Awake: 6:28am Temp 39
sleep 6+18 mostly sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
After the KK meeting & our breakfast, K & I drove over to the church hall & got prepped on our jobs for this afternoon. Today is the "Wine Fest" & we are volunteers from 12:30 pm until 4:00pm.
There were (5) wine vendors from what they call: "Groundhog Wine Trail in Northern PA" for today's wine tasting event. Kathy was the runner, bringing purchased wine from the vintners for people who chose not to carry their goods around with them but rather have it stored for later pickup. I was the organizer, keeping track of these bottles behind the bar & giving them to the people after proper identification. Kathy got to exercise her legs & socialize & I got to exercise my math & jaws so we were both happy.
I can't tell you how many bottles of wine passed thru our security station during our (3.5) hrs....so I won't. But, Kathy came up with the idea of leaving (15) min early (which was fine with our replacements) to attend the 4:00pm vigil Mass @ the Prince of Peace Church in Barnesboro. After Mass, we changed clothes & returned to the wine tasting event as partakers rather than workers.
The plan worked great; we had tickets & when entering the church hall again, we couldn't believe how the crowd quadrupled + in size. It was difficult to walk around...but people were very friendly & happy...& most patient. Yes, there were a lot of Nicktowners present as well as many, many more from other towns, near & far.
After making the rounds several times to all (5) vendors, we relaxed & socialized with a few people we know who live out-of-state but frequent Nicktown often. I had no idea what a success this wine fest has been. I'll definitely look forward to next year's extravaganza.
Back in our motorhome, we called my sister, Mary Jo, & left a message. Then we started a movie: "Murder on the Orient Express." With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Berman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, etc. Kathy was worn out but managed to watch about (44) min before bedtime.
Lights out: 11:27pm.
After the KK meeting & our breakfast, K & I drove over to the church hall & got prepped on our jobs for this afternoon. Today is the "Wine Fest" & we are volunteers from 12:30 pm until 4:00pm.
There were (5) wine vendors from what they call: "Groundhog Wine Trail in Northern PA" for today's wine tasting event. Kathy was the runner, bringing purchased wine from the vintners for people who chose not to carry their goods around with them but rather have it stored for later pickup. I was the organizer, keeping track of these bottles behind the bar & giving them to the people after proper identification. Kathy got to exercise her legs & socialize & I got to exercise my math & jaws so we were both happy.
I can't tell you how many bottles of wine passed thru our security station during our (3.5) hrs....so I won't. But, Kathy came up with the idea of leaving (15) min early (which was fine with our replacements) to attend the 4:00pm vigil Mass @ the Prince of Peace Church in Barnesboro. After Mass, we changed clothes & returned to the wine tasting event as partakers rather than workers.
The plan worked great; we had tickets & when entering the church hall again, we couldn't believe how the crowd quadrupled + in size. It was difficult to walk around...but people were very friendly & happy...& most patient. Yes, there were a lot of Nicktowners present as well as many, many more from other towns, near & far.
After making the rounds several times to all (5) vendors, we relaxed & socialized with a few people we know who live out-of-state but frequent Nicktown often. I had no idea what a success this wine fest has been. I'll definitely look forward to next year's extravaganza.
Back in our motorhome, we called my sister, Mary Jo, & left a message. Then we started a movie: "Murder on the Orient Express." With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Berman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, etc. Kathy was worn out but managed to watch about (44) min before bedtime.
Lights out: 11:27pm.
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