Saylorville Lake - Sunny, 88 degrees Humid
Today we travelled about and hour and a half to attend one of the happy events, on the calendar this summer. Our friends Joyce and Wayne celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary today with a surprise party arranged by their daughter at the lake home where they are retired.
Joyce and Wayne were in the group Champ was camping with the weekend I met him 17 summers ago, so I have known them from the beginning of our journey together. The best part, aside from seeing them for the first time in several years, was that they were actually surprised. Somehow, everyone in the tight-knit community where they live kept it under wraps! It was another fun afternoon, seeing people we hadn't seen since come back to Iowa this season along with many we hadn't seen in many years. It was nice to make those connections somewhere besides a funeral, which is how it seems to start happening at a certain point in one's life.
I smiled when I saw the sign with their wedding date, June 7th. My paternal grandmother's birthday and also her wedding day, 20 years after she was born, when she married grandpa. I'd say June 7th is a lucky day!
Until tomorrow...
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