We have kept telling ourselves that we would use this month to relax and soak up the sun. To an extent we have done that, but I always seem to have something that needs to be done and have not been diligent in keeping up to date with the blog.
We had a great weekend at Palmdale, there was some excellent pickin' going on. Our friends, Marilee and Jan, performed brilliantly and have been booked to appear next year! Well done.
The news for that festival is that James King is to appear on the Friday night next year!! So book your place now. I will write a more full report when I get the chance.
We contacted some friends we met on our first trip. They live in West Palm Beach and they came over to see us and stayed for the Saturday night. It was really great to see Sandy and Don again and it made the weekend very special. Thank you, Sandy and Don, for making a special weekend for us.
Palmdale is way down in the south, but close to a good road, so after the festival we decided to travel all the way back to Connie's in one go. We had a good clear run and arrived by 3.00. Sally was exhausted, but able to 'lay up' (nautical term used when you take a boat out of the water for repairs and refurbishment) the next two days to recover.
However we did manage to struggle to Walmart with Cathy, of Fred and Cathy on the Wednesday.
We also tried to give a hand with the party. If you want some understanding of the level of these preparations you should read the section in Lord of The Rings about Bilbo's Party. The only difference is substitute the firework display for a shuttle launch which we watched from their garden on Sunday evening. This was spectacular, at 7.43 the sky was darkening and the vapour trail of the shuttle turned red with the setting sun (the launch was in the east). But otherwise pretty similar.
We had a great time, four days of meeting people who are now old friends, eating, talking and playing. There were 0ver 300 people for the weekend and Connie fed everyone with amazing food. eg. Sunday breakfast - omelettes cooked to order, pancakes, eggy bread, hash browns, bacon, sausage patties, biscuits with sausage gravy, fruit salad, fruit juices, sweet rolls, muffins, coffee, tea. What a spread! Not to mention the deserts Connie keeps putting out - cookies, eclair cake, chocolate cake, carrot cake, choc. brownies, creme de menthe brownies, chocolate mocha square ( Sally's favourite), strawberry shortcake, ice cream sundaes, etc etc. - all home made. We have both got expanding waists!!!! Thank you Connie and Jim for being such wonderful, generous people.
It's warmed up - temperatures in the high 80's (30 C) (highest was 87 F )and no rain for the last week. Wonderful weather for the party. As we plan to go North, it may get cooler.
We are now preparing to move on.
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