Awake: 6:02am Temp 37 sleep 5+24 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
At 8:20am, we rendezvoused with the travelers outside our M. H; Thea & Carl already had plans of motoring to Punxsutawney, PA to ride their bikes & visit with Phil so we wished them a safe & fun trip.
Mark, Marcia, Kathy I started walking toward the Community Center. We've invited them to join our KK meeting this morning so they could understand just what people like us do in a small town...in our spare time.
I've already tipped Mark off about our Koffee Klub meetings...that we talk about anything & everything....but we don't gossip. Our crowd this morning was about average. Kathy & I have been having a harder time than usual making the meetings, mainly due to our home building, but otherwise, we enjoy the group & usually have some good laughs & serious talk as well.
Marcia explained & showed some of the crowd her different & new hearing aid. She literally had a hole drilled in her head (cranium bone) behind her right ear into which the receiver end of a snap was placed. The other end of the snap is on the hearing aid which she simply "snaps" in place.
Then we walked to our church & showed Mark & Marcia a laser cut wood Medallion that our cousin Cyrus made & fit into the altar floor.
After breakfast, Marcia, Mark, Kathy & I motored to Indiana, PA & toured the Cherry Hill Manufacturing Co. Since last year, Cyrus has added (4) more computerized metal lathes in his factory. This is one of their older models.
And this is one of four of the newer ones.
Besides making railroad wheels for a number of small rails in Portland, OR & San Diego, CA, they also make most of their own parts for the "U- sand" machine.
This was the 1st "U-Sand" proto-type of the late 90's.
Now these machines can be seen at rented places from Home Depots all across the USA.
They also manufacture laser cut medallions...
.......and borders & corners.
Next we headed to the new Giant Eagle in Indiana where K & I grocery shopped as did Mark & Marcia. We certainly enjoy shopping @ the new Giant Eagle.
After that fun time, we motored across town, stopped @ the Foote Castle & introduced Mark & Marcia to Melissa, Kevin & the boys, who were outside playing in the back yard. Marcia remembered Matthew when he was born in Anchorage & was very interested to see how much he had grown since then.
Back on our property, Thea & Carl greeted us & told their story of touring Punxsutawney & getting a glance of Phil, the groundhog. Thea was very concerned that the dinner she had planned would be too late & then we wouldn't be able to watch the rest of the royal wedding; we assured her, "it's not a problem." Dinner: boneless pork tenderloin, noodles, applesauce, mixed salad & a pistachio pudding for desert. .......a delicious meal was had by all....so thanks to you Thea & your helpers, we were well pleased with the time & the special meal.
After the dishes were cleaned & rinsed, we all took a seat & continued watching the marriage of Prince William & Kate for the next: (2) hrs. Kathy continued doing her speed control system & I do believe they were quite satisfied to see and hear a lot of that (5) hrs recording.
The night was still young for us & the travelers needed some good sleep tonight so, after they retired to their RVs, K & I watched: "On the Beach" with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, etc. Thoughtful version of Nevil Shute's novel about Australians awaiting effects of nuclear fallout from explosion that has depopulated the rest of the world. Good performances by all, including Astair in his first dramatic role. 1959. Not a happy story.
Lights out: 12:06am.
At 8:20am, we rendezvoused with the travelers outside our M. H; Thea & Carl already had plans of motoring to Punxsutawney, PA to ride their bikes & visit with Phil so we wished them a safe & fun trip.
Mark, Marcia, Kathy I started walking toward the Community Center. We've invited them to join our KK meeting this morning so they could understand just what people like us do in a small town...in our spare time.
I've already tipped Mark off about our Koffee Klub meetings...that we talk about anything & everything....but we don't gossip. Our crowd this morning was about average. Kathy & I have been having a harder time than usual making the meetings, mainly due to our home building, but otherwise, we enjoy the group & usually have some good laughs & serious talk as well.
Marcia explained & showed some of the crowd her different & new hearing aid. She literally had a hole drilled in her head (cranium bone) behind her right ear into which the receiver end of a snap was placed. The other end of the snap is on the hearing aid which she simply "snaps" in place.
Then we walked to our church & showed Mark & Marcia a laser cut wood Medallion that our cousin Cyrus made & fit into the altar floor.
After breakfast, Marcia, Mark, Kathy & I motored to Indiana, PA & toured the Cherry Hill Manufacturing Co. Since last year, Cyrus has added (4) more computerized metal lathes in his factory. This is one of their older models.
And this is one of four of the newer ones.
Besides making railroad wheels for a number of small rails in Portland, OR & San Diego, CA, they also make most of their own parts for the "U- sand" machine.
This was the 1st "U-Sand" proto-type of the late 90's.
Now these machines can be seen at rented places from Home Depots all across the USA.
They also manufacture laser cut medallions...
.......and borders & corners.
Next we headed to the new Giant Eagle in Indiana where K & I grocery shopped as did Mark & Marcia. We certainly enjoy shopping @ the new Giant Eagle. After that fun time, we motored across town, stopped @ the Foote Castle & introduced Mark & Marcia to Melissa, Kevin & the boys, who were outside playing in the back yard. Marcia remembered Matthew when he was born in Anchorage & was very interested to see how much he had grown since then.
Back on our property, Thea & Carl greeted us & told their story of touring Punxsutawney & getting a glance of Phil, the groundhog. Thea was very concerned that the dinner she had planned would be too late & then we wouldn't be able to watch the rest of the royal wedding; we assured her, "it's not a problem." Dinner: boneless pork tenderloin, noodles, applesauce, mixed salad & a pistachio pudding for desert. .......a delicious meal was had by all....so thanks to you Thea & your helpers, we were well pleased with the time & the special meal.
After the dishes were cleaned & rinsed, we all took a seat & continued watching the marriage of Prince William & Kate for the next: (2) hrs. Kathy continued doing her speed control system & I do believe they were quite satisfied to see and hear a lot of that (5) hrs recording.
The night was still young for us & the travelers needed some good sleep tonight so, after they retired to their RVs, K & I watched: "On the Beach" with Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson, etc. Thoughtful version of Nevil Shute's novel about Australians awaiting effects of nuclear fallout from explosion that has depopulated the rest of the world. Good performances by all, including Astair in his first dramatic role. 1959. Not a happy story. Lights out: 12:06am.
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