Awake: 6:14am Temp 62 sleep 6+16 sunny overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
Early afternoon, K & I motored to Indiana, PA for a visit with the Foote family. As we were approaching their castle, we spotted & talked with Kevin for a short time, who was returning to work from lunch with his family.
We are greeted with big happy smiles from the Foote boys & Melissa; they haven't forgotten us. Plus Nathan's expression & enthusiasm to see us was awesome.
Taking advantage of this beautiful day (so far), we spent a good (1.3) hrs in the back yard just being casual with the boys: pulling them in their wagon, supervising their tricycle circuits, playing in the sandbox.....etc. Later, we all advanced into the house & I found myself on the 2nd floor with Matthew & Andrew while Kathy, Nathan & Melissa hung out downstairs.
With Matthew's intense interest in electrical items, he demonstrated his rendition of a computer control station that he put together by using (2) cardboard boxes with punched holes for the multiple runs of multi-colored wiring with different size plugs. After his impressive exhibition, he removed all the wiring & had me plug all those circuits back in their slots again. Of course, I needed a little assistance; I didn't have many plugs & their receptacles memorized.
Meanwhile, Andrew was entertaining himself with some cars & trucks & occasionally I would change positions & admire his creative road building ability.
Next, we three climbed the stairs to the 3rd floor & Andrew got right with the task of rebuilding a Brio train track layout. Meanwhile Matthew busied himself with an addition to Andrew's layout by figuring out a track that runs thru a spotlight .... I sort of let these guys do their own thing upstairs as they were both showing me the inventive & imaginative side of their minds & I felt good about that.
Eventually, we returned to the back yard as the dark clouds were moving in & toys, equipment, etc needed to be put back into storage. We thoroughly enjoyed spending some time with the Foote family again.
From here, K & I check out the nearby Goodwill Thrift store, looking for a portable foot stool & some kind of cloth covers/bags. Kathy picked out something which I think will work perfectly for what I have in mind.
Then next door @ Ollie's, we found a step stool that will fit our needs. Kathy had a list that wouldn't quit for Wal-Mart so the next (50) min were dedicated to grocery shopping.
Heavy rain followed us most of the way to Nicktown, where it let up a little in time for unloading those Wal-Mart bags.
Dinner: Kathy's chili with noodles & corn chips .
Evening movie: "Tunes of Glory." We watched 1/4th.
Lights out: 11:31pm.
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