Awake 6:00 am Temp 69 Light rain Overnight @ Navarre, Ohio
Kathy makes eggs, bacon & toast for breakfast. After breakfast, we drive
into the town of Navarre(about 5 miles from our campground of Baylor
Beach) where we finally get a good cell phone signal.
Call my Uncle John to check to see if a morning visit would be " OK. " My
uncle says: " No problem, come on over!" Then call Mark & Joan to see if
they will be open to having a couple of strangers visit them around 2:00
pm. And they say " yes."
It's about 10:40 am when we arrive @ my Uncle John's place. He greets us @
the door & hints to me that he's in trouble because he accepted this early
invitation for visitors & my Aunt Bertha is still in her night gown.....
Oops! " I'll take the blame " I tell him. So we sit in their living room &
talk for 15 min...then my 92 yr old Aunt Bertha appears looking good as
ever. She asks for help putting a new battery into her hearing aid--I
volunteer. We spend nearly 3.0 hrs chit-chatting with my aging relatives.
These two people have been working together to continue their independent
living without much burden on their kids who all live close by. My uncle
still enjoys woodworking at his age of 87. They listen to stories on tapes
from the library a lot because my Aunt's vision has deteriorated quite a
lot in the last few yrs. We plan on another rendezvous tomorrow & leave
about 1:20 pm.
Then We grab a quick lunch @ Wendy's & split a spinach & chicken salad.
It's very good.
Arrive @ the Mark & Joan estate @ 2:00 pm sharp. We sit outside on the
patio & yak for several hrs....then Joan invites us for dinner...& we
accept. Then we move inside.
While Joan cooks the dinner, Mark, Kathy & I continue our family updating
& Joan is within earshot to hear the conversation.
5:45 pm Dinner: Stuffed peppers(home grown) with mashed potatoes(home grown)
& Cucumbers(home grown) & homemade rolls. Ice cream for desert was store
bought. A delicious meal. We continue our yakking until 9:45 pm then back
to the motorhome. It was good spending some time with Mark & Joan again.
Lights out: 11:49 pm.
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