19 September 2014

Notes - a fun serendipitous-like week

13. Saturday – we left mid-morning – lunch at Wendy’s off I-71 near Mansfield – Rock and Roll Museum – dinner at Pizza Hut – we spent the night at ??

14. Sunday – breakfast at McD’s on I-90 turnpike – afternoon into Canada – arrived by 3 pm – Jim and Jeanne had already arrived and we sat on deck until house cleaners completed their task from the previous week’s renters. We had a very good Italian supper at Johnny Rocco’s on Lundy’s Lane.

15. Monday - mid-morning –Niagara on the Lake then back to view the American and Canadian Niagara Falls and other sundry related spots such as the whirlpool;  – lunch at Wendy’s – supper at Jimmy Buffett’s.

16. Tuesday – mid-morning – we took two cars to Toronto – we had lunch at Cocoberry Cafe at 49 Harbor Square then walked on to the harbor boat tour pier and took a boat ride before returning to Niagara Falls for dinner at the Mandarin – very good food but none of us finished our plates as we had had too much to eat at the small cafe in Toronto. That night I began a cough.

17. Wednesday – mid-morning to the Welland Canal Parkway where we watched two ships move through the locks; one going north to Lake Ontario first, then the other moving south towards Lake Erie – lowering the lock to go north and raising the water to head south.  We then return to Niagara on the Lake for a pleasant time. We had trouble finding a place to park when Craig said to turn off the main street where there was an excellent spot waiting for us on Regent Street in front of The Olde Angel Inn where each of us had an excellent English supper. The whole week appeared quite serendipitous. Everyone was in good spirits and we were entirely enjoyable in our companionship of four couples. Lots of conversations and private opinions were expressed and evenly tolerated – very relaxing. The coughing continued to the point that Carol and I discussed leaving early.

18. Thursday – after a mid-morning breakfast Craig and Alta were on board for the early departure and we packed and headed the short distance of ten miles or so to the border. We stopped within an hour for a snack at McDonalds then once in Cleveland we stopped at On The Rise for cookies and had a late lunch at Stone Oven. We arrived home at five-twenty and once unpacked and settled ordered two pizzas (Craig’s idea) from Papa John’s. I coughed most of the night.

19. Friday – when we awoke at seven we discovered a thank you and get-well note; they had quietly left for Chicago about six. I got a late morning doctor’s appointment and was out of there by noon. Diagnosis: acute Bronchitis. I am taking a Z-pack drug for my betterment. We ran some errands, had left over pizza for lunch then we sat around watching some DVRed television shows ending with half of the first episode of PBS’s “The Roosevelt’s”. We had a good fun week with old friends. I’ll be better tomorrow or the next day I assume – once I rid myself of this hacking cough.

         Tonight Kim called to see how you are doing and said she and the boys will see you next Saturday through Tuesday while Paul is at a cardiothoracic anesthesiologists’ conference in Arizona. You are happy everyone enjoyed the week together in Ontario. Tomorrow should be more routine. Later, dude. Post. – Amorella

         2305 hours. It did seem to be a serendipitous week even though Jim and Jeanne had done the planning.

         Why is that, orndorff? – Amorella

         I am not sure. 

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