Fric and Frac's one night stand Mennonite Friendship Community in Hutchinson, Kansas.
We left Manhattan about noon, hoping that we didn't leave anything behind, and glad we were for our time together. We headed toward the girl's childhood home of Hutchinson to help Arlene and Wilbur celebrate not only their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, but also Wilbur's eighty-fifth birthday. Both events occur later in the calendar year, but we're striking while the iron is hot. We enjoyed a nice dinner and angel food cake for dessert. After dinner we enjoyed a nice walk to the fishing pond. It was a nice way to end the evening. Rod and Karen made their way back to Manhattan, and we'll begin our trek home tomorrow after breakfast. I'm happy to report that I was the big winner in the Hollywood Gin series this past week. That means as winner, I get to write the history. I'll try to have compassion for my competitors, but as the song says, "It's hard to be humble when you're perfect in every way." I must report in historical terms that this has been my most favorite trip to Kansas ever. The weather was lovely, the company welcoming, and watching the sisters enjoy themselves made me fuzzy all over. Not only that. We did our usual thing of eating very well, exercising regularly, and just existing happily-no mean feat these days.Hopefully, we'll pass this way again, or perhaps these Kansans can make a trip out to God's country sometime soon. Regardless, we'll hold the memories of this past week close to our hearts and just be thankful that life is good, especially today.
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