Thursday……..
After a gorgeous evening last night, the morning was very still and indicated a very warm and humid day. AND……..it was!!!
The morning flew by……with the 1st Lady’s cousin, Kate, dropping by to see Dr. Jeni and her family, and also Jeremy. She had lived in Eldon when we were there and had been a child sitter for Jeremy for a period of time while we were there.
By late morning, we were loading up and on the way to the Mark Twain Lake to spend the remainder of the very hot and humid day on the Lake. It is a short 15 miles to the Lake and so when we arrived there were very few families and others on the beach at the State Park. Jeremy and Cassie went to the boat ramp parking where the 1st Lady’s sister and family picked them up for the afternoon, which was spent in the boat and/or on the Ski Doo.
The 1st Lady and I joined Dr. Jeni, Darrel, and Meghan, Ava, and Rachel on the beach for several hours of playing in the Lake. They took turns riding in the ski boat around this part of the Lake……and then it was back to the beach. Darrel and I unpacked his new propane grill and we then set up a beach “tailgating” area and cooked hot dogs and hamburgers next to their motor home in the shade on the parking lot of the beach. The mid-afternoon lunch/supper was really great……..and by 5pm Dr. Jeni and famly had to leave to get back home in time for Meghan’s softball game.
The 1st Lady and I drove back to Monroe City for awhile…..and then with her mother, we drove back to the Lake area to the grouping of cabins where her sister and family are staying for this week. We all had drinks and then dinner at their cabin. After a bit of visiting…..as if we haven’t visited and chatted for the last 36 hours…..we left to return to Monroe City. On the way back we drove EXTRA slowly as we were traveling at the same time and on the same highway where my truck mated with that deer about 6 weeks ago. AND……….even though we were driving only about 35 mph, we had to slow down twice to avoid hitting two more deer that appeared in front of us during that drive home!!!
Again….I apologize for not being able to post regularly this week!!!!!! I hope that on Friday I can locate a hotspot for Wifi and get some of my postings published. I really have problems when I can’t get online every time I am up here in NE Missouri!!!!! I feel sooooo damned isolated from the world……..how we have become used to this cyberspace communication world we live in!!!
Tomorrow……well, it is supposed to be “back to the beach”…….but, we shall see how things progress as the day moves forward. We are returning home on Saturday unless plans are changed……and when you are retired and in the “rebirth” part of your Life….plans do have a way of changing quite quickly! But……anyway………
Life is GREAT…..and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!!!!!!
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