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El Paso High School Class of '61 Reunion Cruise             April 28 - May 5, 2024               x    After months of Zoom calls, back and forth about amenities, shuttle services, excursions and wardrobe, Sun Travel agent extrordinaire Kathleen Wieland Coleman finally guided us across the finish line in Galveston. Everyone made it to the Tru Hotel on Seawall Blvd coming from California, Idaho, Georgia, Hawaii, New Mexico, Texas and faraway Hobart, Tasmania.     To kick things off Jerry Rubin hosted dinner in the iconic Gaido's seafood restaurant, a short walk from Tru.  Ron and Nancy Scroggins scouted Galveston for the class and made a great choice.  Seafood lovers enjoyed deliciously prepared fresh catch, lots of libations and catch up with their classmates. Back at the hotel numerous EPHS goodies from socks, earrings, magnets, mouse pads, eyeglass holders, lanyards and new tees and hats were distributed. Boarding was so easy.  Ron had organized the shuttles to the ship and be
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Saturday, October 8   We are off on the bus again this morning and it is a beautiful day.  The skies are back to El Paso blue and there is a brisk fall feel to the air. The border highway is our route to El Globo Rojo, the Red Balloon, tucked into a corner of Sunland Park.  Its adobe colored walls blend seamlessly into the surrounding sand. It's not easy to find a photo of this car museum and no photography is allowed inside but I lifted this shot from a Facebook page.  When we last visited it was cars, cars and more cars.  After a recent expansion it is now more cars, more cars, an unbelievable number of cars! All the auto enthusiasts began their trek around rows upon rows of beautifully restored and maintained vehicles while everyone else congregated in their diner style restaurant. Jerry invited El Paso Mayor, Oscar Leeser, to address our group on the state of the city and the migrant crisis that has been in the news nationally for a while. It was a very informative talk. We lea
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