Meeting Friends ...

October 4, 2016

There are still plums left ... 

it seemed like a good morning to make "Zwetschen Knödel" ... plum dumplings ...

There were enough cooked potatoes to make the dough ...

so I proceeded to get busy and make them ...

A few were cooked ... for me to taste ...  they were covered in a toasted breadcrumb sugar mix ...

the rest of them were frozen in sealer bags ...

to be placed in the freezer to enjoy during the winter months ...

 

Mike and I were going to meet ... Mark & Sandy later this afternoon ... arriving from Castlegar ...

We had arranged to get together early this summer ... to meet at Fairmont Hot Springs ... 

to spend a few days relaxing ...

and for Mike & Mark to go golfing ... 

Mark had wanted to do this for along time ... and finally taking the steps to make it work ...

It has been many years since we have gotten together ...

Mark & Sandy lived in Sarnia and moved out west in 1976 ... Mike went to school with Mark ... 

and I went to school with Sandy ...

We moved out west in 1977 and lived with them ... in Cranbrook until we moved to Castlegar ...

where Mike went to college ...

We had a lovely afternoon catching up on old times ... and our lives today ...

We then went to the Hoodoos restaurant for dinner ...

 

After we went back to Fairmont ...

we all ended up going into the hot pools ...

and continued talking and reminiscing ...

 

It was so relaxing ...