Fresh Fruit and Fun Visits
This morning we have a rendezvous with Annie Lou and Jack at the old Depot Grill in Twin Falls where we enjoy more family talk while sampling the brunch buffet. Still talking, we take our visit to the city park and enjoy the rest of a pleasant morning with Annie Lou and Jack until it is time for them to join some friends for an afternoon of playing cards. They go their way and we head for a quick visit with our dear friend, Stasia, who is the same age as Annie Lou (85) and almost as spry. She is packed and ready to leave this afternoon on a trip to Oregon to attend the wedding of one of her granddaughters. We share family updates (the upcoming wedding and trip, her great grandchildren’s arrivals, our son’s move to Phoenix and our 13th grandchild’s first birthday). We say farewell, wishing her happy and safe travels.
Friends Jim and Linda, have invited us to dinner at their ranch in Richfield. However, before leaving Twin Falls, we have to make one more stop: Kelly’s fruit and vegetable stand. It is a little early in the season but we are hoping to find some fresh picked cherries. There aren’t many, but an early crop is available and we buy a small bagful. We sample some early peaches and add a few of those to our bag. Now we are set with some delicious fresh fruits as we head back out on our road trip.…Yummy!
We arrive at Jim and Linda’s and are excited to view their progress of refurbishing the old stone farmstead house, making it more livable. They have done a lot to it and nicely updated it as best they can. We have a wonderful visit and enjoy a delicious and refreshing salad for dinner. Linda’s homemade strawberry-rhubarb pie is just toooo tempting and wins out over the fresh fruit she also has out.
The hour is late and will get even later if we don’t make ourselves leave now and get to a campground. They have plenty of room for us but we know we would have the same struggle in the morning, delaying our departure. So we force ourselves to say good bye and drive back to the town of Shoshone where we had spotted an RV Camp just off the highway next to a Shell Station.