On this date......

 7:23 am - Wednesday - March 3rd - Riverside, CA - 42° F, 49% humidity, wind 5 mph out of the northeast....partly cloudy today, with a chance of rain later this morning, and a forecast high of 59° F.  

For my friend Tom....today's blog post is for you....enjoy!

On this date in 2011 we were living, and working as camp hosts at Rancho Jurupa Regional Park in Riverside, CA.......↴

......on this date in 2012 we were having lunch in Austin, TX with my sister and brother-in-law (Glenn and Laureen)........↴

....on this date in 2013 we were at Monk's Vineyard in St. Augustine tasting wine...↴

.....on this date in 2014 we were near Blythe, CA at Mayflower County Park on the Colorado River.....↴

.....on this date in 2015 we were in Pasadena, CA attending a college reunion...↴

....on this date in 2016 we were hiking Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside, CA....↴

....on this date in 2017 we were taking a tandem ride on our Cannondale viewing the numerous steel sculptures around Borrego Springs, CA........↴

....on this date in 2018 we were having dinner with Roscoe and Geni at a restaurant at the Grand Canyon, AZ.......↴

.....on this date in 2019 we were attending a fund raiser at the home of Tom and Darlene in Wittmann, AZ.......↴

.....on this date in 2020 we were at the Quechan Casino near Yuma, AZ for dental appointments the next day in Los Algodones......↴

....and, finally, on this date in 2021 we are in Riverside, CA at Rancho Jurupa Regional Park, where it all began.....↴

Tuesday greeted us with temps in the low 30's in Indio, CA.  By 9 am we were rolling our wheels a few blocks over to the local Walmart to do a little shopping before logging the final 79 miles to Rancho Jurupa Regional Park where we will spend three days visiting with our kids, and their kids.  

Our daughter-in-law, Laila (Tim's wife) picked us up around 3:30 pm to take us to their home in Ontario for dinner.  My daughter, Sharon, her husband, Rod, and son, Brayden, joined us there for dinner, along with my oldest daughter, Meredith.  We had a typical Hockwald time......three, or four conversations in progress at the same time.....lots of laughter, and hugs thrown in for good measure.....

....it has been over a year since we were able to hug and kiss our kids, and grand kids, and there will be much more of that over the next few days!

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