Five Years Later

As I previously stated, five years passed before I saw my future groom again.  We ran into each other at a pool near DeSoto, Missouri where on Friday nights they had parties - it was kinda like a tiny Woodstock.  As the stars sparkled against a black sky, I ran into Bill and he asked me to go for a motorcycle ride; the nerve of this guy. He begged; I relented.  As young girls are inclined to think, I assume we are becoming an item.  One Saturday morning my mom calls me from the shop she worked on Main Street to tell me she sees him ride by with a girl sitting beside him in his car.  Bill has a lot of explaining and chasing to do.  I recall telling him I hate him, but he didn't give up and we began a whirlwind courtship.  Our first trip was to Lake of the Ozarks to his parents summer rental on Indian Creek in the Gravois Arm.  It was the summer of 1973, the first time I met his parents was Christmas eve and by February, Bill convinced me we should marry and we did in March! 

Fishing Buddies

Stinky and a grandie fishing. Below - Green Cabin.




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The Yellow Cabin

How We Came to the Lake

They say all things come full circle and for Bill and I, this is very true.  Let me start at the beginning, "How we met." Bill's dad, Jim, owned a gas station, cafe, liquor store and bodyshop at the end of Flucom Road on Hwy 67.  Bill worked at the gas station, along with his younger brother, Marty.  I worked at the cafe and babysat for my nephew, his dad had the bodyshop.  One day Bill asked me if I would like to go for a ride in his baby blue '63 ford convertible.  Looking dreamily at this handsome older boy, I immediately agreed!  In the car, traveling down the road, Bill began to shift gears when the entire shifter pulled out in his hand and I could see the road below us!  What had I gotten into was my first thought and still the same thought today - it's always interesting - never dull.  The next time I saw Bill pull into the station, he had another girl with him - his girlfriend.  What a turd.  That was the last time I saw Bill for five years.  Tune in again for what happened next!