My first trip to America took place in June 1989. It was my summer vacation from University. I was to work on a summer camp. The camp was Camp Tecumseh a Salvation Army Camp in New Jersey.
I was working as a camp counsellor, whilst Jenn was a nurses assistant working for her mother who was the camp nurse. During the summer I became friends with both of them, leaving at the end of the summer vowing to stay in touch. Jenn was 15 at the time and I was 20. She always said that I treated her as a kid that year.
So I returned back to England having fallen in love with the USA, some of my friends then said that I would return. I never thought so. Fortunately for me Jenn decided to write. After camp they had moved to Texas and I was given an invitaion to visit.