Awake: 6:30am Temp 52 Clear Overnight @ Nicktown, PA
Kathy calls the Footes & we talk about the house they have considered
making an offer on.
Walk to 8:00am mass….then spend an hour with the cosmopolitan coffee group
before returning to our bus.
After breakfast, I call Cindy (local notary) to confirm she will be in her
office this morning….then make a quick drive over to have her notarize
Carol’s note regarding the location of our stored Lexus. Next, a stop @
the post office to mail my papers back to the DMV of Anchorage. My 1st
mailing took 10 days to get a return response.
Next K & I pack a small overnite bag each for our travel today. Then we
drive the Suzuki to Cambria Hills Golf Course (25 min) to attend a
“Rotary” club meeting & lunch @ 12:00 noon. The meeting was short, the
lunch very, very good & then they had a speaker who talked about how he
was able to tear himself away from a perfectly prosperous poultry farm, go
to college, work @ a research organization smashing atoms for 4 years, &
then change his career into aviation which had its ups & downs. I thought
the speaker did a fairly good job; nobody fell asleep or walked out during
the guy’s speech. Why, this huge crowd even applauded when the guy was
finished.
From there, K & I change into our traveling clothes & drive east on route
30, then route 896 for a total of 252 miles. We were instructed to call
our friend Gary when we arrived @ the town of Kemblesville for further
instructions. During this call, we could see him about 200 ft up the road
holding the cell phone in one hand & something else in the other….turns
out that “something else” was a bottle of wine. Now….that’s my kind of
guy! This was just the beginning of a 2 day…good time with never a dull
moment visit with Gary & Grace.
They had their Newell coach outside of its garage for us to stay in during
our visit, complete with welcome balloons inside.
After we moved into the coach with our overnite bags & a few shirts, etc.,
Gary joined us in having a glass of wine until his wife Grace, returned
from town. Then we ride with them to Newark, Delaware for an 8:20 dinner.
Grace fills baskets of popcorn for us from a popcorn machine just inside
the restaurant, mmm, good! Kathy & I share an Ahi tuna meal. En route
back to their home in Kemblesville, Grace, the driver, tours us through
the college town of Newark……a very busy downtown area.
Once back @ the G & G homestead, Gary tours us through his huge storage
bldg that they have & too many things to describe at this time. Then the
next connecting bldg, part motor home storage & the other part some
classic cars, business workshop parts & useful supplies. And yes, there’s
more: another connecting bldg, the woodworking & metal lathe shop. All
very impressive….by any standards!
By now, we are all tired…..so we retreat to our respective resting places
for the night. It was a long but adventurous day for us.
Lights out: 11:45pm
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