Hickory Hills Cookout with Old Friends

Kerry came by tonight and picked us up, with Beth & Twila also in the big SUV--Kerry's soccer mom vehicle--and drove us to Bill & Charlotte's home in Hickory Hills, where Bill & Charlotte hosted a hot dog cookout for us all. We spent a nice evening eating hot dogs, brownies, and roasted marshmallows, then sitting around in the house and chatting. In the photo above are Beth & Twila.

Charlotte & Bill, our hosts

Above: The old friends. It's hard to imagine these two young ladies being in their 40's now. You would never know it.

Bill & Charlotte's house has been damaged by the hurricane force wind storm we had about 3 weeks ago. A tree crushed an outbuilding, and the roof of their house was damaged. Their back yard had pile of cut up limbs and tree trunks. We feel fortunate not to have had more damage than we did.

Anyway, it was a very nice evening. We are going to make plans to visit Boston within a year. We hear that Beth is a great tour guide.