This is me in July of 1974.I'm standing at the side of a road in North Dakota, on my way to Lake Metigoshe. I'd promised Hans' little brother, Bodo, to take him camping there (Hans had died). My friend Denise Korski took the picture; we were waiting for her then-boyfriend Zeke to return with his truck, as only three people could ride in the cab and he went back across the border to pick up Bodo.
I'd met Mike the night before this picture was taken. Mike recalls that the band that night was playing "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" from Steely Dan's new album, Pretzel Logic. I think I am wearing the same clothes, more or less! I have a bandana around my neck (the night before, I'd worn a silky paisley bandana on my head - what I think they would now call a "do-rag". The hat was a good idea - it was sunny! I have Denise's sweater - which I don't think I ever returned.
I don't look like a girl who just met the man she was going to marry. Mike called me that weekend again, but I was away camping and he spoke to my sister (who would often pretend to be me when guys called - but this time she didn't, thank God.
Wish I still had the legs!
