THAT SMALL WORLD THING - AGAIN!

Our parking spot at Western Sands RV Park in Yuma for the past week, next to the Assistant Managers.

First, I'm about as bad as it gets, when it comes to remembering names.  With that out of the way, I was outside the motor home yesterday morning, when a nice woman introduced herself as the neighbor next door in the fifth wheel, and also as the assistant manager of the RV park.  She said that she was hoping to talk with us before we left, but didn't want to disturb us by knocking on the door.

Because of the Alaska plates, which are often conversation starters, she had some questions about the 49th state. When I told her that we had lived in Skagway, it quickly became one of those small world moments.    She and her husband had accepted summer, seasonal employment in Alaska, and I bet you can figure out where this is going.  Yep, the town they were headed for was indeed Skagway, but the small world syndrome didn't end there.  When I asked where they were going to work, the answer was "for the Corrington's".  I told her "you're not going to believe this, but we also worked for the Corrington family", and absolutely loved our summers in what I still consider one of the most beautiful places on earth! 

With her husband involved in the conversation, along with Patty and Nancy, we answered a lot of their questions, and told them that we had visited with Dennis, Nancy, and Sherry Corrington in Skagway, just a few months ago.  I think we reinforced their perception of the Corrington's as not only really nice people, but also as wonderful employers.   Because of their required arrival time in late April, they were unsure about driving up the Alaska highway that early, so they had booked passage on the Alaska Ferry, from Bellingham, WA., to Skagway.  When the lengthy conversation ended, our new acquaintances had a much better understanding of what they were getting into, and we enjoyed sharing some of our knowledge with them, about Skagway, the Alaska Highway, the Corrington's, and a bunch of other stuff. 

Yes, it is sometimes a very  small world, and you just never know when the planet is going to be reduced in size, to just you, and someone else!