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September 28, 2015 was the last time I saw my friends from the Center for Inquiry. We meet for coffee on Wednesdays and for parties, educational videos, movies, book club, science pub night, dinners at varied restaurants around Eugene, picnics and much more. Pics of my friends at one of the coffee klatches and at an outdoor gathering are shown below. I spent almost 5 years with these really cool people and doing so changed my life much for the better. They were (are) a wonderful support group, empathetic, kind, intelligent and weird only in the most attractive of ways. **I'll miss you guys! I WILL stay in touch.**

Ruth's friends from the Center for Inquiry	Betty and Victoria	Hermina
Lee and Mary	Shannon and Robin	Sidney

On September 18, 2015 our visas arrived in the mail and we went to say goodbye to our French class.

Enseignant exceptionnel.	Camarades de classe en suspens.	Camarades de classe en suspens.

On September 6-8, 2015 Ruth and I went to San Francisco to apply for our visas from the French Consulate.

Our cats Danny and Tommy stayed in a kitty hotel with an aquarium.	Ruth in Union Square.	The building with the French Consulate on the sixth floor.
Ruth pointing to the next step on our three year journey.	A tired John after our visa interview outside the Cartoon Art Musuem.	The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea original artwork and movie cels at the Cartoon Art Museum.
Original artwork for The Spirit by Will Eisner at the Cartoon Art Museum.	Original thumbnail sketch for Prince Valiant by Hal Foster at the Cartoon Art Museum. This was a special thrill for me.	Surrealistic sculpture of San Francisco constructed with toothpicks at the Exploratorium.