Good News!

  One of the many highlights of the trip Al and I took to Texas earlier this month was a tour of the Natural Bridge Caverns outside San Antonio. In addition to seeing the spectacular caverns, Al had a memorable encounter with one of the tour members. But first I need to backtrack to the   beginning, after flying from Detroit to San Antonio.              Late that same afternoon, we reunited with lifelong friends from California, Paula and Steve Koch, at a beautiful hotel along the famous Riverwalk. Paula had made arrangements for the hotel which was on the Riverwalk, since Al and I had never been to San Antonio and we were only going to be there for a brief time. Joe and JoAnn Payne, whom Paula and I had known from college days would be picking us up from the hotel in the morning and driving us to the Alamo and the Natural Bridge Caverns before going to their home in Waco. They had generously offered to host all four of us for several days, during which time we hoped to see the t