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Since then, she has joined them on 36 tours! She
has now traveled to or through all 50 states. She
still wants to travel to Mexico someday and see
Copper Canyon. Alaska was her favorite tour so
far, but she loves visiting Washington, D.C., New
York City, old schoolhouses, and discovering
the history of all the destinations. Peggy knows
someone from somewhere on every trip! They
are usually friends from square dancing or from
teaching for so many years.
lived across the street from
the school campus, and it In 2013, something else special happened that changed her
became difficult to be at the school without Doug, so Peggy life. She met Franklin Dunn at a country western dance.
retired in May after he passed. He finally asked for her phone number in 2016, and they
dated up until his 90th birthday party in June of last year.
A few years later, Peggy learned to square dance. She made They surprised everyone at the party and got married! No
many new friends square dancing and traveling with the one knew except the two of them and the preacher. Peggy’s
group. Peggy’s friend, Kay Hobbs, who taught kindergarten travel bug is contagious, and now Franklin has also joined
in Gruver, moved to Lubbock and, in 2012, convinced Peggy her on five trips so far with King’s Highway.
to move here, too. Sadly, her friend died a few months
before Peggy moved to Lubbock, but she stayed involved in Another famous author once said, “To be able to touch
square dancing in Lubbock and started substitute teaching lives, and touch a life that you don’t even know, is
as well. an extraordinary thing.” Peggy has left many lasting
fingerprints.
In October 2013, Peggy went on her first King’s Highway
bus trip, on their fall foliage tour, and caught the travel bug.

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