Awake: 6:20am Temp 53 sleep 6+25 clear overnight @ Nicktown.
We have leftover sourdough pancakes, fresh eggs over easy, fresh bacon &
fresh maple syrup for breakfast.
Katrina calls while driving in Denver to pick up a friend. We ask her to
tell us all about her trip to Italy & Kisten’s wedding…. & her time in
England visiting her friend, Star. Katrina talks fast, has a lot to tell
us & then arrives @ her initial destination. It’s difficult to talk with
her friend & us too, so we agree to her calling us later tonight. What we
did hear though was pretty exciting.
Late morning, John visits our motorhome: he wanted to show me Bernie D.’s
airport northwest of Nicktown. I had to tell him that we have other plans
in just an hr, but another time would be great.
K & I leave @ 1:25pm to visit & have dinner with Grace & Rosemary @ St.
Augustine. The Footes are invited also but will be arriving later. As we
enter their gravel lane, we couldn’t help noticing a big change to their
country home: a new concrete driveway with a matching sidewalk entrance to
the front porch. Even the lawn looks better. Impressive we say. Gary shows
me the new patio slab on the other side of the house & then we scrutinize
their garden. These guys have shared some of the fruits & veggies of their
labor with us over the last several weeks & we sure did appreciate that.
Another favor that these guys have done for us that we really have
appreciated: Gary has been storing one of our cars in his garage for the
last 1.5 yrs. But the time has come: we remove the car cover, charge the
battery & check + add air to the tires where necessary. I’ve already
insured this auto for the next few weeks; after that, I’ll store it in
another undisclosed location. Gary has done enough…..I’ll be indebted to
him for yrs as it is! What a guy!
Then Gary & I take a much needed break from all of that mechanical talk &
action by relaxing on his front porch & gazing out toward the expansive
view to the east, and it’s a peaceful feeling as well. During our
relaxation time, both of the girls are picking out veggies from the garden
for us & the Footes to take along home.
After that, the ladies join us on the porch for wine time. Around 3:45 the
Footes arrive, Melissa & Kevin exit first to get the boys out of their car
seats. Once released, Andrew & Matthew are all smiles & happily come to
the porch. Matthew has his back-pack equipped with a few toy autos but
Rosemary quickly ups the anti for play by bringing out a small train set.
Matthew spends time putting the track together and driving the train
before Andrew “bear crawls” over to unwittingly destroy his creation! They
play some more before Rosemary calls for dinner about 5:00 pm: Gary’s
special grilled hamburgers with all the trimmings, baked beans, Rosemary’s
special macaroni salad, coleslaw, etc.
And for dessert; coconut “Impossible” pie…all very yummy.
After dinner, we adults sort of took turns spending time with those active
young people in the living room. Sometime after 7:00pm we decided that
maybe it’s time to leave the scene. We thank G & R for their invitation,
their hospitality, our good friendship, for being Godparents for Andrew,
for storing of our automobile, the veggies & the list goes on & on.
Anyway, these guys have been very good to us. It’s tough to keep up with
them.
We follow the Footes to Nicktown where they continue on to their home in
Indiana. It was a good rendezvous.
Late evening I watch part I of the ABC special: “On the Path to 911."
Today’s high=? Lights out: 10:55pm
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