One year ago today, a bunch of us got on a plane for a whirlwind tour of Germany. It seems like it was so long ago! I’m now seriously thinking about the next tour in 2013, which will likely be a “Footsteps of Paul” tour/cruise of Greece and Turkey. I’d sure love to throw in Egypt and Israel as well. The thing is, I don’t know if I’ll have any income at all in two years, and I’d hate to organize this thing only to discover that I can’t go due to lack of funds.
Oh ya, lake stuff. Matt and I hit the wine trail today. We started at Dr. Frank’s, and then headed north to Hunt Country, then finally Yates Cellars. All were excellent wineries, and we bought at all three places. Matt took a case home today. I’m having a case shipped back to California.
Each of us drank from 20 different bottles. By the end, my speech was slurring, but I could still feel my teeth (my indicators of 0.05% and 0.08% respectively – I was still OK to drive).
When we got back, our whole group of nine went to Geneva (NY, not Switzerland) for some special pizza place (Uncle Joe’s). It was excellent, though I’m not sure it was worth driving a half an hour to get to. The pizza sauce had a heavy application of Chianti wine in it, which I liked very much.
Upon our arrival back at the old homestead, it was time for Matt to leave. But before Matt left, dad got us all to move a boat trailer so she could get “buttercup” (Kevin’s boat) out of the water. After that, Matt left. Then we were eight.
The girls floated on the lake, the rest played cards. I did some call committee work for the church back home.
It was a good day.