Tuesday thru Friday: catching up

At reunions noon Fri, have a few mins for notes

Tues- Rainy, drove just a couple hrs from Del water gap to Lake Taghanic St Park. Knew no elec or water but also no dump station: will be an austere week of soft camping. Weather cleared. Campground completely empty.

Unfortunately, both Williams and Vassar have their reunions this weekend, and they are 2 hrs apart. We'll try to join in with as much as we can of each.

Wed- Drove to Williamstown, an hour and a quarter. registered, met a few classmates I knew and a few I only remembered. Had some time to kill, so drove up and over Mt. Greylock. Cocktails and hors d'o...  soph roommate JT and his wife B, old friends, great to see them. Old Phi Delt house completely gutted, will be renovated as admissions and financial aid ofcs. Back to camp by 10:30.

Thur- 40 min to poughkeepsie, registered, took campus tree-tour. S met several housemates, none of her closest buddies. afternoon took trailer to another nearby st park to dump tanks, then chgd clothes and back to Wmstown for dinner. Sr roommate DC et ux M there. tablecloths have collage of yearbook pics of class. dancing afterward but we danced out: back to camp at 11. Great visit over dinner with T's and C's.

Fri- back to Wmstown for breakfast. D and C propose to join us at Sun anniversary mass but it's very early. they may join us in spirit. Wms college mus of art, extensive andy Warhol exhibition. Then back on road to Vassar for dinner. Bus to local estate of Samuel F. B. Morse (think telegraph) for catered dinner. Pretty good dinner, punctuated by a fire drill. While S visited with old friends, woman on my right, S's classmate she didn't know, spoke to me in a soft inaudible voice for 18 hours, estimated, except for one interlude when I hid in the men's room. While we were at dinner there was a downpour and a tornado warning related to a larger approaching weather system. Heavy rain did hit about time we got back to camp, but no wind to speak of. Meanwhile, the empty campground had filled up with weekend campers. We're only 2 1/2 hrs from NYC. Some of them must have had a hard time of it with the overnight weather.