Preacher Bob from Colorado

Quite a few sailors asked me if I had met this "preacher type" guy from Denver? No I hadn't but a few days later I saw him and struck up a conversation. He was the happiest looking person I'd ever seen; his face always seemed to glow! Anyway we got together a few times and just talked and usually he started out about his faith; said he had a mother in Denver; no mention of Dad or siblings. We were to go on liberty that weekend and I said I was planning on hitch-hiking my way to Seattle to surprise my future wife and give her her engagement ring. Bob surprised me by asking if he could tag along, never having been to the northwest. I said "sure" and early Saturday we took off for the jewelers in Spokane, got the engagement ring and started putting our thumbs out; got a trucker who got us to Seattle, and we took the bus or streetcar to my fiance's house where we surprised her. She borrowed her sister's car and we went to Whidbey Island, where I gave her the ring, while Bob was exploring the sights She was thrilled; after all, I had paid $157 for both rings, and on my pay of about $30/mo. it would take six months to pay them off. We had dinner at my future sister-in-law's place, talked and started hiking back to Farragut. We waited a long time and two guys said they would give us a ride about half way. We said o.k. and after a while, dozed off. After a few hours they told us this was as far as they were going. We got out, thanked them, and looked around and we were nowhere near a major road! (Continued)