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Back to reality at Chautauqua Lake. Yesterday began with breakfast with the guys at the Bemus Point Inn, always a good, gossipy way to start the day, as I get not only the local poop but that also of the Chautauqua Institution. Afterwards, I drove to the Honda dealer in Erie, to get a simple oil change and two hours later, left with a car which they deemed might not pass the state safety check. Much of the underbody is rusted, other things are in disrepair, so that they are not even sure it can be fixed. A bummer because I really like having a SUV for transporting dirt, stones, gravel, weeds, things like that. So now I will have to figure out what to do with it, whether I will be able to sell or it or just junk it.
I stopped at Orton's Market in Northeast, PA, to pick up a half gallon of Pot of Gold milk and then to assuage my depression at the car news, I stopped at Plummer's Tavern, on Rt. 5 or Lake Road, just inside the New York State line, for lunch. The bar was packed with workers, having lunch so I had to sit at a table. I ordered the special, a crab cake sandwich with fries and a beer, noticing that all the workers were drinking cokes, not a beer like me. Thirty years ago it would have been a beer. I then drove home, along RT. 5 which skirts Lake Erie, with vineyards covering much of both sides of the road, some winding down to the lake's edge. It's always a beautiful drive.
When I got home, Evie had been busy, defrosting and cleaning our freezer. And she was particularly happy because after she cleaned it out, stored all the frozen food in iced coolers, she plugged it in and it would not start up. She tried a couple of times, hit the breaker twice before realizing she was plugging in the vacuum cleaner. This was something I might do, not Evie. Around 3:00, she headed off to the Mall to do some shopping, stopping at Wegman's, while I hunkered down in the house, avoiding the sun and humidity until Evie got home. We quickly put away the groceries, put on our suits, cracked open a couple of beers, and got out some tortilla chips and salsa and enjoyed them on the dock until about 6:30. The lake and docks had settled down by the time we got out there, so it was a peaceful, quiet cocktail hour on the dock. And a breeze picked up, cooling us. We ended cocktail hour with a swim, and Evie then went in and heated up the Indian curry dinner she had made earlier in the day and sauteed a couple of bunches of chard which I had bought at Orton's in PA on my trip to Erie.
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