Awake: 6:50am Temp 44 sleep 6+40 sunny-windy overnight @ Everglade City, FL.
Call Gary J. in eastern PA. Gary is busy doing some volunteer electrical work & calls while driving; he thinks they might be traveling to Florida next week if they can get themselves organized.
Mike & Denise visit mid morning; Kathy gives Denise a tour of the inside of our coach & I tour Mike around the outside. Then we sit & gab for an hr over coffee & Kathy muffins.
During M & D's visit, Grace J. calls Kathy; Grace reports that her daughter Sherry & husband Dave just bought a house & Gary is helping them with some electrical needs.
Rose, from the concierge desk, calls & talks with Kathy about taking pictures of us to possibly use in their advertising; she would like to set a time.
Corinne calls from Lilly, PA; she informs us of the recent blizzard that blew through their town yesterday & reported other cool facts & happenings.
Mid afternoon, K & I visit the clubhouse & play numerous games of 8-ball on the pool table. We were about to wind up our pool playing when (3) gentlemen arrive from Naples, FL; (2) of them are the main investors of this Everglades Isle & the other is the co-pilot. The one who is the co-pilot ( Herb) introduced himself & we exchanged info about each other. He was born & raised in Carrolltown, PA....(5) miles from where I was born & raised; a small world it is! Herb & I end up playing a game of 8-ball before he has to leave & fly back to PA.
Dinner @ Denise & Mike's home was a real treat; Denise has nearly perfected a noodle soup formula with gyoza that we were hooked on in Narita, Japan during our aviation days. Many of us would walk from our hotel all the way into the town....just to have our fix of this noodle soup; with the distance being about (5) miles round trip. We used chop sticks for tonight's meal but not on the key lime pie that was served for dessert. It was a fun evening with lots of gab time.
Tonight's movie: "The Lady is Willing" with Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Arline Judge, etc. Agreeable comedy; glamorous Dietrich wants to adopt a baby, so she marries pediatrician MacMurray. Dramatic segment near the end spoils lively mood. 1942. Unless you're a MacMurray or Dietrich fan, this story & the acting are: so-so.
Lights out: 12:31am
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