Road Trip #1 – 2016.3

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Spent the day viewingIMG_0530 Tuscaloosa, the Univ. of Alabama and spending time with Emil.  Had a great lunch at Cypress Inn with catfish and Hoppin John rice for a side.

Spent the evening over towards Birmingham meeting with Tom, Michelle, Disney and Nola.  It was great to see them and they are doing just fine.  Nola is such a sweet heart.  The picture at the left shows the results of saying cheeseburger when the picture is snapped.

And best of all, last night as Emil and I were doing our best to remember the year we got to know each other back in 1969/1970 (a harder task then you think at my age now), I was able to share the long version of my testimony of how the Lord drew me to Him and how I was saved.  I had been praying and thinking about that and now I need to pray more for their lives since they are not saved.  No response or questions last night but they listened through my whole story from college days through meeting Faye and then meeting the Lord.

Thank you Lord for that opportunity.

Road Trip #1 – 2016.2

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Travel to AlabBam - Ticket to Rideama and warmer weather (65 degrees) finally.  Stopped and saw Michelle and made plans to see Tom and Michelle and kids.  Made it to Emil & Jacqueline’s place.  What a beautiful place they have that Dan would just love.  Lots of birds, plants, flowers and a gold fish pond!

Also taught them how to play Ticket to Ride.  Some more converts.

Road Trip #1 – 2016.1

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DoubleDogFirst retirement road trip has started. Left on Saturday 2/13/16 with first stop in Columbus at the Emma Rishiell Train Station and Inn. After a couple nights there with a great Sunday spent with Lia and Emma then on the road to Bowling Green, KY which is where I am now. Heading to see Emil & Mary Kunze, friends from Ann Arbor days back in 1969/1970, with a stop in Birmingham to see Tom & Michelle. Then off to Florida for a week with Dan.

Dinner last night at Double Dogs with flat screens and sport shows for wall paper.  The dogs were good and the s’more desert was very good.

Pepper

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A fun euchre type game for 5 people.

Pepper (Card game for 5 players)

  • Play with a pinochle deck (ie; two euchre decks).
  • Euchre rules for play with right and left bowers
  • Deal 9 cards to each player (leaves 3 cards extra)
  • Bid starts at 4 (bid number only, not what trump suit you want)
  • Winner of bid first declares what is trump.
  • Winner of bid then takes the 3 extra cards and discards 3 cards.
  • Winner leads the trump suit and asks for the right bower (usually, or whatever other card of trump suit the winner chooses). The first person who plays it is that person’s partner.
  • Play proceeds with those two people against the other three.
  • If they make their bid then they get what they bid. Nothing extra if you take more than you bid.
  • If they go set, then subtract what they bid.
  • Each person on the opposing team each gets one point for the tricks taken by the team.
  • To go alone, then you must take all 9 tricks and you score 18 points. If you go alone and get set, you lose 18 points.
  • Play is to 50 points.