Rich facebooked me

I received a visit from my first friend who moved as a child. I thought I would write about a part of my life that was all fun and Innocent.

Rich lived on Muskegon lake,  with a rolling hill to the beach.  I would ride my bile 1 mile to his house, when I was in elementary school.  Rich had older brothers in college so the house was quiet, except for hsi siter Becky.  I loved visiting Rich, he was always doing something.

In the summer we would go to the lake, and fish off his dock. He had these cool lead soldiers, I think we would shoot them with his father's Red Ryder BB gun. I never remember seeing his Father, he was Doctor.  Then we would walk to Henry's corner mart and charge candy on credit. This was the last corner store in tow. Walking in Would smell meat from the Butcher shop, and dry goods, and most of all the candy.  We would pick out some candy, and Rich would sign a paper receipt. 

If it was too hot Jim the neighbor boy and Rich and I would play ping-pong in the basement.  This was not ordinary ping-pong it was intense.  Rich's brothers left all their Beatles albums home, so we would jam To White Album and other songs on Vinyl.  Rich had the coolest Hamster set up.  I never saw one till I visited him.  He would take them out and drop them on a big foam 

pad, and they would bounce. I would walk down to the pond and thier would be a huge snapping Turtle in thier.  I remember Rich telling me it would Eat Ducks.  We were at a time in our life when friendship was hanging out, and having fun.  Then he moved, and that moment was gone.  I was devastated, I had to look for a new Friend, someone who would have fun now matter what we were doing together.  Thank you Rich for sending me your text.

Tony