Remembering a friend

There was a memorial service for one of our friends here in the park, Bob Bingham.

The gathering was held in the room where the VO Ham Radio club regularly meets. There was a good group gathered to remember and share about Bob.

Bob's widow, Laura, shared...

... as well as his daughter, Sharon.

Ervin conducted a silent key ceremony - done for ham radio operators who have passed away. It involves calling for their call sign to check in 3 times, and then indicating that the call sign is now a "silent key" -- related to the time when ham radio was using morse code "keys" (video here: https://youtu.be/292HxB6yyIg). It was a moving ceremony.

We were glad to hear and share memories of Bob at the gathering.

We got hamburgers for lunch through the Softball club fundraiser...

... and then joined other "absolute beginner" line dancers

We got to practice some of the steps we had learned on Thursday, as well as one we had learned a couple of years ago, in addition to learning a new step that, I think, is going to be taught in the class on Thursday. There are SO MANY line dances!