Sunday began with a 6:30 wakeup (really sleeping in). We shared coffee and a bagel with Marvin & Diane, and then headed for the New York School for the Blind, where they were to have a PDG meeting and then a cabinet meeting. It was a beautiful sunny day, and about 60 degrees, so we enjoyed a little time outside, while waiting for someone to come to open up the school. We both went in to catch the PDG meeting, which only lasted a short while.
They took a break between meetings, during which Lion Diane asked me if I’d like to go with the ladies to tour the candy shop nearby. I was game, so went along with them. It was pretty interesting, even though nothing much was going on as far as actually making candy on a Saturday. We looked around the store after the brief tour, and I found some dark chocolate & cinnamon hostess wafers to buy. Diane said she’d like to get something for Debra, so I pointed her in the direction of the dark chocolate with mint.
We still had time to kill, so we went over to Tom Horton’s for an iced tea and conversation. Most of the ladies were Lions, so we shared ideas about how they could generate revenue for their Camp Badger. I told them how we had been to Camp Friendship for the Leo Forum, and they had a group of scrapbookers their at the same time. They jumped at the idea of getting their group together to do quilting there, and it evolved from there to making quilts as a fundraiser for the camp. I have no doubt that they’ll be very successful at it, what a great bunch of energetic, dedicated women!
We got back to the school by noon, when lunch was scheduled, but the cabinet was still meeting, so we killed time in the museum room until Marvin & John came out. They had the usual display of old Braille writers, Moon Type, and New York Point, and we took the opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of a residential school.
Lunch was outside in the picnic shelter. The grilled hot dogs & potato salad brought us flashbacks of Baal nights past. The dogs were perfectly burned, so we loved it! Then it was goodbyes and off to the airport with PID John & Lion Bernie. More goodbyes, and an easy trip through security and to the gate for an on-time flight. Life is good!
It was a nice smooth flight to Cleveland, although I must say that the Embraire jets are much noisier in the back row right next to the engines. The Cleveland airport is also much busier than it was Friday, but it looks like our plane to Minneapolis is on time.
We made it to MSP smoothly, and the shuttle was ready and waiting when we got to the pick up spot. We stopped for a burger and blizzard at the DQ, and were’ home by 8:00pm. Just enough time to unpack and start getting ready for the Florida trip on Tuesday!