We flew from Bismarck, ND to Raleigh on Friday, Oct. 12, on an all-day trip that featured four legs: intermediate destinations of Denver, Kansas City and Cleveland. Daughter Nellie and her daughters Jess and Kate live in Cary, a pleasant and prosperous city adjacent to Raleigh. Also visiting Nellie was fellow Yale graduate Robb, who she met while on a recent Yale-sponsored service project in Ghana, Africa. It was an all-too-brief visit, but we got in some card playing and sushi eating and precious time with our granddaughters. And we enjoyed meeting Robb, an impressive fellow who seems to have a lot in common with Nellie.