentation on Saturday night. |
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 Friday Morning. The tarps helped to keep off the rain |
 My first job was to get a fire going! |
 From Bob's liquor cabinet |
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 I brought a new set of speakers and laptop for the slideshow presentation |
 Joe Campanelli made some tiles for each of the participants, with Bobisms written on each of them. Each tile was glazed with a mixture that included some of Bob's ashes. |
 Greg Sprague on the right, down from Ashland OR |
 It had rained most of Friday, but Saturday was pretty sunny |
 Cecelia with Ted Adams from Painted Cave |
 Bob's ashes were sent down the river, along with tiny boats made by most of us, which included a personal farewell note |
 Music by George Freidenthal |
 Saturday's lunch/dinner was a catered BBQ |
Bobisms
are short observations that Bob jotted down and collected throughout most
of his life, called a "turn of phrase" that Bob dug,
according to another old and dear friend, Michael Parker
Below are a only few of them:
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