Still Busy in WashPA

The weather here in WashPA has been very wet and humid but the temps have been staying out of the 90's and the rain has been less than they have been getting east of here. For us, the forecast almost every day is what we grew up with, partly cloudy with a chance of showers. We are in a routine of, generally, going to the same restaurants, checking out the local music scene and seeing the same friends every week. We did go to a gathering of a few of my Union High School Class of 1964 classmates. I missed the 50th reunion in 2014 because we were in Alaska. It was neat seeing some high school mates, but I was surprised at how old they were:) The only picture we took was me with my most famous (at least for friends from Wisconsin) classmate Barry Alvarez. Unfortunately, the unnamed photographer (initials NJT) failed to get the pic.     

The retired teachers lunch bunch was invited to Ed and Donna's place for an afternoon of food, fun and beverages. Here are Donna. Carol, Cliff and Ed. 

Reggie and John swapping tales.

Ron and Becky

Jim was celebrating his 75th birthday with a toast of Fireball and a Yuengling chaser. 

Tish, Nanc, Pat and Gail

Bill and Karen

Bernie and Jim

Donna, Linda, Georgie and Kathy. These lunch bunch gatherings are always a fun time getting caught up with what my former co-workers and their spouses have been doing in retirement. 

Paul and Georgie. A big thanks to Ed and Donna for hosting the lunch bunch.

On Wednesday we went to Al an' Rubens for dinner and to hear the Dan Baker Group. Dan on guitar, Josh on sax were Washington students and Jim on the trombone was a teacher and band director there.

The ladies usually get together on Thursday afternoon for lunch, shopping and games. Mike and I use the opportunity to go fishing. How about this nice bass I caught. Mike would not let me take a picture of his fish because I would have had to put the camera on micro.

We heard my cousin Missy and her husband Marty were going to the Bull Pen to listen to music on Sunday, so we decided to join them and get caught up on what they have been doing since we last saw them. They are going to be grandparents early next year and their other son Marty is getting married next June, so they will be real busy. 

The Jason Craig Band was great. They played a nice mix of old time rock n' roll. If you get a chance to see them don't miss it.

The wildlife continues to entertain us here at Pine Cove.

We took Opus to the local Cummins dealer to see if they could diagnose the ongoing acceleration issue. They put Opus on the computer and, like the last three places, they found no fault codes. They checked the exhaust brake and the flipper is working fine. I took a twenty mile test drive with the mechanic who monitored the computer on the ride. Unfortunately, the problem did not occur on the test drive. They told us the problem may be caused by a worn out electronic gas pedal. Their recommendation: When it happens again use the speed control (which by-passes the pedal) to try and accelerate. If that works, the problem is the pedal. So, it looks like we won't know if that is the problem until we leave here in October. Of course, if it is we will have to find someplace to have the pedal replaced.  Oh the joys of living on the road.