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Happy Birthday!
How does a man celebrate his 65th Birthday?
DUH; surrounded by beautiful ladies!
And where was Dianne while this was going on? On the other end of the camera, taking the
photo of course. This photo was taken the day after the “Party of a lifetime,” which included:
- 21 Slabs of Ribs
- 30 Pounds of Catfish
- 10 Quarts of Chinese Spaghetti
- 2 Huge Containers of Coleslaw
- A Carrot Salad Containing 5 lbs. of Carrots Plus Other Ingredients
- A Full Sheet Cake
- A Home-Baked 4-layer Cake
- A LOT of happy, friendly people
One might think that after such a celebration, I would sit still for awhile, but they would be wrong.
In addition to the normally busy schedule of January and February, we spent time visiting
Anthem, Arizona (near Phoenix). Anthem was our “Home” for three days, where we visited
friends and former neighbors Michael & Cindy Strang and their family, Paige, Meghan and “Little Michael”. Our adventures included enjoying their beautiful home and hospitality, sightseeing, shopping, seeing homes that you would not believe, watching a Wild West shootout (along with gun safety and warnings), and visiting and “prospecting” at the historic Vulture Gold Mine in the Sonoran Desert.
After reluctantly leaving the Phoenix area, we were off to Altadena, California to visit my sister Jean and her husband Emmanuel. We arrived Friday afternoon and were there all of fifteen hours before taking a round trip Amtrak Train ride to Oceanside, California to spend a few hours with Dianne’s cousins, Doris, Walter, Donna and Hope of nearby Vista and San Marcos, California. They treated us to lunch, good company, and sightseeing.
Later that evening, we again boarded Amtrak for the return trip to the Los Angeles area and more sightseeing, eating, and good company.
Sunday morning it was off to an 8:00 A.M. Church Service with Jean and Emmanuel, at the New Revelation Baptist Church where Rev. William Turner Jr. is the Pastor. We were treated to Emmanuel’s singing talents as part of the choir at New Revelation.
Then it was off to Brunch, followed by more good company, the inevitable packing our luggage,
and then an absolutely fabulous dinner at the home of Barbara Johnson.
In what seemed to be but a moment, we were off to Burbank Airport to mark the beginning of the end of a six-day adventure that left us wiser, more thankful for good relatives and good friends, but totally exhausted. Even though the return flight to Cleveland was flawless, we urge you to think twice about taking the “Red Eye Special,” and not think at all about a plane change in Las Vegas with 30 minutes between flights. I was absolutely certain that flights that close together would not be assigned to gates in completely different sections of the terminal. Unless you and your traveling companions are marathon runners, we urge you try to select a more sane connection schedule.
Anyway, we made it back to Cleveland at 5:30 A.M. Monday morning, and after a few hours of real sleep, we are rejuvenated (so why do I still feel tired?) and ready to start thinking of our next adventure.
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