Awake: 6:12am Temp 65 Overcast Overnight @ Nicktown, PA
My Cousin Florentz calls @ 7:25am…he wants to know if Kathy is definitely
going with the ladies to the “Stony Bank” restaurant in Clymer today. She
says: “Yes!”
We walk to 8:00am mass…afterward yak with Max & Diana….they are here in
Nicktown for the summer from Florida.
Then we join the coffee crowd @ the community center for 1.5 hrs. There
were 9 of us…..very entertaining & not 18 conversations at one time.
@ 11:00 am I drive Kathy to Anna’s place; they will drive & meet a car
load of ladies coming from Ebensburg, then Anna will lead the way to the
town of Clymer for their luncheon. I stay for a few minutes & talk with
Florentz & his eldest boy, Jake. The luncheon group consisted of Anna’s
daughters, Mary Lou, Marguerite, and Jolene; and Anna’s sisters-in-law,
Ruth Mary, Lucille, Sue, and Laura Jean plus Laura Jean’s niece and her
daughter from North Carolina, and Kathy.
En route back to the bus, I stop & talk with Vince @ his auto repair shop
in Nicktown. I ask Vince when he might have time for cutting our tall
grass in the lower field on our property. He says: “when cooler air moves
in!”
As I sit in our motor home reading an aviation bulletin, Jim S with his
helper Jerry appear in our driveway towing a skid loader on their trailer.
I talk with Jim about the amount of gravel & getting it spread wide around
our circular drive. The longer we talk, the more I begin to wonder: where
are those gravel trucks, Jim? “Oh yes” he says, “they should be here
already.” Jim makes a cell phone call & finds out the # 1 truck has broken
down. Jim & Jerry leave but figure they will return when the gravel trucks
return.
During my wait time for gravel, Florentz arrives. He is going to dowse for
another well for us but before he starts the process, he wants to see our
well water run out of water….so I demonstrate. Between 7 & 9 min has been
the norm that our well gushes water, then stops. Sure enough, it ran for 7
min.
During the water gushing demo, Jim & Jerry return to let me know that the
gravel trucks will not be delivering today because of the problem with the
# 1 truck…but be on the alert for delivery tomorrow morning.
Florentz & I both have dowsing rods so for about 1.5 hrs, we dowse &
tentatively agree on (2) reasonable locations we might consider for
drilling. Then we retreat to the cool air conditioned motor home for a
glass or 2 of wine. We are feeling no pain when Anna (Florentz’s wife) &
Kathy return from their luncheon; they brought some of their leftover
Ruben sandwich for us to share. The girls pitch right in with our little
party…. Anna & Kathy each having a glass of wine & Kathy bringing out
another bottle of wine with more cheese & mixed nuts. This was a fun wrap
up for a day of “not much accomplished!”
After Florentz & Anna return to their home, I make a late water run while
Kathy cleans up the dishes. Another 13 gallons added to our water tank.
High temp today=80 Lights out: 10:30pm
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