Camping With Joe and Diane

In the spring of 1987 I had just graduated (for the second time) from technical training at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas, and I had to go up to Spokane, Washington to attend Aircrew Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base. I decided to drive my brown 1982 Chevy Cavalier from Texas to Washington State, and on the way up I stopped in to see my friends Joe and Dianne Filip near (what was) George Air Force Base. Joe and Dianne had met when they were both serving in the US Air Force, and by this time in 1987 they had gotten out of the service and were living in Victorville, California. Joe was hanging drywall and Dianne was very pregnant with their (soon to be born) son Tom. We loaded camping gear into Joe's car and drove up to the Kern River Vally and spend a few days camping. I spent a lot of time skiing after returning from Korea in 1984, and this was "Temp The Gods, Ski The Trees" t-shirt was one of my favorites.