Awake: 6:19am Temp 65 sleep 6+52 cloudy…drizzle….heavy rain overnight @ Watertown, WI.
Today is a day of “fasting” for the Orthodox Jews; after sunrise, they will neither eat nor drink anything until sunset. Sallie however, can still make meals to be consumed after sundown. Later I find out, she needs a taster & she tells me: You’re the man!
I talk with Larry about K & me returning our Tivo unit to Best Buy in Madison, WI. Initially he wanted to come along but we assured him that with his receipt & credit card, we could manage. Larry had purchased that unit for us on Sunday, June 17th after much discussion of the usefulness. Then we found out that the Tivo works great in a stationary environment but having a motorhome, where you’re constantly on the move, it’s not practical.
37 miles later in light to heavy rain, we arrive @ the Best Buy store in Madison. Returning the unit was no problem. Larry gets credit & we buy a DirecTV DVR to replace the Tivo. Had we known the difference, we would have bought the DVR in the 1st place.
Back to the house, I return Larry’s credit card & he immediately writes out a check for the cash amount that I gave him for buying that Tivo. Larry couldn’t wait to see the DVR that we had purchased & after seeing it, couldn’t resist hooking up the cables & following the on screen directions for activation readiness. Within 30 min, he is waiting for me to make the call to DirecTV for activation. It works, by golly!
With the remote in hand, Larry selects (3) aviation movies to record & to watch later; “The Spirit of St. Louis.” “Gallant Journey,” & “Above & Beyond.”
Kathy wants to see the giant woodpile that Bruce has accumulated before the scheduled bonfire & fireworks tonight, so we take our umbrellas in case that weather in Madison finds its way here soon.
A (9) min walk to the woodpile & already a steady drizzle is with us. We take a few pictures & then visit with Bruce & Marsha inside their house. There are people everywhere; inside the house & outside on the porch & under the open tents in the yard. We are invited to try some of their deep fried turkey & a few side dishes before it’s all gone. We did and, of course, the turkey & sides were delicious.
Bruce is the fireworks coordinator + has the pyrotechnics training & authorization to shoot fireworks on his property. Some (5 or 7) guys do the lighting of the fireworks. So as not to be in competition with the city’s fireworks show on the 4th, Bruce traditionally has his on the 3rd, but at the moment, he is skeptical about his show happening with the continual rain fall. We head back to our motorhome in heavy rain; umbrellas are not enough & we do a change of clothing to be comfortable.
With our movie being recorded, we watch about an hr of “Spirit of St. Louis” & then we’re invited to join the hungry people inside who are having a late dinner. Fasting is over; while we enjoy wine time with Larry on the porch under cover, to our surprise, the food is consumed and the kitchen all cleaned up. It was lucky for us that we had eaten a little at Bruce’s. The fireworks were called off tonight by Bruce.
We return to our motorhome about 11:00pm & then finish watching the recorded movie by 12:35am.
High temp=75 Lights out: 12:54am
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