Was Hive account@papa-pepper successful in locating Hive account@jed78?

About nine months ago, Hive account@jed78 stopped posting on steemit. Hive account@jed78 was one of those early steemians who Hive account@papa-pepper had really connected with. Sometimes we posted similar content, and often we would talk on steemit.chat. We exchanged some garden seeds, and Hive account@jed78 had even told me that I could stop in if I was ever in the area.

IN THE AREA?

“The area” is Texas, and Texas is huge. Although Hive account@papa-pepper has lived most of his life in Wisconsin, he has been to Texas about a dozen times. Most recently, the Hive account@papa-pepper tribe took a trip from Arkansas all the way down to the border of Mexico, so we covered a good portion of the eastern side of Texas.

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We were even blessed enough to be able to spend the night at the house of Hive account@xtrodinarypilot and Hive account@xtdnrymompreneur. Since they live within an hour of the last known location of Hive account@jed78, this definitely put us “in the area.” Yesterday, we awoke with two goals.

Attempt to locate Hive account@jed78.
Make it back home eventually.

THE MYSTERY

Over the time of steemit’s existence, there has been a lot of ups and downs. Steemians have come, and steemians have gone. Hive account@jed78 was one of those steemians. My attempt to locate him was not so much a mission to get Hive account@jed78 back on steemit. It was more of an attempt to locate and old friend, and let him know that I still cared. I suppose that I could have just sent a card or letter to the address that I had sent his seeds to, but he did give me an open invitation to drop on by. Yes, Hive account@papa-pepper has been known to take advantage of invitations.

In the midst of my attempt to locate my old friend from steemit, there were also a few unanswered questions. Was Hive account@jed78 still alive? If so, was Hive account@jed78 still around? Had the Kiwano seeds that I sent him taken over his greenhouse and eventually destroyed him as well?

In my mind, there was only one way to know for sure… drive one over.

TARGET LOCATED – MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

Completely unannounced and out of the blue, I showed up at the house of Hive account@jed78 after having no contact with the man for the past nine months. When he peeked out of his front door, it took him a minute to recognize me, but he figured it out.

Soon, we were walking and talking like old friends. It reminded me of old time, except now we were doing it in person, rather than online. The Hive account@little-peppers and I got a tour of the green house and were able to meet some of his animals.

There had been certain changes that periodically occur in life, and Hive account@jed78 had been through a few. I won’t share everything here, but I will say that the man is still doing well. As certain things in his life changed, steemit took a backseat. I do think that it caught his attention when I mentioned a few things about my steemit experience, and he did saw that he would most likely “get back to posting on steemit eventually.”

While we were there, he even gave me a few cuttings from one of his Muscadine Grape vines. I remember seeing these same grape vines online eleven months ago (photo below), and now I have my own cuttings to grow from them.

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Before we parted ways, we exchanged phone numbers to make future contact easier, and he also gave me another open invitation to stop by anytime… Yeah, you’ve gotta be careful telling Hive account@papa-pepper things like that.

In case you missed them in my first post about attempting to locate Hive account@jed78, here are a few posts from way back in the day that Hive account@jed78 made about our interaction.

MY ATTEMPT TO LOCATE A LOST STEEMIAN - MISSION COMPLETE

Was Hive account@papa-pepper successful in locating Hive account@jed78?

IN THE AREA?

Attempt to locate Hive account@jed78.

Make it back home eventually.

THE MYSTERY

TARGET LOCATED – MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

In case you missed them in my first post about attempting to locate Hive account@jed78, here are a few posts from way back in the day that Hive account@jed78 made about our interaction.

What Makes Steemit Great? Folks Like @papa-pepper Make It Great!

@papa-pepper Scammed Me... In a Good way!

A Steemit Collaboration: @papa-peppers Seeds In the STEEMHouse!

Papa-Pepper's Kiwanos Take Over The World, Or Just My Greenhouse!

As always, I'm Hive account@papa-pepper and here's the proof:

Until next time…

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