Enjoyed your company, too.
Glad to have you back.
There’s a good chance that I will travel through the Pinetop-Lakeside area before winter. My siblings and I, spread our parents ashes in the forest just north of Pinetop, on a trail loop under the forest lookout tower, and I would like to pay my respects for the first time since 2012. Having said that, perhaps a meetup could take place at a local eatery or coffee shop (or pub) with a bit of planning?
I have fond memories of the area as I came of age there, (to include) riding a bull in a Memorial Day rodeo, at the spry young age of 18. Does the name Penrod ring a bell? Charlie Clark’s? El Rancheria? Log Homes Inc.? Pinetop Lakes CC? Summerlin Building Blocks? White Mountain CC? I worked in a cabinet shop near McNary, on the reservation. Good times!