NANA NOTES

GRAHAM'S TURN!

Sort of a "right of passage" when the boys turn 12 Papa takes them to West Texas to Longfellow Ranch to mule deer hunt.  Ryan and I have been and they closed down last year.  Graham was much disappointed that he didn't get to go. They opened back up and this is his year!  Ever since he found out he was going he has been so excited.  Getting clothes together, planning, anticipating--that's part of the excitement and fun of the trip.  Making memories!  Today he and Papa left for New Orleans to spend the night so they wouldn't have to get up so early to catch the plane.  They felt it necessary to call and tell me that they ate supper at Middendorfs--one of my favorite places.  Graham had fried shrimp.  Sadie and I had frozen pizza and sugar free cookies!

 Jennifer saying goodbye to her #2 baby boy. He will always remember this.

 Sadie was less than excited for Papa to leave.  She's been sitting by the door listening for him to come home.  She's stuck with me however.  Maybe I can win my dog back!  I'll keep you posted on how Graham does with his hunting.  The chances of a big "kill" are good.  Ed has one of the best guides out there and the weather is supposed to be very cold!!
 

MY MAN CAN FISH!!

Ed and Jody are in the Florida Keys getting to do some awesome fishing. Yesterday they caught "bonefish"; today they each caught a marlin.  It's fun to hear from Ed and listen to the excitement in his voice when he talks about the men and the boats, etc.  I told him not to tell me about the wonderful food!!  :)   We miss him but Sadie and I are holding down the fort.

THE LAST TRIP HAS BEEN THE BEST!

This weekend has been the most fun.  I finished up my dental work--Thursday was the worst, then checkups on Friday and Saturday.  Now my teeth look wonderful and I'm glad it's finished.  Ed and Dennis went fishing and had had a great time. 

Alma and I toodled around Boca Grand and did a little shopping.  I even found a couple of Christmas presents.  We went out to eat on the boat and saw some beautiful homes.  

The colors are so beautiful and the homes are HUGE!!  

Nothing like living on the point and having water all around! 

This one is awesome. It has a screened in porch that coveres two floors and the pool.  Loved it!

Naomi, Dennis and Alma as we were loading onto the boat to go to a restaurant to eat dinner on Friday. Aren't they a lovely family?

Ed and me on the boat ride to the restaurant--wind blown hair and all! But don't we have beautiful teeth??? :)

We ate bananas off the trees in their yard and I learned about "sea grapes".  I bought a jar of Sea grape jelly to benefit Relay for Life.

  

 

    This picture shows the sea grapes when they are green.  They ripen to a purple red and are wonderful. My plan is to get some to see if they will grow in MS.

We fly out tomorrow and life will get back to normal.  What's normal?????

A COMBINATION OF EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

Ed is having some dental work done by a friend of his who is a dentist in South Florida. He somehow talked me into going along to see if I wanted to be checked out. Sounds good--a little beach trip with some friends and good food.  We called Josh and Cagney got us a room at the St. James Hotel. We went down on Wednesday night and had dinner with them at a lovely place called Irene's. Talk about awesome food. 

Of course I pulled out the camera--you can see our desserts: bread pudding, strawberry cheese cake, creme brule and tiramisu for me. That's after we had eaten some tremendous entrees!

  My salad was sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and red onions with balsamic vinegar dressing.  And for someone who doesn't eat pork chops, this was terrific!!  It was a double cut pork chop filled with granny smith apples slices and walnuts with a sweet potato and apple gratin on top of the most delicious turnip greens I have ever had.

Cagney, Josh and Ed had a beautiful steak. I tasted Ed's and it was delicious too.  We were stuffed when we finished. They took us to see their house and then we went to the hotel.  We had an early flight.

 

 

After an uneventful flight to St. Myers, FL we visited with friends and went out to dinner at the "Temptations Restaurant" in Boca Grande. The movie Deja Vu was filmed there with Denzel Washington.  Another awesome meal and an early bedtime because of Ed's all day dental appointment.  This picture was made with my Blackberry because I forgot my camera.

 

 Dennis and Ed relaxing at their indoor pool while Alma, Naomi and I rode around on the golf cart taking flower pictures.

This is Naomi--Ed's little honey.  She will be three soon and she really took to Ed. She calls me Nana and that's just fine too.

We look forward to going back soon.

 

A flight for Ed and me wouldn't be complete without an hour on the runway without A/C and a return to the terminal for a change of planes.  Better safe than sorry and I am not a great fan of flying anyway.  We made it to New Orleans only two hours late but still in time for a great dinner at Middendorf's.  We met a nice couple who knew some people we knew and had a nice visit.  Every day we find out that the world is getting smaller.

After proofing this post I guess I should have called it "How We Ate Our Way To Florida and Back"!

Ed's Fly Fishing Trip

During the days that we were melting here in Mississippi, Ed and some friends were fly fishing in Montana, Colorado and Utah in 40 degree weather looking at snow capped mountains.  Doesn't that just hurt your feelings!!  :)  I finally got the pictures today.  He had called most every day with stories of what they were doing and what they were seeing [and giving me weather reports which I did not want!!!] but the pictures do not do his stories justice.  The excitement in his voice told me that the water and mountains were as beautiful as anything he had ever seen and that they were having a wonderful time.  Here are a few shots of the trip.  He said there just wasn't time to take pictures--they were too busy fishing and "looking" to be photographers.  

Ed said some woman passed by and offered to take this picture.  Left to right: Yancey, John, a guide, Vin and Ed.  Look at all the "stuff"!! The mountains are beautiful. 

This is the Green River and the water was so clear.  Ed said in some places it was 15 feet deep and you could see fish swimming everywhere.  This river is in Utah.  

One day for lunch [which Ed always bragged about] they stopped on the side of the river and had a picnic--chairs, tables and all.  I can't remember what they had but the other night he said he wished he had some of the cookies that they had that day!  He always makes the food sound so good. He sent me a video [from his phone] from Old Faithful. If I could figure out how to get it on here I'd let you see it. Awesome is the only word I can use for how it looks.

Thanks to Susie (who went to Belgium and Paris) and Ed who toured the West, I've had two good vacations this summer and didn't even have to leave home. No packing and no stress!  The best way to do it and I got happies from both trips!!

NASHVILLE: THE FINAL INSTALLMENT (or is it?) I hope not!!!

I can remember when I was little my grandfather would sit in his chair by his little green plastic radio and listen to the Grand Ole Opry--Ernest Tubb, Little Jimmy Dickens and the list goes on.  I had never been to the GOO and was excited to learn that someone got us tickets--all nine of us!!  As it turned out it was in the old Ryman Auditorium that night because of another function in the new building.  Ok by me--it was the real thing.  A woman dressed up like Minnie Pearl came out and said--you guessed it--"Howdy, I'm just so proud to be here!"  She told a few jokes to warm up the crowd. She was funny but she wasn't Minnie Pearl. There was only one of those. 

 

The GOO Square Dancers were good--those guys could really move their feet! (Sorry about the back of the guys head!)

There was a long list of entertainment for the night. Those of you who have been there might know that it's a radio show and they have breaks and commercial announcements.  You see all of that on stage and the guys moving the equipment around.  Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys and Darryl Worley did the first set.

 

 

 The Whites were good.  Jan Howard only sang one song.

Kathy Mattea sang "Where've You Been" a song I remember from a long time ago.  I still cried.

 

Mike Snider was one of my favorites.  He was funny and I really enjoyed the music.  

 Everyone remembers "Mississippi Squirrel" by Ray Stevens and "It's Me Again Margaret".                                  

  Stonewall Jackson sang a song or two.  You may know him--we did not. Connie Smith also performed.

 Restless Heart finished out the night and it was time to go. When we went outside it was freezing cold.  Someone had blocked our car but the guys did a great job of getting us out.  We actually got to bed before midnight!!

An early wake up, a quick breakfast and off to Brentwood UMC for a very good service.  The "AG Crew" filled up a whole pew.  Then it was off to lunch and Lee Pittman greeted us at the door.  Lee is a friend of AG's.

Isn't he a sweetie? [Sorry Lee if you're reading this!! But it's true!] We had a fun time at McAllister's Deli and hated to leave. A long drive awaited us. Time for one last group photo and then on the road back home. 

This had to be one of the most fun weekends I've had in a long time. We were on the go constantly and heard more good music than most people hear in forever!  I hope I get to go again and I want to be going to a show with these two as "headliners"--High Road! 

  And when I do, AG is going to be famous and she's going to know ME!!   :)

THE GREAT RECITAL WEEKEND [NASHVILLE OR BUST!]

Ed and I left on Thursday for Nashville and drove to Birmingham. We had a great dinner at J Alexander's and a good night's sleep. After breakfast we headed for Nashville.  We got there in time to order flowers and rest a little bit before Anna Grace's recital at the Massey Performing Arts Center on the Belmont Campus.  We met up with Susie, Bob, and John Robert and rode together. The first person we saw when we got there was Sarah Crosby. She and Brother Johnny had come and we were pleased to visit with them.  The "Anna Grace" crew filled up two rows. The auditorium was full and folks said that more people attended that recital than any they had seen in a long time.  Music students are required to attend a certain number per year but are not told which ones to go to.  She had friends and family from Meadville (us), Starkville, California, Brookhaven, Iowa, Ohio and more. 

She wowed everyone with her music, her poise and personality.  I know there were some professionals in the audience who really enjoyed the show.  We all could have sat there much longer.  Doesn't she look beautiful?  Ed loves "Baby Girl" and is so proud of her. His appreciation of music has grown because of her. So has mine!! 

Sarah and her mother had prepared and set up a wonderful barbecue reception following the recital.  It was delicious.  Sarah had baked four cakes, made baked beans, delicious potato salad and had veggies and dips. The barbecue was very good and everyone had a great time.  There were lots of photo ops.  

This photo is Anna Grace with "Corn" and RJ. "Corn" played the bass and RJ came out for the final number and sang like WOW!!!  These guys were good!

  Sarah's parents were delightful--Scott and Kathleen Davison--how could they not be having raised such a beautiful and sweet girl as Sarah?

I probably could sell this picture--in fact I told Andy that I probably would!  Two of the guys play with the "Time Jumpers" [Joe Spivey on the left and Andy Reiss on the right] and the guy on the right of Susie is Bob Colvert who introduced AG to them.  She plays with them sometimes at the Station Inn on Monday nights. 

 

These folks are pretty important in AG's life.  John Robert is Anna Grace's brother [far left], Holli-her older sister-and Pascal, Holli's husband from Belgium.  Allin was missed [he was working but wanted to be there badly.] 

We all enjoyed meeting and getting to know Cosima and Chris Luther from California (by way of Colorado). They and their dad run the Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp that Susie and AG attend each summer.  They are smart and funny and great people.  I hope some day they come here and you can meet them.  

I told Susie that there wasn't any need to be hugging on Bob. All the money was gone--spent on the education and recital! Bob laughed and agreed!

 

Leave it to AG--RED SHOES!!  "It was Valentines, Ms Barbara!"

There is still lots more to this post but my computer says  "Not tonight".  Stay tuned for part two of the Nashville trip-Sarah's gig at The Stage on Broadway and the impromptu concert!!

A FUN WEEKEND COMING UP!!

I am so excited about this weekend.  Ed has been promising "Baby Girl" that we would come to her Senior Recital since she started Belmont. The time has come--and we're going !!!  We have a weekend full of activities that involve friends and MUSIC!! And I can't wait.

Watch for a post when we get back. You know it's going to be a great one!

WIND IN YOUR HAIR. . .

Dooley came with Libby and me to the beach.  He didn't like riding in the back seat of her new convertible.  He did however, love riding between the front seats with his hair blowing in the breeze!   If he wasn't sitting there, he was in my lap sleeping. Talk about one spoiled dog.  We have already walked by every lamp post on the property and left our mark! :)  Have I mentioned that Dooley loves the beach?  I think that he just loves riding the elevator to go outside! 

OUR TRIP TO NEW YORK 2008--THE BIG APPLE!

We had a wonderful time in New York.  The first flight was a booger but after that everything was delightful.  Limo rides, taxi rides, subway, theater, nice restaurants, museums, boat rides, Empire State Building "human snake chains" and all were terrific.  There were so many pictures that I put an album together.  Click on Photo Albums-New York 2008.

That should take you to the album. Click on the picture to make it larger and enjoy.

 

 

NYC

Ben's first flight was a typical day of "mess ups" with the airlines. Ed said we were probably leaving too early but I am glad we did. It was a fight to the finish--including being taken off the plane--even when we had seat assignments--because of our flight from Jackson being late to Atlanta. We made the next plane and arrived in NY only an hour late. We were met at the airport by a stretch limo which thrilled the boys and (wasn't) too bad for the grownups either!! We ate at a deli and did a quick walk through of Toys R Us before collapsing into bed. Pictures will have to come later since I can't figure out how to get them on here with the "huckleberry"!!

CAN'T SLEEP

Cried myself to sleep last night; now it's almost 5:00 AM and I've been up since 4:00 AM.  Can't sleep.  Sterioids have kicked in and have a fever.  Took Excedrin at 11:30 PM to try to stop aching bones.  So far this morning I'm not hurting.  One of my friends on chemo told me about the Excedrin.  I hope it works.  Feeling like you have the flu constantly is the pits.  Enough whining!! 

Spent most of yesterday in Natchez in the chemo room.  Donna, Julia, "driver Debra" and me.  It was interesting.  We ate lunch at the Sandbar [finished at 4 PM] and headed home since Julia had someplace to be.  Debra and I went straight from their home to McComb for groceries.  I was a tired little puppy when I got home. I have to admit that anything that didn't need refridgeration or freezing is still on the counter.  Cereal was the dinner of choice.  Found Ed walking out front.  He's more obsessive than ME. 

Last night I got up and went to the "happy place".  I swang until the outside lights went out.  It's beautiful out there at night too.  A friend of Ed's has a huge telescope he's trying to get rid of.  I'm making the call today.  I want it.  The stars and sunsets out here are so beautiful.  Even when you think you have nothing to be thankful for--just look UP.

You may have noticed a sidebar on the right of the blog that says "Follow me on Twitter" or "Twitter Updates".  If you're interested in my instant thoughts or quick chemo updates that's where they will be.  Jennifer got me into that and it's a fun thing.  Technology is amazing and I'm having fun with the new stuff.  Check it out.

Four more days until a group of us girls leave for the beach.  We're counting the seconds and packing our bags--not clothes, but stitching, scrapbooking, beading, reading, swimsuits, and laptops.  We're going to have a fun trip.  Oh, and we're taking Dooley!!  By popular vote, I might add.

I am looking for a scripture to end this post:  These all spoke to me.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  2 Cor: 3:17

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.  Phil 4:13 [Jen's fav]

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your reauests to God.   Phil: 4-6

For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.  Jer 29:11  [my personal fav]

Each one should use whatever gifts he has received to serve others.  1 Peter 4:10  [Debra and I discussed this yesterday---interesting I should read this now.]

Have a very happy, blessed day.  That's what I am choosing to do.

2008 TOUR OF BELIEZE

And I quote, "Herring Gas Cycling Team shows out at International race--rides with the big boys and holds their own."    Ed Herring    

This blog will probably be one of which I know the least about the subject matter of any I have ever written, but it's written from the heart!  The Herring Gas Cycling Team has just returned from Belieze after a 5-day road race where they competed with teams from several countries. Herring Gas has sponsored this team for over 20 years--the longest single sponsor/team association anywhere. Team members have "come and gone" but the core members are like family to us.  We get together a couple of times a year with their families to cook out and listen to LOTS of bike race stories!   Our guys did quite well for themselves at this race:6th--Bain Foote, 8th--Michael Olheiser (King of the Mountain--polka dot jersey); 24th--Frank Moak; 29th--Ryan Boudreaux; 32nd--Tim Regan; 53rd--Chris Alexander; and 65th--Kenny Bellau. The guys said they were treated like rock stars--I guess they felt like them too--signing autographs! :)  I doubt very seriously that they had time to look at the scenery.

It would be cool to think that someday we might be watching some of these guys riding in the "Tour de France".  For now, we'll just have to wait for the dinner to hear all about this tour.  You can go to Herring Team to see what they have to say about the race.

MEETING THE ROCK STAR!

If you haven't read up until now start at the beginning.  I couldn't stop myself from finishing.  I want to move on to something else!  Monday morning and it's still cold and raining.  Even the locals say it's unusually cold for this time of year.  Breakfast was SPECIAL!!  Orange Belgian Waffles with Strawberry Sauce and Whipped Cream--I splurged.  The chef came out to greet us and carried us up to the penthouse to see the view since we didn't get to get out while we were there. He was a nice young man from Ireland.  We could see the Saddle Dome. He said during the Calgary Stampede that everyone in Calgary dresses in cowboy attire--kind of like the Houston (TX) State Fair and Livestock Show.  When we came back down to the lobby there was a girl being interviewed by the local TV station.  Well, you know me!  I had to know who she was.  The chef said it was "Bif Naked", a Canadian rock star.  Shy Barbara just walked right up to her and asked for a picture.  She was so sweet and offered autographs--she did one for each grandchild and one for all of us. She talked about how she was getting married in a month and didn't have her wedding dress or a reception venue.

Then it was off to the airport, turn the car in (light cost $91.12) and the rest of the day goes smoothly.  We got home about 1:00 AM and this was waiting for me when I got here. Beautiful wildflowers artfully arranged-- I think Papa missed me.

Thanks Papa for letting me go on such a fun trip with three great friends.

COLD AND RAINING. . .

We woke up Sunday morning and it was very cold and raining.  We took our time and had a great breakfast and decided to play cards in the lobby and watch people.  About 5:00 PM Libby and I wandered out and found the Olympic Plaza. It was a lovely place centered around bronze statues of the first ladies of feminism in Canada. The placque over Libby's head said "Women are People".  We said we would definitely bring Laura and Beverly back there on Monday.  We had reservations for dinner at the Rimrock Restaurant with a table by the fireplace.  A perfect ending to a good day. The filet was perfect; the potato gratin delicious; and the baby veggies were super. And guess what's for dessert!!  Creme Brule'-finally!!!!

I think the look on Laura's face says it all.  Even the rain didn't keep us from having a great day.

THE WHEELS ON THE CAR. . .

Saturday--get up early and check out.  Stop at the Bear Claw for coffee and muffins. We have a 6 1/2 hour drive to Calgary plus any stops we make along the way. The Columbian Icefields are the first stop--it's cold and windy so we decide NOT to hike. It's also very foggy with the rain coming in.  These glaciers still amaze me.  We ate lunch at Chief Chiniki's restaurant.  His granddaughter was our waitress. I backed into a trash can (NONE of us saw it) and broke the tail light on the car.

We checked into the Palliser Hotel which was gorgeous. (Remember you can click on the pictures to make them larger.) We walked several blocks to the Devonian Gardens--beautiful gardens on the top floor of an office building. The pictures don't do it justice.  You can't imagine how beautiful it really is. The brochure said that people who work around there go there during their lunch hour. There were real turtles and real koi in the ponds.  The fox under the arbor was bronze.  We would have stayed longer but they closed it early on Saturday.  As we were walking downtown there was a wedding party being photographed in the middle of the street.  We thought it was part of a movie set.  And speaking of a movie-there really was a movie being filmed.

We stopped at the StarCuisine.com trailer to ask directions. Of course, I had to know everything!  Disney was in town filming "The Snow Globe". They had built a set outside of Calgary and the man in the trailer was cooking dinner for the actors and extras.  While we were walking down the street we saw a cow! There was an art exhibit of cows and my goal was to "shoot" them all. Here are the ones I found:

Don't you just love them?  I think my favorite was "Cowabunga" (the Bart Simpson one!) Our hotel was right by the Calgary Tower. It was beautiful. Dinner was at Joey Tomatoe's (recommended by someone we met at Jasper). After a day like today we actually ordered drinks!  We walked down to Eau Claire Market and looked around.  It began to rain so we went back to the hotel.  REST, oh sweet rest.

STARTING AT THE BEAR CLAW!

Up and out early to the Bear Claw Bakery where we had scones, muffins and bought huge delicious cookies for the day's snack.  We headed out to Maligne Canyon and Medicine Lake.  We were surprised by huge ram sheep grazing the roadside. This was the only bear we saw on the whole trip.  I kept wanting to canoe but couldn't get any takers.  The sun was in just the right place at Medicine Lake for the reflection to be awesome (overly used word! but true).   Athabasca Falls has to be the most beautiful place I have ever seen. It was a spiritual place. I told the boys when they were looking at the pictures that God was there.  Little Sam said, "Could you dig in the dirt and see Him?"  I told him that you could feel God's presence in the sound and beauty of this place.  In places it was roaring and in other places it was very quiet. 

We saw quite a lot of these buildings-inside and out. They were very clean and not as smelly as Southern "outdoor" facilities.  After a short rest it was on to Mount Edith Cavell.  You KNOW we HIKED it! Angel Wing Glacier is located on Mt. Edith Cavell. While we were hiking down to the Lake the glacier calved.  That's most unusual and even more unusual to be seen.  We each touched the glacier ice and I even ate some. Eating ice that was thousands of years old was amazing.  

I picked up a heart shaped rock while we were hiking back to the car.  I'll always remember the grand lady Edith Cavell.

We rode back to town and found a Greek restaurant called Something Else. After all the hiking and looking we were starving.  We each ordered a steak which was delicious and had wonderful veggies with it. After a walk around the quaint little town we headed back to the Lodge where we all just faded into a deep sleep.

Tomorrow's a driving day--three days left.  You won't believe what's coming up!

THURSDAY ALREADY!

  Isn't this a beautiful place for breakfast on a cool, breezy morning?  After a late sleep in, we got up and drove the short drive to the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau for a leisurely breakfast at Poppy's. After eating delicious fruit and a wonderful banana fritter (for Ed) we walked around the hotel. There was a beautiful lady playing the harp. I talked with her and bought one of her CD's.  She was very sweet and signed it for me.  We left there after doing a little shopping and drove to Jasper.  We stopped and HIKED to Peyto Lake. The wildflowers on the way were beautiful and the lake was absolutely gorgeous. Being a garden person I took pics of all the flowers.  I was really fascinated by the things we didn't have here in Mississippi (like the Western Anemone--white one).  We saw a herd of elk on the drive there.     

Jasper Lake Lodge was a complete turn around from the other places we had stayed.  It was a beautiful log cabin type lodge with beautiful landscape and elk roaming the property. We spent more time here traveling and hiking and very little time on the grounds.  We ate at the Emerald Restaurant and I had the most expensive meal (and worst!) of the whole trip. The dessert was good though. This was the embellishment on my dessert. Oh, and don't you love the bed cover! :) 

Tomorrow is another long day and there are lots of surprises!  Stay tuned.

WE'RE GONNA' DO WHAT?!!

Early wake up today and off to the coffee shop for a danish.  Short drive to Lake Louise for a HIKE of nearly five (5) miles up a mountain to 7000 feet.  It took us two hours to get up the mountain and there we had soup and sandwiches at the Lake Agnes Tea Room. After several photo ops we hiked back down. The man below was playing the Alphorn. He played Amazing Grace and it was beautiful.  People were canoeing on Lake Louise.  No one would canoe with me.  The fact that it was 37 degrees might have been a factor. Aren't the mountain and lake beautiful behind us?  The water was such a different color.  Laura was jealous of Beverly's hiking stick so I found her a stick on the trail.  She left it--I thought she should have smuggled it back to the states!  One of our favorite things at the tea room was the chipmunks! The scenery was so beautiful from the mountain top.  There were wild flowers and waterfalls and streams so clear you could drink the water. The beauty was unbelievable.  The trip down was not as hard as the trip up (or as long).  We're starving--back to the Station for burger and fries and an early turn in.

ON TO LAKE LOUISE. . .

Early wake up and delightful breakfast--fresh fruit with honey almond yogurt, great omelet, warm croissant! Checked out of the "castle" and off to Lake Louise.  We rounded a curve and this beauty was standing on the side of the road!  Now you might not get excited about seeing this beautiful elk but coming from a family that loves wild life, I nearly jumped out of the car! (well, actually, I did).   I was really close to him and loved it! 

The Lake Louise Inn was a "come down" from the castle.  After a complaint from the big mouth Barbara, we got upgraded to suites with fireplaces--which we used every night. It was cool and we enjoyed the fire.  We went to dinner at a restaurant called The Station.  It was a quaint little place sort of like a depot with absolutely gourmet food. The fresh watermelon salad with fresh basil and balsamic vinegar was delicious as well as beautifully plated.  I ate grilled salmon with citrus sauce, baby vegetables and grapefruit sections. The bread was homemade and HOT right out of the oven.  The waitress talked me into strawberry rhubarb pie with ice cream for dessert.  A lot of their ingredients are grown right there at the restaurant in their garden.

A wonderful day--tomorrow is an adventure!