End of 3 days off!

June 26 - Boo hoo, our last day off, but only for 2 days!  Last night was the first since we arrived a month ago that I didn’t wear flannel pants to bed.  Summer has arrived in CT.

We didn’t rush this morning before heading south to Norwich.  We did a detour off the interstate to Canterbury, CT to the Prudence Crandall Museum to get a stamp for the Quinebaug & Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor.  The lady working was disappointed I wasn’t there for a tour of the house but oh, well, we were on our way to Norwich. 

Bill had hoped there would be signage to Meeting House Rock in Norwich where the Old Burying Ground was and nearby the site of the massacre of 600 Pequot by the English.  There was not so we followed the signs to the Pequot Museum which is just passed the casino compound, The Foxwood.  First I must say the first view of The Foxwood

View of The Foxwood from museum tower

is truly imposing.  The deep sky blue glass of the new Tower and the blue of the original buildings, just beautiful.  The museum was not so beautiful but does have a 13 floor observation tower giving a beautiful view of the casino buildings and the surrounding countryside.  At first the museum displays were not so impressive but that changed once we viewed some of the movies and visited the recreation of a Pequot village from 450 years ago.  Using handheld audio you could stop at any of 20+ stops and hear exactly what the figures were doing.  The 30 minute movie of the 1637 Pequot War was as good any movie on the big screen that we have seen.  Very graphic in depicting the events leading up to and the final clash.

Museum display of Pequot men fishing

We were starving by the time we left the museum.  We parked at the casino and surprisingly there wasn’t very good info upon entering to let us know where to go for what.  We were looking for FOOD!  The kiosk we found listed all the places but wasn’t clear where they were with regard to us.  We found a Panera Bread that was closest and it was the MOST expensive lunch at Panera I’ve ever had.  Part of that was because I chose the lobster roll.  It was yummy and the bread was delicious but it was pricy.  Then Bill gave me $50 to spend, notice I say spend, not invest in the casino.  I started at the one where we came in so it would be easier to meet up with Bill and leave but it was actually closed.  There are 3 casinos for sure, maybe if I had continued around the circle there would have been 4.  I went to 2 and lost my money.  I do like Vegas WAY better!  

On the way home we stopped in Dayville to go to Target.  Our little George Foreman is about shot and that’s the only place I know that sells the 2 serving one.  We also picked up another month of service on our Verizon burner phone so we’re good to go if we need it.

We put our stuff away and immediately headed out for our walk and chatted with people along the way.  We were still full from our late lunch so we didn’t eat until 8.  The new George works great.  I just did a chicken breast and leftover broccoli and sliced tomato.  Bill was watching the NBA draft and I was trying to use the computer but didn’t make much headway.

Back at the Casino

June 26 – Not much happening today. We got up at 8 and walked the loop and then I drove Bill to the maintenance shed to pick up the lawnmower. When he got back we had a quick breakfast of banana and cereal. He headed out to start mowing and I took the Mule and raked the 2 sites that vacated and then went up to pick up our reservations and put them all in the sites. Looks like another busy weekend. Then I started back on my weeding project. I was smarter today and stopped every so often and came back for a drink and cooled off and went back out. Bill reminded me that I needed to caulk around the outside of the bedroom window while the sun was on the other side, so I got that chore out of the way. I finally did my own site and the sides of the road coming into our campground. Looks so much better!

Bill finished first and I followed him back down to drop off and clean the lawnmower. He came in and did some paper work for the new reservations and I went back out and did the last of my weeding for the day. Then we had lunch. I didn’t feel like making a salad so we both had elk summer sausage and crackers, Bill with a side of cottage cheese and I had some mozzarella and we both had veggies and a cookie.

We did some reading and computer stuff and then I removed the old caulk from the area of the shower stall casing where I think it was leaking. Then I re-caulked it. Will be watching closely the next few times I shower. I am now making nectar by the gallon and took down both feeders and washed them good to try and get the sticky off the outsides to deter the wasps and bees. I re-taped the old one with duck tape but Bill said he still saw some dripping. Crap!

I caught up on email and posted 2 days of blog. It was a simple dinner tonight. I made half a bag of Trader Joe’s Mandarin Orange Chicken with leftover brown rice and steamed the last of my frozen greens bean and put a lemon dill sauce on them. I really don’t like frozen beans, they just seem rubbery. These are the ones I blanched and froze when there was a truck load of beans spilled in Winter Garden and we were told to come and bring buckets. I got real tired of cleaning beans and blanching.

We took Xena for a loop walk and should have no new guests coming tonight. It was nice to have most of the afternoon to play catch up and do some reading. We did get a short sprinkle and the power went off for a few minutes and as I type we hear thunder and saw lightening west of us. I was hoping for a slow all night soaker, that would be great! Time to read some of my library book as I don’t think I can renew it again! Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell.

June 27 – So far we’ve had a really nice day, that is, except that Xena had me take her out this morning at 5:30 instead of Bill. That’s what I get for going to the bathroom. It was rather eerie out. The sky was still a dark blue except in the east where it was really lovely with a reddish hue and it was so quiet and still. It’s warmed up a lot at night to where we put both of the heaters away. The power went off again before I went to bed last night but only the 50 amp because the cactus lights were still on and they are on a 110 outlet in our power pole. Odd!

So when we got up at 8 we dressed and walked the loop, then I made omelets for breakfast with toast for Bill and cantaloupe for both. We headed out to ride our bikes up to office and Bill’s tire was flat. So we took the Mule. We had 8 – 10 new reservations, 2 for Friday and the rest for Saturday. Bill just said right now we have 29 filled for the weekend.

Bill went out on foot with the weed eater and I took the Mule and put the reservations in and then started weeding. Some are the size of a tumbleweed. That’s about 18” in diameter. These are some huge prickly plants and have major shooter roots. One guy saw me pulling them and he pulled the biggest one so far, from in front of his RV for me. He even offered to take it to the dumpster but I just put it in the back of the Mule. I would fill my 5 gallon bucket and empty it 3 times into my big tub and fill my bucket again and go to the dumpster. The huge ones I just put in the back of the Mule. I think in 2 more days, which will be Monday and Tuesday next week, I should have the rest of the sites done as far as the major stuff. Then it will be just keeping up with the small ones shooting up.

We rested for a while and then showered so we could go into Ignacio for lunch. With our player cards from the casino and being 55 and older we get the Wednesday lunch buffet for half price ($4.50) and if we swipe our cards at the player kiosk we can get $20 free money to play the machines with. Bill gave me his card and I played both cards and it let me cash out with $24.00, so that was a good day! The lunch is basically Mexican with a big salad bar and dessert bar. The tamales were good and so was the green chili chicken posole soup. Will be getting that again.

Entry sign to the winery

On the way out of Ignacio I stopped to check on the watch band I ordered 2 weeks ago and she said it was ordered but has not come in. Then we went to the Fox Fire Farms Winery. Bill stayed in the truck and talked on the phone while I went in and tasted 4 wines. There were 4-5 others but they would be red and dry or white and dry so I passed. I did get a bottle for me and a bottle for a gift.

We also planned to stop at the Ignacio Cemetery on the same road on the way back as according to the internet, Ute Chief Ouray is buried there, but once we went through the entrance it said it was the East Ignacio Cemetery and the stones and area all seemed rather new so there must be a West cemetery that we need to find.

On the ride home it was getting ugly out and one of our wipers is broken. We could see rain in several areas and a bolt of lightning here and there, but when we got home not a drop had fallen but the wind picked up and did a lot of blowing. We could see rain south and east of us but none made it over the hills. Darn!

Bill raked out two sites that left after we left today while I was getting supper going. We had the other 2 pickle steaks and I baked a couple of potatoes and made salads and toasted some buns that are ready to go bad. We just had a cookie or two for dessert. Bill’s red velvet ice cream has been gone for a couple of days and although he didn’t write it on the list, I’m sure he is going to want to get some at our last grocery stop tomorrow.

We watched a couple of shows and looked at information about Mesa Verde. There’s no way we can go and get on the guided tours of 3 sites and get home without being exhausted and grumpy so I think we will try to schedule the two sites that are closest to each other and just do them in one day. We’ve been here a month and need to get busy seeing more of the things we wanted to see and do the things we want to do.

Time to post and read for a while!

Working Weekend

June 16 – Oh joy! My first day at my new job. I got up at 7:30 so Bill and I could flip up the mattress so when the guy came to work on the washer it could be set on the mattress frame. Then we just had cereal for breakfast and I put away the dishes Bill washed from last night and changed my things to my tiny purse. Bill took me up in the mule because it was really windy and I’d be pedaling against it and would be tired and grumpy when I arrived. I checked the reservation slips for him and there were 2.

I got out my locked box and took out my $100 bank and set up my drawer and had my passes ready to go. It really was a busy morning. I now see why they need so many people in there. I sold 59 passes, most of which were cash but I had 9 credit, which takes longer. I gave out maps, directions, answered questions and got to chat with some folks. I also had to check in some campers who reserved on line. My job was easy compared to the ladies working the desk from the visitor lobby side. They had to issue fishing licenses for both NM and CO, handle boat registrations, sell annual and senior park passes and handle walk in campers. That paperwork takes time and at one point there were 2 lines of 7-8 people in them. About 30 minutes before the end of my shift I get to balance out. All my years of banking and working with money paid off again as I balanced to the penny. How hard can it be, it’s multiples of $7 all day. My supervisor walked me through the forms, the copies, the computer input. I should have taken notes, but tomorrow I will write down some things since I’ll only be in there 2 mornings a week I might forget where to go on the computer and what codes to use.

Bill was there promptly at 1 to pick me up and when we got home he had my delicious salad ready. He had eaten already. Then he told me the washer guy never came by and I never got a call so we don’t know what that means. After lunch I drove up to the post office to drop off a now late birthday card and they close at 11. Will now make mental note of that!

We were just lazing around watching a movie on TV when Terry came by. We invited him in and we visited for a while and got to ask a lot of questions about the running of the park and the people. Being the nosy people we are we like to be in the know. He said he had charged his small skill saw and I could come down and get it as he was headed back home. Marion and Jerry stopped by also so Bill could use their bathroom key to refill the toilet paper. They didn’t stay long. I asked Bill to just drive me to Terry’s and I’d just cut my boards there and be done with it. Of course they invited us in and we got on a conversation about the Ute Indian Tribe and how they run things. I finally had to tell Bill we needed to get a move on and we knew they were headed out. It only took about 10 minutes to make 6 cuts with his saw, what a nifty little battery powered saw it is. It would be perfect to carry in the RV. Going on my Christmas list!!!

I took Xena for a walk while Bill got a shower, then I changed clothes and we headed into Ignacio for dinner. We had heard good things about the casino so thought we’d give it a try. The buffet was prime rib and shrimp, both of which Bill is not crazy about, so we went to the Rolling Thunder Grill instead. It was good. Bill had a marinated chicken dish that he loved and I had the special, shrimp scampi and it was good, but too much garlic, a bit too spicy and too much floating olive oil. I did have enough to bring home for lunch. I played the slots while we waited for dinner because there were right there, but didn’t do well, lost $9.00. We ran into our supervisor, Terry and his wife and he had just won almost $400 playing penny slots after dinner. Lucky guy!

On the way home we stopped at the small grocery in Ignacio mainly for tomatoes and eggs. Then we found that the 7 2 11 gas station/convenience store sells soft serve, my favorite. So we got swirl cones and ate them on the way home. What a nice treat.

Still no word from the washer guy. We even drove thru Tiffany to see if they were using the business truck but no luck. Oh well, will see what happens tomorrow.

I spray painted 2 coats on my wood I cut today and we sat out for a while and watched the hummingbirds. There were 4 briefly. Bill said he counted 5 at one time this morning. Once the mosquitoes came out we went in. I got my shower while Bill listened to a radio show Johnny Dollar. Then I did some paperwork and my blog. I am pretty tired tonight so time to cut it short, take Xena out and head to bed.

July 17 – Happy Father’s Day! I made sure I was up at 7:30 so I could make Bill a nice Sunday breakfast. I left his Father’s Day gift from Xena and Molly in a Victoria’s Secret bag on the chair. I knew he’d have opened it before I got up. I got him a Durango & Silverton train t-shirt and an Old Spice gift set. He was happy with his beagle card and his gifts.

He dropped me off at the office this morning and then he had sites to clean. We had 26 vacates today and 16 of those needed to be turned around for a large church group coming in today for 4 nights. It was pretty busy this morning in the office. I sold 66 day passes. I thought today would be slower but it was busier. I balanced again, so that was good. Bill picked me up right on time and he was filthy from cleaning 14 sites in the wind. I made our lunches and as soon as we ate and I changed into my work clothes we went out and cleaned 12 more sites. We could have left some for tomorrow but decided to get them out of the way since we were already dirty. It’s really a pain to clean them when it’s so windy. When I clean the fire pits the ash dust gets up my nose and all over me. Also when Bill rakes and I am doing a pit in the same site the dust from raking is bad. I hate this wind. I watered my garden and should be getting lettuce in a few days. The radishes are looking good also.

The good news is the washer guy finally appeared this morning and luckily he had his grown nephew with him who helped him get the washer out of the cabinet. The bad news is he had the new motor with him and it was not the motor. He thinks it has to be the circuit board. When the first tech called Whirlpool they said due to the error message it was the motor, so he’s going to call again tomorrow and see what he can find out, so he left the motor with us since our warranty paid for it. So we needed to get some laundry done AGAIN. After I got showered Bill dropped me at the laundry while he went to the office to pick up two packages we heard were there for us. One was our new bedroom window, yeaaaa! The other is the awning tape I ordered to finish my repairs and have some extra for our next emergency. They have a phone book in the laundry room so I looked up some places in Durango to repair Bill’s chain and a pair of his shoes.

We put two loads in the dryer and hung the rest on our line. We ran another one to our RV door handle but as soon as the clothes were dry I took that one down so no one will be after us about it. Bill sat out with Xena will I made dinner and said there were 6 hummingbirds. I’ve got to sit out there tomorrow and get some new photos.

I took out what I thought was Italian sausage at lunch time to have some spaghetti squash with it and sauce, but it was chicken chorizo so I made chorizo enchiladas, black beans, salad and jimica with lime and paprika. Now Bill says he likes these enchiladas better than my chicken ones. I couldn’t believe it. There were two shows on he wanted to see at 7 and 8 (that nasty Mountain time again) so we waited to walk Xena and turn our reservation slips til 9. Oh, before we left the man who does all the cooking for the church group of about 60 brought over some pulled pork and buns they had left from dinner tonight. He said we were invited to their meals and if not he would be bringing meals to us. He owns a bbq place in Buena Vista. I had a taste and it’s yummy and more than enough for us a meal, probably 2. Looks like I won’t have to do any cooking this week!

Trip to the Casino..and other stuff

June 10 – I used to love Sundays, but this summer it will be my least favorite day of the week.  Bill cleaned one site and went to get a Sunday paper after we had a smaller than normal Sunday breakfast of melon, muffins, bacon and 2 poached eggs for Bill.  We took our time reading the paper and waiting for most of our sites to clear out before heading out to clean.  I vacuumed the RV and cleaned the bathroom really good.  Not my normal Sunday routine by far. 

We did 13 sites together, but luckily only one was really bad.  The idiots put cans and water bottles in the fire pit and there were cigarette butts all over and candy wrappers.  The scum that leaves their cigarette butts on the ground and let their dogs poop all over and don’t clean up after them are the ones I’d like to bar from the campgrounds.  Oh and then there are the ones who sneak in late and leave early without paying and the ones who don’t leash their dogs and when you say something to them it’s, “oh, the kids just let them out of the truck or I was just getting the leash.”  Well, one came after Xena when we did our loop walk tonight with her and it growled and I hollered for them to come for their dog and it moved towards poor old Xena and Bill went to grab Xena and fell and scraped up his arm.  The guy said his dog was non-violent and had just walked out the door, well, why was the door open and the dog not leashed?  I’m going to complain to the head ranger as I don’t think the rangers make the people leash or hook up their dogs.  I can become a real thorn in someone’s side!

Getting back to the rest of the day…it was a bit windy from the beginning and got worse as the day went on so it wasn’t the kind of day to go boating or sit outside like yesterday.  We had lunch after having a drink and rest from the site work, then I got showered as I had a meeting with the office manager at 4.  After I was all cleaned up I sat at the table and read and watched the hummingbirds.  Those poor little birds try to get that nectar with the wind blowing like crazy and the feeder just swinging.  At one point I did spot 4 today, 3 on the feeder and one hovering and waiting for a spot.

I didn’t realize my meeting was going to take 2 hours!  She went over all my duties and assigned me a money box and batch of day passes to issue.  Basically NO ONE gets in for free unless you live here and have a visitor or service company.  If you pay for a camp site you also pay for a day pass.  So they get you coming and going.  There are no discounts unless you are a Colorado resident, so no military or senior discount unless you live here.  We can earn an annual pass once we volunteer 48 hours to the park, so Bill will get his so if we go to visit other parks for the day we get in free and we can camp Sunday – Thursdays at a discount with it.  So we might get a little perk from it.  My supervisor is Susan and she’s been here 17 years and used to be a high school guidance counselor.  That was interesting since that was Bill’s career.

The late meeting changed our dinner plans.  I had thawed a pound of ground venison and chicken breasts but due to the wind I had decided before I left that I’d cook just the chicken inside and do the venison tomorrow.  Well since I was so late getting back I went with the venison and gave Bill a choice of tacos or sloppy joes and he had a time deciding but ended up picking tacos.  What a waste of prime venison.  It was good and he enjoyed it so that was fine.

We watched a new show on before taking our walk and facing the attack dog!  I cleaned up Bill’s elbow and we watched another new show.  This Mountain time zone is a bear for watching TV.  All the shows come on so early.  I meant to call my friend Jean and wish her a happy birthday, but the 2 hour time difference made it impossible by the time I remembered.  If you’re reading this, Happy Birthday Jean!

The boat down the road

There was a couple who rented a site for the day and brought their huge sailboat out of dry dock and worked on it in the site to prepare it to put in the lake next weekend.  Their site will only need to be raked out tomorrow.  Time to read a bit before retiring for the night!

 

June 11 – Not many sites to clean today so after a breakfast of cereal, Bill drove to the office to pick up reservations and then he dropped me off to rake 2 sites while he put the tickets in at each spot.  He had said his side was hurting so I felt bad to make him rake.  The 3^rd site had used the fire pit so I did the pit while he raked.  We hung out at the RV until lunch.  I watered my plants and sat out in a chair about 6 feet from the hummingbird feeder and took a gazillon pictures.  I tried different settings and my telephoto lens, they are just so fast and my camera only has a speed of 800, so maybe that’s part of the problem.

The unusual birdnest

After lunch we had the last 2 sites to do as they pushed leaving right up to the noon deadline.  Bill dropped me off at the one that used the firepit while he went and raked the easy one and came back and raked that one.  We noticed a plastic bag swiftly moving across the campground and we drove up close and I trotted after it and on the way back I noticed a bird nest on the ground at the first site I raked this morning.  It was where the sailboat was yesterday and I had told Bill it looked like someone broke some tiny bird eggs in the drive when I raked it.   Then it dawned on me that the people found the nest in the boat and the eggs got broken and they gently laid the nest by a big rock to be found, and I found it.  I am going to take it to the office as they are going to have some summer programs for kids and if one is on wildlife they might like seeing this very non-traditional looking nest.  Not a lot of twigs involved.  Then we spotted a huge black bird at the one remaining site that they people were staying another night.  We stopped so Bill could shoo it away, but then he called me to come and turn off the Mule.  That bird had destroyed their garbage bag and gotten into a crate with a loaf of bread in it and other stuff.   There where peanut shells all over and bits of plastic bag.  Yuck.  We did the best we could and took the trash to the dumpster and left the opened crate in their tent and restacked their belongings to keep the bird from getting into more.

Three hummingbirds at once

After a final sweep to pick up more trash that was caught by the wind, we showered and drove into Ignacio.  On the way we stopped at the post office as she told Bill she wanted to talk to me about my postcards.  I thought I was in trouble but she wanted to know about printing the photos right on photo paper that is 4 x 6 and just using them as post cards.  She didn’t know they made photo paper that size.  The new remote for the bedroom box came, hope it’s the right one, but the new card for the box wasn’t in the mail.  We stopped at Paco’s Glass and ordered a plain tempered glass pane tinted to change out the crackled one we have in our door now.  He said it should be here in about a week.  Then we stopped at the liquor store and grocery so I could get a new receipt for a $2 rebate on my bottle of Chocovine and some produce we needed.  Down the block is the library and we had been told we could get a library card, so Bill got one and we checked out 4 books and they had some overstock for sale so I bought 4 hardbacks for $2.  Good deal!  We might check out some of the DVD’s as you can keep them for a week and we will normally either go into Ignacio or thru it to Durango within a week.

Our last stop in town was the Ute Sky Casino.  We signed up for player cards and they put $10 on them so I played both of our cards while Bill got a free soda and checked out the restaurants.  Then he gave me $20 to play and I won $33.25 so quit and gave him back his $20 and have $13.25 for my next visit.  It’s not a huge place but pretty nice.  Not many of the types of machines I like to play.  More of the new ones with the multi row play more money machines.  I’m sure I can find some though to take my money.

One of my close ups

This morning the appliance lady called to tell me she had ordered the part for my washer on Friday.  Not trusting her, I called the warranty company and verified and she did it on Friday but had she done it Thursday when I called it would have been delivered Tuesday so it could be put in on Wednesday, but now it will be another week.  I thought I’d do 2 loads when we got back from Ignacio but it was kinda late so I took Bill and the laundry to the laudromat and got them going and he sat and read his book while I came home and got dinner going.  We didn’t get to eat until almost 7 as I had bone in chicken breasts to bake and made Kam’s recipe of Tomato-Basil Risotto.  I topped it off with a salad and after dinner I made a big rhubarb crisp and put it in to bake while we took Xena for her loop walk.  The risotto was really good and Bill went back for seconds.  I’ve had the recipe for a while but never got around to trying it.  It’s a keeper.

Rebecca and Harlan stopped by for a few minutes to give us the name and number of a local (25 miles) RV repair guy in case we need it.  You never know!  I finished my current book so I could start on a Scarpetta book that will take me a while, it’s a thick one.  Bill read and we never even turned on the TV tonight.

July 24 - Diamond Casino Day

Since we were meeting John and Cheryl for a late breakfast we each had a glass of juice and a banana to tide us over. On the way to meet them at the Diamond Casino parking lot we stopped at Chu’s for a Sunday paper. They rode with us to the Sunrise Café on Johnny Mercer. There were some folks waiting but we said we’d sit at the bar so we got seated right away. I had my blueberry pancakes and got to have corned beef hash as I never fix it at home since the kids are gone and Bill doesn’t like it. Yummy!

Relaxing on deck

Scenery along the way

We were still a little early for boarding as they board 1 hour prior to the noon departure. We parked in the shade and just waited a bit. The 5 hour trip is $5 per person. They wand you prior to paying your fee and check your bags. I had packed some snacks but had to take them and my camera back to the truck. Bill had to take his little backpack to the truck and he got snippy with them about it. I was still carrying a medium size tote with my book, hat, lotion, etc and it was way bigger than his bag and they never said a word to me. Bill complained to a guy inside that looked in charge and he apologized and said it was book bags that were not allowed. Anyway, we spent most of our time on the top deck under the awning and just watching the view and talking. Cheryl and I went down and got complimentary sodas and later the guys went and got some snacks. Well, Bill got us chicken quesadillas and John got a cheese steak sandwich and potato salad that they shared. Everyone but Bill took a turn at the slot machines but no one won. John and Cheryl broke even but I didn’t come close. We were told the ship would go out as far as Tybee Island, which meant it would pass the Coast Guard station and out RV so we’d get photos with our phones of from the ship. Didn’t happen and Bill and I were disappointed. They turned around quite a ways from there. We did get to see some dolphin which was nice. The boast is all smoking and until it leaves the dock the smoke is rather prevelent and it's not the cleanest place I've ever been. It could use soem serious refurbishing.

John and Cheryl headed back to their hotel and Bill and I for the RV. We were going to take Xena out, feed the pets, shower and meet them back at their hotel around 7 to go out to dinner and walk River Street. Their room is really nice at the Hilton DeSoto and we headed downtown to Girabaldi’s. They got the recommendation from their hotel valet. It was a decent walk and we checked out some of the squares along the way. Saw the Julliette Gordon Lowe House. At the restaurant we were seated right away. They had a nice menu of options. Bill, John and Cheryl went with traditional Italian meals but I opted for a seafood fettuccini alfredo. Bill and I shared a salad of raspberry, pine nuts, gorganzola cheese with baby greens which was very tasty. Everyone enjoyed their meal but me. When it was served it smelled like spoiled shrimp or fish. The seafood was mostly laying right top, so I first smelled then ate the mussels, shrimp and scallops. They all tasted OK but the pasta still smelled. I tried to eat a couple of bites but couldn’t. There was crab or fish flaked on the top and I thought it could be the culprit and I didn’t want to wake up in the middle of the night with food poisoning. The waiter asked if I needed a box and I said no that something was not right with it, that it smelled bad. He brought the menu back and asked if I wanted to pick something else but the others were done eating so I said so. Then he brought the dessert menu and said I could have a complimentary dessert so I had the tiramisu and it was heavenly. I wanted to lick the dish. Bill had a berry cobbler with ice cream as did John and Cheryl. Everyone else really enjoyed their meals and it is a pretty upscale restaurant and was very nice.

We walked down to River Street. Being Sunday it was a rather slow night and not so many people out. Only the eateries were open so we didn’t stop along the way, but headed back to the hotel. We sat in the lobby for a while, then Bill and I headed for home. It was after 10 when we got back and there were still people fishing on our bridge.

Bill watched his show and I read the Sunday paper. It was a nice day with our friends.