Claire and I
left for Chicago at 7:00 AM Friday morning.
Good trip to Midway airport and then flight to Dallas (Love Field).
Claire and I waiting for our flight
Kathy and Paul met us – sooo good to see
them and their beautiful new home in McKinney. It was a whirlwind weekend of visiting,
wine tasting, eating and seeing all the sites of Dallas (George W Bush
Institute; the JFK memorials at Dealey Plaza, Texas Book Depository Museum,
etc. ) We browsed around Legacy in Plano– great area
of shops and mainly restaurants.
Outside the George W Bush Institute (presidential library)
Clare, Pat, Paul, Kathy
The girls with father and son presidents
Pat sitting in the oval office
I had not
been to Dallas since 1975 and Claire had never been, so…..wow, it is exploding
with sooo much building and new businesses, homes and shopping areas
everywhere!
Mass and
brunch on Sunday; Kathy and Paul’s daughter and family stopped by and then
Kathy, Claire and I shopped in the afternoon in downtown McKinney – charming downtown. Kathy prepared a delicious dinner with Chef
Paul grilling excellent steaks.
Kathy
prepared another yummy breakfast before we left for the airport and said our
goodbyes. This was just such a special time for we 3 friends to hang out and see Kathy and her new home. Claire and I arrived
back in Chicago at 2:20 and then the drive home. COLD and windy day - not a nice warm welcome back to IL that's for sure!
Ahhh….but it feels good to be back in the
thick of all our stuff and mess!
HA! Mark and I went to Panera
for supper and he went to the Mid Illini AP class to deliver 2 big boxes of boating
books and other memorabilia.
Mark visited his Mom while I was gone, cleared out the back garage and got more stuff sorted thru!
Tomorrow I will be back in the thick of it all.....
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