![]() Everybody found a place to sleep in the one side until I woke up startled and screamed. Only one part the heat didn’t work, but it didn’t matter because we locked ourselves out of it anyway. The restrooms said ‘His’em’ and ‘Her’em.’ The snaggle-tooth manager asked if we needed any rat traps for our rooms, which we found out later Bill had put him up to,” recounts Barbara. “We arrived at this place that looked nothing like the advertisement it was broken down and scary looking. “The trip to Pigeon Forge was probably the most memorable,” she continues. A couple of times we went to the Memphis Orpheum for plays.” “We visited the Biltmore, Charleston, Savannah there was a cruise to Mexico and a trip to Alaska. “Some things we can’t tell you about, but we have been to Branson, Nashville and stayed at the Opryland Hotel,” Barbara says. Speaking of trips, the girls begin to describe some of their escapades. We just eat, travel, play Bunco and have a good time.” In fact, Bill wanted to name us the ‘Honky Tonk Angels,’ but for one there were no honky tonks in West Point, and none of us drink. Pat humbly says, “I’m not a photographer, I just take pictures.”īarbara volunteers, “Though we call ourselves Golden Girls, we haven’t identified with any of the Golden Girls on the TV show. It’s Pat’s job to keep a photographic history of the girls’ escapades. The group describes Pat as the photographer and technical support person. With that, five forks dive into one decadent slice of cheesecake. If one can’t come, then we talk on the phone.” “This is a great place for us to meet since most of what we do revolves around eating,” she says. As they do, the children graduated and moved on, but the ladies missed their camaraderie and migrated back together 17 years ago. Seems the girls migrated together when their children were involved in school sporting events. Soon other Golden Girls arrive, Pat Pate, Jane Rives and Barbara Reed. Everywhere we go somebody pats me on the back and says, ‘You poor soul.'” ![]() In the van at any one time we have two females freezing and three burning up. “If you have any female problems I’ll be happy to solve them for you. ![]() ![]() “Yes indeed,” says Evelyn, then gesturing to the man behind her, “This is my husband Bill. ![]()
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