About 15 years ago a group of us from church bonded and got together for dinners and even vacationed together. As some of us retired we added a Tuesday night Happy Hour get together. The group took a hit when Phil and Laurie (the babies in the group) took a job transfer south to NC. Well, it didn’t have the impact that we all thought. We have kept the friendships strong and have been on vacations together to Mexico and continued get togethers in NC and OH. This past weekend was one of those get togethers. They came here for a 3 night visit. We shared meals, some went golfing, had a dinner party lakeside one night, a boat ride and thought it would end Sunday night with a pool party and outdoor picnic. I had a walleye charter the next day that was rescheduled for later in the month, so I asked who wanted to try some walleye fishing in the morning. Phil who was heading home to NC that morning and Doug who was going to Columbus both wanted to go but said they had to be back by 9 AM. We met at the boat at 6 AM and we headed out for a couple of hours hoping to land a few walleye. We filled the cooler and still made it back to the dock by 9. Better to be lucky and blessed than good.