Thursday, April 4, 2013
Hey Ricky, Whenever I think about you all I do is smile. So many memories of you and the antics we had together as kids growing up. Hey, remember going out in Terry's Model A? We took it out into the desert after a huge thunder storm and got stuck in the mud. We had to get out and push it to get it started moving and Terry was hitting the gas, spinning the tires, throwing mud all over five laughing cousins. What a day that was. Oh and the time I came to stay with the family during the summer of 65'. We were in your room talking about the passion of your life, your infamous Spider Corvair that was your pride and joy and how it could do over 100 miles an hour. As we were talking about this car and how fast it could go Terry over heard us and came in to say you were full of bull. Well, one word led to another and then all of a sudden we went outside, you got into your Corvair and Terry and I got into his GTO and off to the freeway we went. We got up to about 95 when Terry decided to put the metal to the floor and we hit about 110 passing other cars as if they were standing still. Terry started to slow down as we were approaching the end of the freeway and he looked into his rear view mirror to see a car approaching. Terry thought it was you and that you might be in trouble. Well,it wasn't you, the other car turned out to be a Vegas HP. We pulled over and the officer flagged you down as you approached. After discovering you two were brothers, he said if you two had been any closer he would have cited you both for racing but instead you both got speeding tickets. Here's the kicker, when the officer was finished all the two of you could talk about was you saying that you went over 100 and Terry swearing you didn't. Neither of you cared the least about the tickets. That was the way you rolled Ricky, you were passionate about what you did, you loved life and you loved sharing. You are and always will be in my heart and in my life as a friend, a cousin and a brother. You are one of a kind Ricky and I will always smile when I think of you.
