One cold winter's evening in 1975 or was it 1976,
the Las Cruces crowd from the Mesilla Valley
Grotto were hanging out in my 1973 gas guzzling
Dodge Tradesman van drinking beer. Tom asked to
join us. Of course, he was welcomed and he climbed
in and sat down behind the driver's seat. As
host, I asked him if he would like a beer. Sadly,
he shook his large head and said, "No." Then I
had an inspiration, "Tom, would you like a milk?"
His eyes lit up and his mouth grew wide in a broad
smile of anticipation and he gratefully replied,
"Yes. I would like a milk." I went out into the
cold and rustled around in the cooler until I
found it. I had remembered that we had brought
with us a 4 ounce carton of milk. As I made my
way to return to the van, I remembered that Tom
used to down a whole gallon of milk for breakfast
and I was afraid that my meager offering wouldn't
be enough to satisfy him. When I returned to the
warmth of the van, I placed that tiny vessel of
milk in Tom's large outstretched hands. He was as
pleased as if I had given him a whole gallon and
he nursed that Lilliputian carton of milk for the
rest of the evening as we laughed, talked about
caving and our wonderful underground adventures.
I do miss him.
Mike Lorimer
San Antonio, Texas
On 4/3/2013 6:06 PM, Jim Evatt wrote:
Those of you who remember Tom Meador, he would
have been 70 today.
Those of you who did not know him, you missed a
special friend.
Jim Evatt
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