Awake: 5:15am Temp 42 sleep 5+33 early rain, then partly sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
K & I attend 8:00am Mass, then Kathy speeds off to the Foote Castle for even more dedicated wallpaper removal & painting work. I, not wanting to appear lazy or futile, spend a good (1.3) hrs exercising @ the community center.
Back @ our coach & after breakfast, I make several phone calls; one being a call to a campground in Ohio. After my questions were answered by the gentleman host, I am leaning more toward driving our motorhome to the planned wedding in Ohio rather than driving our car. I will discuss this idea with Kathy & see how she feels about it. Having the motorhome in Ohio @ that time would be advantageous for us to head south for warmer weather.
I call Ken & ask him if his diesel John Deer Tractor will be available for use sometime next week; “I’d like to give our golf course a trimming for the winter” I tell him. Ken said he’ll check his schedule & get back with me.
I also make a call to the local Prince of Peace church in Barnesboro; checking for a 4:00pm Mass that we can easily attend before reporting to Northern Cambria Rotary’s Trivia night in Patton, PA; & the answer is…yes.
Ken calls later & reports a full & busy week but will highly consider the following week.
I call neighbor, Donna, who will be riding with us to attend 4:00pm church & also joining us @ Trivia night where she’ll meet her husband, Al.
Kathy returns, a bit worn out but happy that she has accomplished what she can safely do before the Footes return from their camping & wedding attendance trip.
We pick up Donna @ 3:37pm, motor to Barnesboro, attend 4:00pm vigil Mass & then continue over to Patton, PA, a (25) min ride.
As I park the car, who do we see but Gary & Rosemary; we have invited them because we like them, they have been around, know a lot of trivia & we need their help.
When we enter the large social hall, people are everywhere; this trivia game is very popular among the Rotarians & their smart friends.
Social hour begins @ 5:30pm, buffet dinner @ 6:00 with the game starting @ 7:00.
Dinner: chicken legs, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cooked carrots & a salad.
Shortly after dinner, our game began. Keep in mind, we only had (9) players whereas some of the groups had (20—25). We were probably the smallest of (14) groups.
Joe, the moderator, was fantastic; his trivia questions were broad, narrow, old, modern, film clips projected on a good-sized screen, music, etc; a wide variety of subjects without a doubt. Joe was in control; he was humorous, spontaneous, & organized.
All in all, it was great fun & our group of (9) was thrilled to end up in 4th place. We were glad we invited Gary & Rosemary as Gary particularly was a good contributor of correct responses.
After returning to our coach, we finished watching: “The Experiment in Terror” with Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin, Roy Poole, etc. Taut suspense with bank clerk Remick terrorized by murderous extortionist Martin…but FBI agent Ford is on the case. 1962. One of the better crime stories we’ve watched; better make note of it.
Lights out: 11:47pm
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