The reunion co-chairs for our last reunion had arranged with George Chopivsky, our fearless Class Secretary, for a "weekend in St. Croix" as a prize going to the college that had the best turnout for the reunion.   George would donate his access to Pyramid Point, a beautiful compound on the north side of St. Croix.   Members of the winning college (JE in this case) would fly there for a spring weekend and enjoy a mini-vacation and mini-reunion.

Seaward view from The Triangle, Pyramid Point

John Nelson, John Gazzoli, Steve Haworth, Eric Lenck, Irwin Sentilles, Charlie Lerman and Wayne Willis all seized the opportunity on behalf of the JE Spiders, and Lang Wheeler, Mac Thompson and George Chopivsky made sure the Spiders didn't get too rowdy.

Flying to St. Croix for a long weekend may seem a bit deranged ... or at least decadent, but the quality of the crowd, and the opportunity to snorkel, golf, walk, swim or simply hang out with friends was not to be missed.

Here are some pictures of the lovely home we stayed at:


And here are some pictures of our group -- complete with cellphone conversations with the office and so on.


The golfers got in a couple rounds of golf on Friday and Sunday, but we don't have pictures of that, so, like modern politics ("if it's not on video, it doesn't exist"), we'll skip right over that.

We took a snorkeling trip on Saturday


Charlie had an underwater camera and he was too bashful to spend more time on the girl in the bumble bee bikini:


On Sunday night we had a wonderful dinner with local lobsters.


Here's a short video of the gang helping out with dinner prep ... complete with a recording of the 1969 Whiffs, as recorded at our 35th reunion:


But then, Monday intruded ... and we left, a bit heavier than when we arrived but not any worse for the wear. A few of our group were taking a later plane and had time to visit the old fort in Christiansted:

There are 10 of us here at George Chopivsky's house, all from the Class of '69.  Great conversations, some pictures to share and no good online space to share them.  (I'm surprised at how many folks do not participate in Facebook yet.)  The alumni notes section of the Yale Alumni Magazine would be a good venue, but they don't allow pictures and they constrain space.  The class list-serve might be good, but it's too hard to use for pictures.

So, let's throw up this simple blogspot blog, and let any class member contribute a "guest post".  (These short little articles on a blog are called "posts.")   Whenever a new "post" is published, you can be notified by email, with a link to the post.

I'll volunteer to be the web-resource for getting this going. (wayne@willisdomain.com)  Please comment freely.  And send anything you want to publish to the class here.  We'll develop further guidelines on the fly.   Don't be bashful.   Bring on those ideas you want to share with the class.