First picture is taken on Murton's deck (those are my two gold medals I won)
Second pic is taken on the same deck.................that is my view of the Manistee River
Third is a freighter coming down that narrow river. What a sight!!! The guy has to be a good driver cause there is only 10 - 20 feet on each side. It was huge. We stood on the deck and talked to the guys on board. They come in every few days to bring coal.
I have been to Love INC. (In name of Christ) and signed up to do some volunteer work with the elderly. They have to get me in the system, but I should hear in a few days. Murt and I have been busy playing cribbage, euchre, and any other game we can muster up. I sure do like this retirement.
Love to all my FFF
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
FINALLY!!!
Hey FFF
I am on the first leg of my journey which is Manistee, MI. My friend Mary Murton (fondly called Murt) lives up here and found me a room to rent right downtown. I arrived Friday to find the room HORRIBLE! It was dark, dusty, dirty and dank. I just could not move in. Murt felt so bad because she knows the guy but had never been to his house. Soooooo, I will continue to stay with her until something else becomes available. She has an extra bedroom with bath, so who knows maybe I will stay with her for the summer.
She has a condo on the Manistee river so we set on the deck and watch the ships (even some big freighters) go by. Always a breeze so we spend many hours out there playing cribbage for a quarter a game. At the moment I am up by $1.50 but it can change quickly.
Sunday I went out to the airport and toured a World War II B-17....very cool.
Yesterday we went to one of her friends house for a Fourth of July picnic. Had lots of food and played games that the hostess had set up. I won two gold medals!!! One for going the distance with a rubber duck on my head (there were 30 entrants) and one for carrying a plastic egg on a fork (beat the same 29 people) They all accused Murt of bring a ringer. Boy, isn't fun simple when you get old? Also enjoyed a colorful parade downtown.
I am going to try to post some pictures, but since I am a novice.......who knows.
Love ya all.............Joyce
I am on the first leg of my journey which is Manistee, MI. My friend Mary Murton (fondly called Murt) lives up here and found me a room to rent right downtown. I arrived Friday to find the room HORRIBLE! It was dark, dusty, dirty and dank. I just could not move in. Murt felt so bad because she knows the guy but had never been to his house. Soooooo, I will continue to stay with her until something else becomes available. She has an extra bedroom with bath, so who knows maybe I will stay with her for the summer.
She has a condo on the Manistee river so we set on the deck and watch the ships (even some big freighters) go by. Always a breeze so we spend many hours out there playing cribbage for a quarter a game. At the moment I am up by $1.50 but it can change quickly.
Sunday I went out to the airport and toured a World War II B-17....very cool.
Yesterday we went to one of her friends house for a Fourth of July picnic. Had lots of food and played games that the hostess had set up. I won two gold medals!!! One for going the distance with a rubber duck on my head (there were 30 entrants) and one for carrying a plastic egg on a fork (beat the same 29 people) They all accused Murt of bring a ringer. Boy, isn't fun simple when you get old? Also enjoyed a colorful parade downtown.
I am going to try to post some pictures, but since I am a novice.......who knows.
Love ya all.............Joyce
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