FRIDAY 14 O9

END OF THE SUMMER TWO WEEK TRIP TO DEMOPOLIS FOR BOTTOM WORK ON THE BOAT DOING THE BOTTOM ON THE HARD OBVIOUSLY AND LEAVING IT UP FOR THE WINTER MONTHS ON ADVICE OF PETE HANSEN FIRST NITE OUT SPENT AT COACH COOKS MOM AND DADS IN CENTERVILLE EIGHTY SOME YEAR OLD FOLKS WHO ARE JUST MARVELOUS MARVELOUS DELIGHTFUL PEOPLE FARMERS WHO WERE ALSO HORSE AND MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS DURING THEIR DAY THEY ARE SO HOSPITABLE AND ENJOYABLE AND FUN TO VISIT NOT TO MENTION THE FOOD HIS MOTHER SERVES A LITTLE GAL ALL OF 75 LBS BUT WHAT A COOK SHE AND SISTER ROSIE WORKED ON THE MEAL WHILE JOHN MOWED AND FATHER JIM AND I SAT IN THE SWING AND TALKED AND TALKED ALSO TRADING KNIVES WE HAD THE FARM SUPPER COMPLETE WITH FOUR MEAT ENTREES THREE POTATOE DISHES AND THREE PIES PEACH CHERRY AND PUMPKIN DID NOT NEED TO EAT FOR A WEEK SHE WANTED US FOR BREAKFAST BUT WE PASSED ON THAT ALTHOUGH I HAD A PIECE OF EACH PIE AND A COFFEE JIM COOK HAS A MILLION STORIES ALL WHICH I AM GLAD TO HEAR SO WE TALK AND TALK SARAH A NEIGHBOR STOPPED BY WITH CORN AND STAYED TO VISIT WHAT A NICE GAL AND SAYS SHE MAKES GOOD SALSA LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OUT ABOUT THAT WE ARRIVIED FRI NITE AT PARIS LANDING TO THE VISIT AND DINNER WITH RON AND TERRY FROM MARQUETTE YACHT CLUB DAN AND REBECCA FROM KENTUCKY LAKE AND THE HUBBS FROM K LAKE AND FORMERLY FROM BOONE GROVE GREAT START FOR OUR TRIP THE NEXT MORNING OUR GOOD BUDDY CAM FROM FLA JOINED US AND THE CREW WAS ASSEMBLED