Awake: 6:45am Temp 64 sleep 6+13 rain overnight @ West Memphis, AR.
I call for Ron D. & talk with his wife Linda. She tells me he is in Seattle now but will be returning home later tonight.
Call Jack S. & wish them a Bon Voyage for their trip to the Northwest & thank them again for their visit.
We have been invited to a 6:00pm dinner tonight @ P.D. & Jodi’s; the proud father & mother of their daughter & new bride Adrienne. On the way to their house, traffic moves swiftly & we are early; so we stop @ a liquor & wine store called: “The Flask” @ White Station Road & I-240. Gary the proprietor introduces us to a new wine: Menage a Trois. We buy (1) bottle as a test.
During our browsing in the Liquor store, Bill M. calls from Tacoma, WA. They are living in their motorhome while working on their new house about 30 min down the road. He explains: last night when I called & left a message, they were sleeping…..but were awakened with my call. He rushed to the front of their motorhome to take the call, realized it was “just me” & decided not to respond & go back to bed; a few minutes later, another phone call came thru on his wife, Debby’s, cell phone. Again he rushes to the front of the motorhome to answer the call & realizes: “it’s him again!” Apparently they had an early 4:00am wakeup for whatever reason & my timing was not so good. We chat for about 18 min & maybe....we are still friends. We did discuss a rendezvous near Tacoma for later in the fall.
@ the home of Jodi & P.D., we sit in their living room & review their daughter’s wedding prep & the effort it took to pull it off. That project wore them both out & they tell us that recovery is ongoing. Jody made a delicious lasagna dinner with salad and rolls. It was a relaxing, enjoyable evening of talking & laughing that went too quickly. We left @ 9:00; Jodi & PD were both very tired and had to get up early for work.
En route to our campground, we stop @ Kroger’s on Stage Road & buy some milk & yogurt.
Late movie: “Angels with Dirty Faces” with James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, etc. A tale of (2) playmates: one (Cagney) becomes a gangster, the other (O’Brien) a priest. The Dead End Kids idolize Cagney, much to O’Brien’s chagrin. 1938. A surprise ending awaits the viewer.
High today=69 Lights out: 12:46am
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