Today was a treat of having a full day
with Patti’s sister, Peggy, her husband Rob, son, Drew, and for dinner Drew’s
girlfriend, Toni. Their daughter Mandy
was in Florida on vacation with a friend, so we missed her, but got to hear
good stories about how she is doing.
Patti, Peggy and Drew went to a favorite restaurant for a
lunch of potato chip chicken. We were celebrating Drew finishing one final exam
for summer school, with one more test for his other class on Monday. They had a nice time just the three of them.
Dick took a chunk of the day to work on
photos. He figures that between us, we
have taken around 12,000 photos on this trip.
That takes a lot of reviewing, sorting to get rid of bad pictures and to
save the really good ones. He then
chooses between 5-10 photos to illustrate each day of our bog. Then he needs to edits those blog photos to
make them ready to upload to the blog.
It has been such a time demand that posting fell behind.
Meanwhile, Patti has taken the lead, with a lot of input
from Dick, of writing about our travels for each day. Sometimes this happens at night, and
sometimes she types and they talk about what they will put in while Dick is
driving. Quite a process!
Patti, Peggy and Rob took a dip in their local community
pool. The temperature has remained over
100 degrees, being 104 when we went swimming.
Patti was surprised that they didn’t need a heater on this pool, just
the sun, and the water was warm. Rob
swims pretty much everyday after he gets done working outside in his landscape
business. It is hot work!
We gathered informally in the
kitchen while dinner was in progress.
This was another time for catching up on each other’s lives. We appreciate that Toni came over to join us.
Dinner was lovely gourmet meal of smoked salmon,
which Rob smoked in their smoker. There
was also a bounty of fresh fruits and veggies.
We ate very well at their home.
Both Peggy and Rob are great cooks.
We enjoyed having a really nice evening that included
Toni. She and Drew have now been
together for 5 years, beginning while they were in high school. She is such a fine young woman, and we all
talked until midnight about all kinds of topics. Patti and Toni enjoy following
each other on FACEBOOK. It was a treat to see each other in person.
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