Dave and Sue are my oldest friends in Washington. Dave and I spent a Christmas Eve putting together a motorized car for Riley in his mom's living room when he was about five or six. They loaned me their tent when I was homeless and living in the field that is now a Target store. They dropped by to see Steph and I in Driggs, spent a few days and soaked in our hottub.

They returned the favor on this recent trip and Brian and I soaked in their hottub up in the Auburn hills. Dave retired at the top of his trade as a master machinist. Sue had a career at JC Penny. They're good people, grandparents, and they watched Riley grow up. They were family friends.