This past
Wednesday we decided to take advantage of the fact that we have the use of son
AJ’s car and drove to Shipshewana, IN for an overnight stay. There were a few things I wanted to look for
and if we had found all of them, bringing them back home on the motorcycle
would have been a challenge. We stayed
at a very nice hotel, Blue Gate Garden Inn.
We enjoyed a
lunch buffet of Amish cooking at the Blue Gate Restaurant – the broccoli
cheddar soup was amazing. Today we have
ourselves back on track and eating right.
The
restaurant had some very nice landscaping.
Although the
flea market was going strong on Wednesday, we chose to visit some of the local
shops downtown instead. They had a
little bit of everything.
Our only
purchase for the day was a wall shelf for a space we didn’t think we would be
able to fill. I’m very pleased with the
look and the functionality of the shelf.
We were
tired after our shopping so we spent some quality relaxation time on this small
patio listening to the water flow from the fountain.
Then we
moved to the courtyard – retirement is good.
We’ve had a
pretty busy couple of weeks since arriving in Markleville. Greg has been doing some of the things he had
on his list of things to do to the coach.
When he replaced our kitchen faucet late last year he didn’t rehook the
line for the ice maker. We don’t use the
ice maker so we didn’t miss it, but he wanted to make it right so he got that
finished up.
The Indiana
grandkids are keeping us pretty busy also.
Mackenzie and Kyle had a swim meet last Saturday.
Mackenzie
competed in several events.
With mom,
Amanda, cheering her on.
This was
Kyle’s first competition, he was a little nervous but did well for his first
time.
As soon as
the swim meet was over we hopped in the car and drove a couple of hours north
to watch Jackson’s baseball team win their championship game.
We’ve caught
up with a few friends and we did a little shopping. We found some new chairs for our dining
area. I think they look pretty good.
