Yesterday we missed going on the lake for a day but today my favorite sister, Julie, arrived and the party could begin in earnest. To add interest to the situation, Ruth’s son, Cully, also arrived from the D.C. area where he had been malingering until his home hockey team won the Stanley Cup. Of course we all piled into Ruth’s pontoon boat for some more lake cruising on Lake Normal. The lake’s actual name is Norman but my keyboard seems to like Normal better. Cully was very nice and performed well as the designated boat captain ushering the tipsy ancients around beautiful Lake Normal.
We docked at a shoreline restaurant called The Landing and were again surprised at the great food we received. It isn’t as good as the Blue Parrot across the lake but that doesn’t mean the food was in any way crummy. I’m starting to like quite a bit about North Carolina except the weird barbecue they have some places here which has way too much vinegar for me. All the rest of the food we have had has been great and Ruth had quite a bit to do with that. She has been feeding us every night and my diet is in shambles.
We had to break the party up at about 11:30 PM because Julie got no sleep on the red-eye on the way here last night and we had consumed a bit of water but mostly Mimosas, beer, wine and Margaritas and if we kept on with it we may have become intoxicated.
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