Awake 5:22 am Temp 49 Clear sky Overnight @ Cedar Rapids, Iowa
We arrive @ Tobi & Jim's condo shortly after 9:00. Their place is only a
15 min drive from our Amana campground. Tobi serves a fancy breakfast
called: Scotch woodcock. It's different & quite good.
We spend the remainder of the morning & some of the afternoon just
catching up on each other's life since we were together last.
Jim continues to do tax returns in his retirement in his condo. His
expertise & good nature has the business growing more each year. Now he's
talking of how to slow down the pace of this busy retirement lifestyle.
Both of them are getting more involved with their condo association which
is a relatively new neighborhood.
@ 3:00 pm., we eat that BIG slice of blackberry pie a la mode that was
offered to us last night. It was very, very good. I am glad we waited for
today though.
I mentioned to T & J that we are wanting to attend a church service this
afternoon before dinner and to our surprise, they responded that there is
a new Catholic church just built about a mile up the road. Perfect! Kathy
& I talk the walk & then walk the walk for 5:00 pm service @ Blessed John
XXIII. A nice day & we needed that exercise after yesterday's just sitting
around for hrs.
This church name: Blessed John XXIII is so named because John is not
recognized a saint yet. John has to be credited with so many miracles
before he moves from Blessed to Saint.
7:00 pm Dinner @ the CED REL Supper Club only 15 min away. Jim buys the
food, I buy the drinks. After the appetizer, Kathy & I split a tasty
filet, veggies & baked potato. The portions were of good size. Toby & Jim
both take doggy bags back to their condo.
It was a short but nice visit. We say our goodbyes & are back in the
campground by 10:15 pm. Kathy programs the GPS for Lafayette, Indiana &
the A-OK campground. This time I peek over her shoulder a little.
Lights out: 11:20 pm
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