Pink Sky in the Morning

7:00

It's 6:20, the sky off to the east a soft pink when I woke and now, at 7:00, the sun is rising above Long Point, just visible behind the clouds.  Another cool morning, 51º, great sleeping weather, a good morning for a paddle in my kayak.

Yesterday was not my favorite morning but it's that kind, when it's over, you are glad to be done with it.  At 9:00 I took my Pilot in for its vehicle inspection, a forty five minute job, then at 10:00, I went to have my teeth cleaned, not a lot of fun, but when done, I knocked two things off of the 'have to do but I don't want to but should' list.  I  then stopped at Home Depot, returned some moulding we did not need, bought some stuff I also don't need and headed up to the lake.  While I was gone Evie put together a baked ziti for dinner since our good friend from Hudson, Scott Shorten, was coming late afternoon and would spend the night.  This has become a yearly event, something we both enjoy.  Scott was part of the weekly boy's night out in Hudson for years.

We relaxed and read in the afternoon and started getting ready for our trip tomorrow to Darien, CT, to see the Albarrans and go to a wedding in NYC on Friday evening.  Evie's sister Claire's son Scott is getting married and it should be fun to see all of that side of the family again under happy circumstances.  

At The Viking Club

Scott arrived about 4:00, to a surprisingly overcast lake though sunny and warm was predicted.  We sat on the porch catching up on all the news from Hudson, especially our families, as I taught all three of his kids and know them well.  Two are in med school, the other is working in LA doing well.  About 5:30, it started to clear up so we took a nice boat ride over to the Viking Club, just beyond Midway Park and showed Scott our 'Club', had a beer, sat outside on the porch, watching the sun slowly set along with all the other 'golden agers.'  It turned out to be a nice evening for a beer on the lake and the ride home was pleasant, no waves, a setting sun.

Scott Shorten

We had the ziti and sweet corn for dinner, with a salad, and enjoyed talking about Scott's trip next trip out to Glacier National Park in September, camping and hiking with his older brother.  He knows that area well, has a place in Big Sky, just outside of Yellowstone, where we hope to hike in late September so he was able to give us good advice about what to see, where to hike, and even offered us a place to stay if we liked...how great.  The moon was in its full glory almost, so we took a brief walk along Woodlawn, watched The Colbert Show from last week, the one where Stephen does his dance along with various stars, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, the Rockettes, in Henry Kissinger's office, etc, great fun. We were in bed by 10:30, to read and then to sleep.