Those Were the Good Old Days - by Mark Schulze

Soccer Team, White Horse, Yukon, 1986 - Photograph by Patty Mooney

My wife, Patty, recently had some slides digitized. These particular slides have been in a binder on a shelf since 1986 when she and I sold or gave away everything, halted our video production business, rented our house out to some tenants, and set out from our hometown of San Diego for the wilds of North America in a small Chinook camper. We ended up driving 25,000 miles in the course of nine months. Along the way, Patty took some photographs and I shot video footage to document our adventures. I'm third from the left in the above shot, the guy with the lanky blonde locks (which are sadly no more).

On this particular day, after hanging out with some newfound friends in White Horse, Yukon, Canada, the soccer team invited me to play a game. As you can tell, they were quite fond of Coke.

We have since unfortunately lost touch with these wonderful, generous and hospitable people, but here's a shout out, 22 years later. Thanks for all the great times! Man, those were the good old days!