Wednesday morning we were visited in the RV by Cathy and Lucille. Joe had just gotten out of bed, but we quickly made the bed and he gave his mother the grand tour. Joe took his entourage (Rachael and Cathy) to town for breakfast/brunch/lunch (depending on what time it is), then they took a scenic drive through the St. Peter's area. Dixie had bought some mulch so she played in the flower garden for a few hours.
Rachelle sent a text suggesting we go to pizza for dinner, so it was a Bobe's Pizza night. I think there were 4 cars making that trip, in our car was Joe and I, Lucille and Dixie. When we left Bobe's, Joe decided to drive down Main Street, then check out the river (Lucille was growling at him the whole time about driving INTO the river). We could see that the river was back in its banks in most areas. We had to skirt around Vincennes University, then we drove back down to the river at Kimmel Park, where the boat ramp is that we used to use. Again, the river was back down, but in the low areas here it was still spilling over.
As we drove past VU, Joe suddenly stopped and backed up -- he said he had just seen the biggest watermelon he had ever seen in his life!
This is the one they drop on New Year's Eve. According to Wikipedia, "General opinion, combined with nitrogen rich soils have led to
southwestern Indiana to truly become the melon capitol of the world.
Knox County, Indiana in particular has what is widely believed to be the
best tasting watermelon, cantaloupe, and honey-dew melon in the world
today. Though this honor is bestowed for taste, rather than volume of
production." When we were kids, we celebrated every summer with a watermelon festival and parade down Main Street in Vincennes.
We finished the night with another card game. Bedtime, for some reason, has become about 2:00 a.m. here. Now with the time difference, that's only 11:00 p.m. in Arizona, but I'm not sure this is working very good for us. Because the time to rise and shine, for Joe, is sometime after 10:00 a.m.
IS THIS REAL???
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