Awake: 6:45am Temp 71 sleep 7+00 sunny elevation 2646 ft
overnight @ Boise, Idaho.
Colleague, Mac, calls early…..he & his wife will pick us up @ 6:00pm @ our
camp site today.
A number of cell calls come in throughout the day & we make a few calls
ourselves. Oh, by the way, the SpacePak air conditioning system for the
Footes is up, & running plus being reasonably quiet & quite cool. They are
happy & we are happy for them.
@ 6:15pm Mac & his wife, Raynell, pick us up for the evening. Their (5)
acre ranch is only a (10 min) drive from our campground. 1st we ride to
the country club to which they belong (15 min) where we have wine before
dinner. Kathy & I share a fresh halibut dinner which was excellent. We
discuss the equation of who might be having the most fun & enjoying
retirement to the utmost. Mac plays golf daily with his cronies who he
admits are not serious golfers & are definitely nice guys. Raynell plays
golf on Tuesday, Mahjongg on Thursday & has other social commitments.
During Mac’s spare time he rides and tends to his horse & keeps their (5)
acre ranch looking good.
After we’ve had enough sitting time, Mac suggests seeing an overview of
the golf course & it was, indeed, an overview of some fantastic
landscaping. Wow!
Then to their gentleman’s ranch & home. Both very impressive, including a
lighted deep pond in the backyard with waterfalls, lily pads, & stocked
with Koi fish. I missed visiting Mac’s special barn and Kathy missed
seeing his horse which we realized as we were leaving; maybe next time.
They drive us back to our campground (10 min) & since they toured us thru
their home, which took about 30 min, we tour them thru our home, which
takes about 10 min. It was fun getting together with this couple again but
I’m still not clear as to who is having more fun in retirement! We’ll just
have to make another visit @ another time.
High temp=98 Lights out: 11:38pm
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