"I didn't think it was going to hit me this way..."

My friend died today. Ricky was about 20 years old. He was a crazy kid with green eyes and buzzed hair. I met him last summer at Wolf Mountain and stayed in contact with him off and on for a few months after that. We were not really close friends, but he was still a friend of mine. He went off to Colorado, and I hoped that when he came back to California to visit, I could at least say hi to him again in person.
But God has taken him home. Lord, give Ricky a hug from me and tell him that I'll miss him. And hug his family, too, 'cuz they are hurting more than I am.

Ricky with 2 campers at Bowman...