Visiting Dieter and Helen....

After the family reunion in Elmira, we drove about an hour to our friends home in Columbia Crossroads, PA.   Dieter and Helen used to spend 2 or 3 months in Florida, near Northport.  We always tried to get together at least once, and most years we drove once to Northport, and they drove once to Lake Placid. But two years ago, they sold their Florida home, and we have really missed seeing them. 

They invited us to stay at their home.  So on Saturday after the reunion we arrived.  Stayed with them Saturday and Sunday night.  They have a beautiful home in a beautiful location with several acres, and beautiful views of the nearby hills.

When we arrived we were welcomed with Palm Trees!!  Helen had them hanging on the side porch - to make us feel at home!  Saturday evening we just sat an caught up .......... laughed a lot ( mostly during our political conversations).  Helen had made a huge fruit salad and a strawberry rhubarb cake..........which we enjoyed for lunch along with cold cuts, chicken salad and egg salad .  For dinner we went into Sayre, PA to a Chinese Buffet...........and then we all enjoyed a few adult beverages back at the house ( Scotch for me and Dieter, Gin and Tonic for Helen, and Rich was drinking Ouzo - a Greek Liquor.

Above - the deer in the top left picture was standing on the side of the road, just a few yards from the driveway.......  the ones on the bottom right -were right in the yard off the side porch. .  Rich and I are standing under one of the Palm Trees on the side porch - but the porch continues on the front.  And the other picture is Dieter and Helen at the Chinese Buffet.

It was tough saying good-by!  And we were on our way home about 8:00am on Monday morning.