Tuesday, May 27, 2003
What a rainy weekend. We moved our "Picnic with the Pops" concert inside (even though the couple of hours during the concert were some of the nicest weather all weekend ... 71 degrees and blue skies ... but the field was under water still). The venue was PACKED (seated about 790, standing room ALL AROUND the outside of the auditorium IN FACT ... a lot of the people who weren't there in time to even get into the theater stood for over an hour in the lobby and just listened. What fun!! There was a group of Marines from Quantico and a group of Veterans from a local American Legion post who presented colors at the beginning of the concert. We played the obligatory (and AWESOME) patriotic tunes: Stars & Stripes Forever, America the Beautiful, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Star Spangled Banner, etc. And we played a BUNCH of "USO" numbers: Boogie Woogie Bugel Boy, a Duke Ellington suite, In the Mood, St. Louis Blues, a Big Band suite (with Sing, Sing, Sing ... my fave!!), etc. AND ... Sarah and Melanie and I (our Fredericksburg carpool) went to Taco Bell BEFORE and AFTER the concert!!!!! YUMMMMM!!!!!
The rest of my holiday weekend was spent half-vegetating and half-working around the house. Part of me wonders if I'll ever be ready to leave for Alaska ... but on D-Day (June 28), it will not be a problem any more. I'll just have to take what I have and make due for the rest. :-)
Oh - and ... another thing that I did this weekend ... helped a friend plan her first (alone) road trip!! :-) She's been wanting to see the Adirondack's ... and has about 10 days that she can take off this summer. She also wanted to see Niagara Falls, so we worked out a schedule for her to do some scenic driving, and then spend a couple of days in the upstate NY region ... and then a drive along Lake Ontario, and then a couple of days in Niagara Falls. :-D
In the meantime, you'll have to check out this website: http://www.uptoolate.com/rick/roadtrip2003/ ... which is where a couple is moving from Boston to Los Angeles. They contacted me and told me that they had read my website while researching their trip, and loved it. They're on the road currently, and updating their site almost every day. They even drove through (and MENTIONED!) the town of Cheektowaga!!! Go figure!! :-) It's amazing that one would actually end up driving THROUGH Cheektowaga (I didn't realize that Cheektowaga was on the way to anywhere!!) Anyway ... check out Jen and Rick's website ... their trip is making me even more anxious for my own. :-)
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