My house is within walking distance of the Old Man. Today we held an out of doors memorial service at the Profile Lake site. Weather was perfect, clear blue sky, warm, no precip, gentle breeze. We attracted a crowd of several hundred. John DeVivio, the Cannon Mt. manager spoke. Dick Hamilton who runs the Old Man memorial committee spoke. All our congressmen sent representatives to say a few appropriate words. The only person missing was Ray Burton which was something of a surprise to old timers. Ray is recovering from chemo therapy and I hope he is OK. Ray usually makes everything. They say that if three people get together in Grafton county one of 'em will be Ray Burton.
We didn't solve any of the problems of the universe, but we all felt better about the loss of everyone's favorite bit of geology. I think we done more good than those idiots in Concord who declared the potato to be the official New Hampshire vegetable yesterday.
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