Bob and Kathy Taylor are a couple I met on my first visit to The Nugget RV Park in St. Regis, Montana. The date was April 28, 2017.  I had arrived at the park the previous afternoon. But on this date, I happened to take my little English Cocker, Annie, for a walk to Mollie’s Dog Bark meadow so she could do her business. On the way back to my RV I stopped and visited with a couple who were walking their dog, Jake. For some reason Jake’s collar caught my eye. There was something familiar about the design of the collar. After a few seconds I realized what had caught my eye. All around the color were these little OU (University of Oklahoma) logo emblems attached to the collar. I looked up at the couple and laughed. Kathy was all decked out in crimson and cream; OU colors.

We have a lot in common as it turned out. I introduced myself as being an Okie and a graduate of OU. They said they were from Edmond, Oklahoma and had graduated from The University of Central Oklahoma, which is located in their town. I also told them that I had attended their University as a freshman and sophomore in 1959-1961 when it was still called Central State and that I was very familiar with Edmond.

Bob and Kathy were at the Nugget RV Park working as co-hosts of the park and they invited me over to their camp site one evening and we shared a few hours drinking wine and beer and getting better acquainted around their campfire. That was the beginning of sharing many evenings and many stories around a campfire about our lives in Oklahoma. I returned to the park many times that summer to spend time with Bob and Kathy as well as with another couple that became fast friends with Bob and Kathy and with me. That couple is Tomson and Linda Guth from Tennessee. More about Tomson and Linda to follow.