Panama

So…my wife grew up in the Canal Zone from 1964 to 1976…her dad was a canal pilot and later the harbor master. Her childhood friend , who was born in the Canal Zone, decided to bring her mother’s ashes back to Panama to rest with her father that was buried there. Initially, this was supposed to be a “ladies only” trip with all the friends that grew up there…but by the time the trip was formed, several of them had dropped out, leaving only my wife, her friend and her daughter. This is when they asked me to accompany them…after some thought, I agreed to go…but I was going to bring a couple fly rods with me.
 
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IMG_3978.jpegThe football field behind the high school where my wife’s brother broke his leg as a running back in Balboa…he spent a month in traction at the hospital
 
IMG_3989.jpegAnd just around the corner was the house of my wife’s friend…my wife hadn’t seen her old house in twenty years, and her friend, who was born in the Canal Zone hadn’t seen her house in forty years…it was a bit emotional for both of them
 
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