Today Buzzy would have turned 102 if he was still here with us. Recall however, that he always did like to be away on his birthday. His joke about traveling at this time of year was that he wanted to avoid having to buy a birthday round for all his Buzzy boys and girls.

However, Buzzy’s overall preference for getting away in October centered around these three reasons: the weather is nice, prices are lower and the kids are back in school.

Today, with no sign of any prices getting any lower, as Meatloaf would say, two out of three ain’t bad. Throughout our recent trip to Europe, Pam and I, along with the rest of our tour group, had some perfect travel weather. We even managed to get through rainy old England without encountering any adverse weather conditions. So Buzzy’s first rule of travel about the weather being better, is/was valid.

As for all the kids being back in school though, that was certainly not the case in France during our time there. Students were not in school as they were out in the streets protesting and demonstrating.

We only encountered a little bit of it the one day we were in Bourdeaux. As we were being bussed into the city, our tour guide received a call warning her about the ongoing disruptions that may impact our itinerary. Fortunately however, we managed to avoid the protests.

But back to Buzzy’s birthday today, forecasts call for a rainy day which is a good excuse to have a wet one in his memory. Stop by the Store and do so if you don’t want to let a little rain ruin your day.

On a rainy day, Gordon’s tune always comes to my mind. Thank God for rainy day people who know that it all hangs on a piece of mind.