Friday…….
WOW…..after a really, really hot and humid today yesterday, the morning today was wonderful. And what a morning to enjoy coffee on the patio here in NE Missouri. GREAT!!
About mid-morning Jeremy and I drove into Hannibal to the Quality Inn and Suites where we seated ourselves in the large reception/lobby and proceeded to use their free Wifi for the next 1.5 hours. After reading his emails, Jeremy had as many phone calls to make as I had emails to answer…….LOTS!!!! His business never slows down……for holidays or not, it just keeps going…and keeps him going day and night. Right now he is the campaign manager for the Democratic candidate for Governor for the state of Louisiana….and their election is this fall. Sooooo, he is so involved in running the campaign with ALL of the various events, fund-raisers, tv appearances, campaign ads to write and produce for the television, etc., etc., etc. He has to fly back very early Sunday morning for a few events that he scheduled for later that day……..but, he LOVES his job!
This afternoon the 1st Lady joined her sister and families for some boat cruising around the Mark Twain Lake…..while myself….well, I enjoyed an afternoon nap and some reading on the patio.
Then this evening we drove down to the Lake again…..and met all of the family for dinner at the Rustic Oak Cabin Steakhouse……oh yeah, kind of a strange name, but that’s what it is called. There were 14 of us to be seated so we were glad that we had made reservations earlier today as the place was PACKED!!! And the food???
Well, it gets a mixed review. The 1st Lady had a KC loin steak with baked sweet potato, salad with ranch dressing made on the premises, and part of my dessert. Her steak was dreadful!!!! It had soooo much gristle and fat that it was very difficult to find any meat to salvage from the remainder of this steak disaster!!! TERRIBLE!!! She ordered “extra” some mushrooms on the steak and they were those slick nasty things straight from the little can….AND they were COLD!!!
On the other hand…..I ordered the “half pound Sirloin” with an “extra” of three fried shrimp. My steak??? EXCELLENT!!!! Prepared just perfectly, as per my instructions, and with a wonderful juicy flavor! The seasoning was not over the top……and it was just the way I would have done it myself. My salad was excellent with Bleu cheese dressing with bleu cheese crumbles spread across the top. The baked potato was in the oven just the right amount of time as it broke open nicely and the flesh was not too hard, but not mushy, either. The “extra” shrimp??? NOT good as they were way, way over cooked and therefore, very dry and hard….YUK! AND….there were only two..and not three as the menu stated. I also ordered a Chocolate Lava Cake….which, too, was cooked tooo long and was dry and not moist with the pudding in the center. It had been over cooked and while it was rich and a deep chocolate flavor, it almost had a burnt taste from being in oven tooooo long.
Where is this place??? You take Route J off of US 36 and go south, crossing the Clarence Cannon Dam and then the next bridge and another mile south and the place is on the left beside a motel/cabin for tourists. They have an extensive menus with lots of appetizers, pastas, chicken, steak, seafood, etc., etc. and a very large listing of desserts which all seemed to be made in the kitchen and not pre-made/cooked. But…..with only a 49% positive review from the 1st Lady and I……..not certain how strongly I can recommend it.
We returned to Monroe City and made a few mental preparations for leaving tomorrow. We have to stop in St Louis for a few items, as well as pick up Rachel to take home with us until Sunday. Sooooooo…..another few days of being gone has flown by….and,……
Life Is Great…..and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
SATURDAY..............
An early arousal this morning as Jeremy had to leave early this morning to go to STL to rent a car....and then drive to Cape Girardeau and on to Charleston to visit with Mike. Soooooo, I had to make certain he crawled out of bed in time to get all of this done today...haha.
After he and his girl, Cassie, left for the city and points south, I had quick cup of coffee and then we began to do a few things around the 1st Lady's mother's home that needed to be done by someone other than her mother.
The 1st Lady painted an iron bed that was getting a bit scratched; I did a bit of cleaning in the garage and around the house, etc., etc. By shortly after lunch we were on the road heading to Dr. Jeni's estate to pick up Rachel and bring her home with us.
Arriving about 2:30 or a bit later, we decided to spend the remainder of the afternoon utilizing Dr. Jeni and family's new pool which was just completed late last month. What a great pool it is...and today was just the time to throw our tired and overly heated bodies into the cooling waters. We didn't exit the pool area until time for a light dinner with Dr. Jeni and girls. Darrel is in SE Missouri to race in two different places this weekend.
We got on the road about 7:30 and arrived here at the stick and brick about 10pm.....UGH!!!! Soooo much "stuff" to get out of the car and into the house....and now everyone has put themselves in the horizontal position except this sagging hulk......and it won't be long for me to do the same.
It has been a busy, but enjoyable week.......and it is a nice change to return here for a few days of peace and quiet.....hopefully!!! Time will tell........but, nevertheless....
Life is GREAT....and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
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