Awake: 6:02am Temp 60 sleep 6+18 a beautiful day overnight @ Watertown, WI.
Today we play golf: Tee time @ 8:30am. We gather in the house @ 7:30; there is some confusion. Bengi is still sleeping with Mollie, his young daughter, in the same room. If Sallie wakes Bengi up, Mollie would also wake up & that would not be good; she needs her sleep. Sallie feels bad but decides to leave both of them sleep.
Claudia with Doug & Sam in their car; Larry, Sallie, Kathy & me in Larry’s car; as we follow them out the driveway, we spot not one, but two flat rear tires on Claudia’s car. They park the car @ Bruce’s house & will figure out “what’s happened” later. K & I walk back, get our Suzuki, drive over to Bruce’s house, load the golf clubs & then follow Larry & Sallie to the Windwood Golf Course on the east side of Watertown.
Kathy rents clubs; I use Larry’s old clubs & Doug, who is playing with us, has his own. We all start on the back nine as there were other players on the front nine whom we would have had to wait for; Larry, Sallie, Claudia & Sam, played first. Windwood is one beautiful course; the fairways & greens are immaculate. Will that make us better golfers? We are about to find out!
Aside from playing about (3) yrs ago, it’s been (30) + yrs since I’ve golfed. Kathy has not golfed in (3) yrs as well & she’s been an infrequent player since moving to Alaska.
Enough about our handicaps; we had fun. Doug was a great guy to play with; his sense of humor, cool demeanor, patience, expertise, etc helped make for an enjoyable game.
Claudia, Larry, & Sam finish early & return to the house; Claudia was concerned about their (2) flat tires. Later we found out that when Claudia was driving with Doug & their boys to Larry & Sallie’s house, they were behind a truck off of which (2) bags of “something” fell onto the highway & she ran over one of the bags. Turns out those bags were full of nails; one tire had (9) nails embedded, the other (5) nails; consequently, they purchased (2) new tires. All marvel at how lucky they were to make it to Watertown since the incident happened while driving through Chicago!
Early afternoon, Cindy’s husband, Don, was making a grocery run & stops by our motorhome to ask Kathy if she needs anything. Kathy requests some Bing Cherries & a package of whole wheat buns.
About 4:00pm everyone, except Kathy & I, leave in many cars & go to Milwaukee to help celebrate the 75th birthday of Sallie’s 1st cousin, Lenoir. The next day we heard Lenoir’s birthday party was unique; Claudia had put together quite a slide show of her earlier life & times that included most of the people that went to help celebrate her birthday.
During their absence, K & I talk with my sister Mary Jo in CA; then Kathy adds more stain to the school desk and organizes Sallie’s paper goods/cookware closet. I take pictures of things around the house & pool.
Dinner by Kathy: Italian beef from Johnies in Chicago bought October 22nd; sweet peppers, & garlic au jus on whole wheat buns + a mixed salad.
Evening time; Kathy lets the dogs out to do whatever they do; then we both work a few crossword puzzles.
High temp=74 Lights out: 11:47pm
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