It is about 6 a.m. on Monday and I could not physically post anything about yesterday. My legs and feet ached and we stayed out late. To crash in a comfortable bed was my only goal after the Highland games closed down about 5 p.m.
We had a wonderful day. Started with a chilly 39 degrees and Eric had frost covering his car. We dressed in layers and by 10 a.m. I was down to a T-shirt. It was a pleasure to see the sun and NOT have hurricane-force winds blowing our raffle tickets away. We did good and raised thousands of dollars for the organization to use towards bringing more pipe bands here and for giving scholarships for young people to pursue the Scottish arts of dance, harp, and bagpipe. I lost track of money spent but not much passed through our fingers. We have become a thrifty lot and spent more on pitchers of beer in the Piper’s Pub (upstairs in the Gov. Samuel Adams Ski Lodge) during the impromptu, but always crowded, after hours jam session. Wall to wall people, mostly co-workers and officials, gabbed and drank amid drummers and pipers who would gulp a few then serenade us with song.
Invited to join the ‘big guys’ for dinner, we grabbed Dave Bruce and headed for the Beacon Resort. Ed Clermont served up a grand meal and Eric’s night was complete when a boiled, Maine lobster arrived in front of him! Watching him devour the orangey-red crustacean was priceless! We do miss being able to get lobster around the corner as we did when we lived here, so close to Maine and the ocean. We offered Dave a bed since Rob and Joey headed back to Vermont earlier in the day. Again, we were all tired from helping people and holding the raffle and cleaning up our 20-foot by 20-foot tent. Now all we need to do is pack, close up the condo, and head south. We plan to swing by our last house in Belmont, New Hampshire then stop to pay our respects to family at the NH Veteran’s Cemetery in Boscawen, NH. Home is only 900 miles away! Nancy Lee Badger
11. October 2009 at 23:21
Loved the recipes!!!One sounded very familiar to me!!!
Truly enjoyed from NC to NH etc. So much so told the husband to read.
Wilkes-Barr very familiar. We stayed in Willkes-Barr in the WalMart shopping center with our RV on the way to Mass. a couple of years ago. Had 2 cats and a dog with us. Kitty’s had a long day without the use of the litter box. They were glad when we stopped.
Someday maybe we will follow your path to NH and Vermont. Would love to see that area in late Sept. or early Oct.