Holly's Adirondack Retreat

School classmate, mariner and friend Holly Chorba invited Tuge, Carol Keem and me to her house in Pottsdam for a slumber party. Following the fun and fabulous lobster fest the night before, Shirley and I drove to her cute Plattsburg home and spent a comfy, cozy night…my first away from the animals and fur in 3 weeks. YES!

The next morning we headed toward Holly's with anxious anticipation. Halfway there we spotted a farmer's market, Bonesteel's Gardening Center. We picked up some sweet corn for dinner and checked out all the pretty flowers.

What a surprise when we arrived. Carol had brought beef on weck for lunch! Yum. It was terrific. Then we got down to the serious stuff--reminiscing and catching up. We had lots of laughs. The rain finally broke late afternoon and we took a walk through Holly and Ron's large woods and by the rushing creek. What a gorgeous place they have.

Believe it or not, Holly made her own dolma which we enjoyed for happy hour. Another walk for Carol and Tuge and Ron and I husked the corn right into their compost inside their very tall-fenced garden.

It wasn't long after our delicious dinner when we were chatting and giggling like 17 year olds when Ron decided it was a good night for an early bed time.

We gave Gail Camplin Apblanalp who lives not far a call around 10:00 and had a fun 5 way conversation. Tim invited us all up for the reunion at their place in Canada for next year. Wasn't that nice? Tried reaching Sparrow, but no answer. Bummer. Chatted online with Chris Giesecke and found out that Fli lives either in Tucson or Phoenix so Holly and I already thinking "REUNION. "

This picture was taken as we said The Girl Scout promise. Nite Scouts.