Awake: 6:52am Temp 67 Intermittent light rain Overnight @ Nicktown, PA
Walk to 8:00am mass…then join the local coffee club afterward (1 hr)….then
to the post office… & back to our bus for breakfast.
The remainder of our morning was taken up with filling out our visa
questionnaires for the various countries we will be traveling to during
our cruise. Kathy did a lot of this paperwork while I filled out the
paperwork for getting our Lexus re-registered in Alaska after missing the
deadline.
@ 12:55pm we starting driving to Indiana, PA(35 min) to visit the Foote
family…exit on 6th Street & continue until Philadelphia…left on Oakland,
right on Warren, left on Lilac & bingo, there is Melissa & little Matthew
playing outside near their rented studio apartment. Matthew recognizes his
grandmother & “G” daddy immediately & starts running toward us. It felt
strange rendezvousing with the Footes just 35 min from Nicktown….like
surreal, but very special to have some of our family so close.
We spend the afternoon with Melissa & Matthew seeing their rental
hospitality apartment, walking the campus of Indiana University,
PA…walking to main street (Philadelphia Ave) etc. Matthew was fun to be
with: playful, entertaining & constantly learning. We met Kevin getting
out of his computer lab for the day….then back to their apt where we say
goodbye until Saturday.
Back on our property, I sickle some weeds from around the pump house;
switch the circuit breaker to on & out flows a stream of colored water,
then clear water, for about 8 minutes….then, nothing. Just like that, the
water flow stopped! I hear the pump running but no water. Could it be?
I’ll switch off the breaker & try again after dinner.
7:45 dinner: Salmon burger, sautéed zucchini with parmesan cheese & toast.
After dinner, Kathy & I go outside to the pump house & I run more water
from our well. Then…it happens again…..the water stops! I think our well
has dried up. We have heard rumors of a few wells drying up around the
area this summer….not much rain. Ouch! Tomorrow I will call my high tech
cousin to further investigate this dry well theory.
Call our son Zack in Seattle…he sounds good & is enjoying his freedom &
his job.
High temp today=84 Lights out: 11:05pm
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