Wednesday 07.21.2010

I had a couple of phone calls that woke me. Unfortunately, I was unable to get enough of a signal on the cell phone to hear any messages. When I got up, about 0930, Vonnie was up and had started her day.

I was done with breakfast but not dressed when Polly got here. We enjoyed our morning together, the three of us.

After Vonnie showered and was ready, we went into Hale. The weather was so nice we had the top down.

First stop, the Waste Transfer Station, then over to the Fish store. We spent at least an hour, if not more in there. I found a few items for myself, Polly found a nice dress with a jacket, and Vonnie wouldn't even consider a hairy hair tie. We had a lot of fun there.

Next we went over to Kathy Jane's, a boutique. Completely different type of store, definitely a boutique. We spent a lot of time in there, too, looking at all the stuff. Vonnie found a summer lounger/beach dress type of garment that was way on sale. And a bag.

We had been gone quite a while and needed to have a bite to eat. So we went to Kocher's for the few grocery items we needed, and also found a nice spinach cheese pie at their deli. We got three pieces, a few napkins, and sat outdoors on a park bench outside the store and ate.

We drove back to Long Lake, and the last place we had wanted to go to was not open. We decided, instead, to take a leisurely drive around the lake.

We did, and it was very nice. We talked and laughed and enjoyed each other's company. We dropped Polly off at the JC and headed home.

Frank was out sailing when we got back. He did a good job, and I got a few pics.

His friend and co-worker from Allskate, Travis, arrived. We decided to fix supper-- Frank did a good job on the grill--and after dinner we went out on the boat. Vonnie stayed back and got a fire ready.

Frank skied, then Travis attempted. He was up enough to say he was. It was a lot of fun, and he did a good job, too.

We put the boat away. The fire was going nicely, thank you Vonnie, and Jim and Polly came to join Vonnie, Frank, Travis, and me. It was a perfect summer night, temps high to mid 60's and no wind, clear and an almost full moon.

J&P left, and after a bit, Travis turned in, and Frank and Vonnie and myself went for a walk to find where the voices were coming from. Very unpleasant noises, like some kind of violence maybe?, and with such a quiet night it was quite disturbing to hear. We didn't come across anything other than a family that was just being a family. I can only hope it was one of those awful television shows or movies that have so much violence in them.

Frank went to bed, and Vonnie and I enjoyed the summer night. We listened to the loons and the owls and the splats of the lake, fish jumping and bugs splashing. We finally called it a night after 0100. It's still absolutely beautiful out there; it was a perfect ending to my vacation. Yep, home tomorrow.

Thank you God for giving me this time here, and for all the wonderful people that have shared it with me.

Thank you for reading. Hugs.