Sometimes I look at the clock and realize it's time to close Afton Station and go home, and it seems like I just got there! Other than being a bit disorienting, it's the happy sign of a very good day. Our 31 visitors today made it so.
I'll begin with friends. Very loyal Ron M. was with me, of course. Betty came for a while, Marly stopped in and helped out with some mopping (flood, y'know), and Route 66 friend Dean Kennedy used Afton Station as a short break on his way to his new home in Albuquerque. Another Route 66 fan Rhys Martin came for a visit with his fiancee Sam Extance. They are truly lovely people who will be married on October 10, but more about that later.
. Eddie the dog visited from his home on Monkey Island (OK). His "people" rescued him two years ago from a very unpleasant circumstance, and it's obvious to all that Eddie is extremely happy to be in a loving home. Still acting very much like a puppy, he made our life exciting -- and loud -- for a while this afternoon.
Others came from St. Petersburg FL, Freeman MO, Peoria IL, Reno NV, Grove OK, Chelsea OK, Wichita KS, Chetopah OK, and Sacramento CA. Although there wasn't a drop of sun all day, the faces of our visitors afforded us with enough sunshine to make it a fine day.
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Samantha and Rhys being everything we like to see in Route 66 supporters--enthusiastic, talented, and young--makes us believe that the Old Road has a future.
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