David Andrew Memorial: Meeting David for the First Time

I remember meeting David for the first time very distinctly. It was Winter 2001 and Tammie and I had recently started dating. A day of tubing was planned and we all met at Kristen's old house on Burnside. It was an awkward moment, (being the new guy) meeting all of Tammie's friends. Not in a bad way, but you always feel a little out of your element when you meet a new group of closely knit friends. Peggy was living with Kristen at the time, and Tammie was already at Kristen's place. Tammie made the intial introductions and Shanin mentioned David would be right in because he was in the Jeep "shaving". When I finally met David I told him he missed a spot, (to which he laughed), but then checked in the mirror to be sure.

Tammie and I rode with Shanin and David up to the mountain. And my roomate at the time, Arron, rode up in the other car. After we piled into the Jeep, David asked what was up with my roomate's grandpa car. I started lauging and soon everyone joined in, (Arron recently got a Chrysler 300). I couldn't figure it out either, and we started to hash the demographics of a typical Chrysler 300 owner. "I think so and so's Grandpa has one..." and so on. I soon found out David and I could talk about cars ad naseum, a topic we both enjoyed.

So this is a rare moment when I had a camera in hand on the first day I met someone. In this case that person was David, and I feel fortunate to have these photos now...

Tammie and the new boyfriend, (I wonder how long I was called that?)