It's a small world...

What a day!!! I headed into town this morning to get the regulations that I need for my guards, and the first office I went to (almost all the way into downtown Bemidji) had the fishing regs, but not boating. So, they tell me that the Trails and Waterways office should have them (that's about four miles back the way I came). Well, they didn't have any, and they recommended that I go to the district headquarters (which is where I should have started in the first place). That's about six miles from camp, and about 2/3's the way into town...coulda saved me a bunch of time.

Anyway...when I got there, I had to sign in as a visitor and go out to the annex. When I got out there, I was working out with this really nice lady at the counter what I actually needed -- and suddenly, she stops, looks at me, and says --

"What's your name?"

I told her my name...

She grinned and said, "You don't recognize me, do you?"

It took me a second, and I realized it is my cousin Paul's wife, Colleen! Now, I know they live in the area, and Paul works at that office, but, I didn't know SHE did, too!!! So, we were catching up, and then, she called over to the other office and asked Paul if he had time for a break, and he came over...

and it turns out, their daughter is a health care assistant at the Spanish camp (the one with all the hunky Argentinian guys). I've met Erin twice -- once when she was 2, and then last year at Anna's funeral. (I haven't seen Colleen in a few years, either, and my big bushy beard and my camp bling bling threw her off.)

When I got back to the site then, I was having lunch at the same place that that group of people were eating, and talked to my buddy, Marcelo, and had him point Erin out for me. Now, she knew who I was, and she had planned on coming over to talk with me, but, every time she was headed my way, someone would grab me and start asking me aquatics questions. At lunch, we could only chat for a few moments before I got called away, but, tonight, at supper, we had a chance to talk for a longer shot! What a fun young lady. I told her that if our schedules coincide that she was more than welcome to come fishing with me.

:)

It's a small world -- but, I wouldn't want to paint it