Awake: 5:32am Temp 38 sleep 5+44 overcast overnight @ Nicktown, PA.
My 1st cousin Florentz joined us @ our Koffee Klub meeting this morning. I must admit, he was a little reluctant & told me that he was not going to make a habit of doing this. Well, by the end of our session, he leaned over & quietly said: "This was nice. I just might find my way over here again."
While Kathy visited the big city of Barnesboro, I cleaned up the portable water canisters & then replaced both canisters with (2) new filters.
Late morning, K & I motored to Ebensburg & visited my brother for about (35) min. Then we visited my 1st cousin Richard @ the care center: Haden Manor. I had to keep my promise of visiting Richard (1) more time before leaving the area for (6) months. We wish Richard a comfortable winter & hopefully we will see him again in April. He seemed to really appreciated our (40) min visit.
Then we motored to St. Augustine & visited Gary & Rosemary. We brought the 1986 Snapper lawnmower with us as Gary offered to store it for the winter in his garage. This time I cleaned the mower fairly well so it won't derogate his clean garage too much.
Rosemary had her kitchen table all set when we arrived around 3:45pm, & Gary was armed & ready with the wine glasses & healthy snacks. Gary & I kibitzed in the kitchen while the ladies sat in the living room & said nice things about their husbands & how lucky they are to have married us.
Gary, the amazing fellow that he is, has been fully retired now for about a month & he loves it. I think this is his 3rd retirement. Now Rosemary has to adjust to having Gary home all the time...just like Kathy had to adjust when I retired.
Anyway, Rosemary made one of my favorite dinner dishes: ole fashion meat loaf with baked potatoes, fresh corn off the cob from their garden, warm rolls, raw vegetable plate, & pumpkin pie made by Gary for dessert.
After dinner, I knew Rosemary was planning on playing a few games of "diminishing bridge" which I really enjoy....but tonight, I humbly requested that we just casually talk. My mind was somewhat focused on our leaving Nicktown tomorrow & I still had a number of things to do before dark. Instead, because these guys are so good to us & we always have a good time together, I foreclosed on the evening chores tonight & simply enjoyed some more good talk. We finally said our goodbyes,wished each other safe travels & headed back to Nicktown.
At the motorhome, I was tempted on wearing my headlamp to catch up on a few outdoor chores but it was cold & very dark....so I'll do that stuff early tomorrow morning.
Meanwhile, Kathy called my cousin Mickey in Canton, Ohio to find out if they & my Aunt Bertha & cousin, Betty Ann would be available for a dinner gathering tomorrow evening. Mickey thought it would work but asked us to call when arriving @ the Baylor Beach campground.
Then we both called Mark & Joan in Navarre, Ohio & suggested a rendezvous for breakfast Wednesday morning. They too, would like a call tomorrow evening to firm up our get together. Sadly, Mark's brother, Linus, died suddenly this morning & they are waiting to learn of funeral arrangements.
Lights out: 11:32pm.
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