Today was all about company—getting ready for company and having company—and this time our company was from Ontario, Canada. Okay, they actually drove down from Frankenmuth, Michigan where they are staying at an RV Park, but they are Canadian citizens who reside in Canada when they are not traveling in their motorhomes. Bill and Karen are fellow converted bus owners and members of both the FMCA Great Lakes Converted Coaches chapter and the Converted Coach Owners group. Mike and Kathy have a purpose built class C motorhome and often travel with Bill and Karen. Kathy is Bill’s sister.
Linda spent the morning preparing vegan lasagna and apple/pear crisp for baking later in the day while I worked at my desk on secretarial and financial duties for our FMCA Freethinkers Associate Chapter.
Company arrived a little after 1 PM. Linda took the ladies on a tour of the house while I took the guys on a tour of the property and then showed them around the house. We had guys’ chat and gals’ chat for a while and then we all gathered around the table on the deck for some grapes and pretzels. Linda put the lasagna in the oven at 3 PM and prepared a salad. When the lasagna was done she put the apple/pear crisp in the oven to bake while we ate. We sat down at 4 PM for dinner and had a very nice meal that included Italian bread and olive oil seasoned with pepper. We opened a bottle of our 2009 Egri Merlot (it may have been our last one) and four of us had a small glass with dinner.
We continued our conversation on the deck after dinner and had our dessert out there. It was an absolutely perfect late September day. When the sun got low in the sky we moved inside as it cools off quickly and the mosquitos come out. We sat in the living room and talked until 9 PM. By then it was dark and they still had a one hour drive back to their RV Park. Kathy had rinsed off the dinner dishes, so Linda loaded the dishwasher and started it. Linda packed her computer and gathered up all of the things she needed for tomorrow so she could get an early start for the bakery. I will be home all day waiting for Bratcher Electric to show up and convert the whole house generator. They are supposed to be here between 1 and 3 PM. Karen took a few photos but I did take any, so I do not have any images to post from today.