Last Leg of the Journey to Virginia

Left: Emily Ackles Content with her youngest child. Right: Will and Nancy Ackles, who are enjoying retirement, living in North Carolina, enjoying grandchildren, and traveling the globe (in their spare time).

Left: Bernie and me with Bill Murray, Bernie's oldest friend, enjoying a meal at The Bear's Den in Petersburg, VA. Right: Our trips to the commissary at Ft. Lee always include hugs from the girls who bag our groceries. They remember us from year to year and even bring us homecooked Korean dishes.

Our campsite in Virginia, in the driveway of Keith and Frances Lee (Anne's sister and brother-in-law). We are snugged up next to the woods with a huge willow oak shading the other side. We even have our DirecTV functioning. All the comforts of home.

Keith got a hole in one on the golf course at Fort Lee. Here's the proud golfer with the plaque to prove it.

Columbia SC and Victory Ranch

Left: Lunch with Bruce Snowdeal at the Fort Jackson Golf Club. Right: Lunch at Victory Ranch with directors Ron and Pam Weinzapfel and Dave and Betty Meschke, who were visiting from Cadence while we were there. Dave was general director when we joined Cadence. The lady in blue is a lifelong friend of Pam.

Left: Posing in front of the Old Firehouse sign with Ron and Pam, Dave and Betty. Right: Dinner with Garland and Charlotte Ramsey. Garland was on the Victory Ranch Board back in the day!

Left: The Fortress coffeehouse at Ft. Jackson on Friday night. 310 soldiers were served that night. Live Christian band and a message. Right: Toni Zoeller, serving at Victory Ranch. Fred and Toni were directors at Victory Center before the Vietnam War. They took their family to Saigon to minister to the soldiers during the war!!

Left: No trip to Columbia, South Carolina is complete without dining at The Lizard's Thicket. Right: Lunch on Sunday at Victory Ranch.

Left: Saying goodbye to the soldiers by the lake at Victory Ranch. Right: Time with Erma Smith, longtime supporter of Victory Ranch.

Left: We had lunch with Ruby Tuggy Stephens and her son Cody (not pictured) on our way out of South Carolina. Right: Good times with Lindalee and Steve Cleveland and their kids, Ashlee and Kristopher.