THANKSGIVING WITH FRIEND OR TWO!

        This Thanksgiving Holiday worked out really well for my old class-mate, Jerry Roberts, and myself. His wife, Judy, traveled to Puerto Rico, with their daughter to see their grand-son play in a college basketball tournament. 

         I traveled to Urbandale and stayed the night and Thanksgiving day. We dined Wednesday evening at one of both our favorite restaurants-The Waterfront in West Des Moines, Iowa. It was kind of nice looking forward to a bowl of the best oyster stew around and a little "Trout Amandine" rather than turkey.

        On Thanksgiving we drove to Norwalk and spent some time with another old Laurel school classmate, Bob Baker. It is always special getting together with these guys as we went all the way through school -kindergarten to high school graduation in 1962.

       For our noon dinner, Jerry and I just stopped off at the cafe in the Hy-Vee store on 35th street in West DesMoines. We both enjoyed a delicious buffet meal complete with a great slice of pie. We had tried one restaurant that was open, but, had over an hour wait. The important thing was just enjoying the time with a good friend!