Quiet weekend

I've had a lovely, quiet weekend, which has been fabulous after all my travel and the non-stop week just been.

Yesterday, we were invited to Lana and Ron's friends' (Dusty and Phyllis) place for dinner.

Side note: It is possible that I will stay with them for a couple of weeks in August, depending on what Susan and Peggy have planned for me. I am definitely leaving Lana's on 26/27 July (the weekend I will be in Oregon) as they have relatives coming, but I can come back around 19 Aug and stay until I leave the US. We will see what works out.

On to dinner... Dusty is an excellent cook and had done "bones", specially for Lana... RIBS! And, my gosh, they were amazing. Meat falling off the bone with a tangy sauce (I'm guessing home-made/a concoction, as opposed to out-of-the-bottle). Accompanied by salad out of the garden (deeeeelicious) and followed by three types of dessert. Lana had brought a Key Lime pie along, plus triple chocolate ice cream, as well as strawberries, also out of Phyllis' extensive garden. I think I made up for my week on sandwiches and salad!!!

Today, we went to the barn after breakfast to turn the horses out. It is possible that the barn staff wouldn't have done it seeing it was raining (I'd call it drizzle). Plus, Sully is better with as much time moving as possible after his shoes came off.
Lana got me to drive home from the barn... EEEEK. I've resisted so far because I wanted time to get my head around the change of sides. But, no time like a quiet Sunday, just before noon, to go for a short drive. Her car is automatic which makes things easier, but all the lights and wipers are on the same stick (on the left, opposite to my Toyota), as the gear stick is on the right (it's a stick shift). We arrived home in one piece, though I realised as I was pulling into their garage that I hadn't checked my mirrors the whole trip... oops!

Lunch was hamburgers. Om nom.

After lunch, I decided to do some more weeding in Lana's garden, to take advantage of the fact the weeds pull out really easily after rain. I've done two hours of weeding all up. I suspect there's an hour or two to go - I need to check with her about the rest of what she wanted done. Later this afternoon, I may also end up helping her cook the crabs Ron caught yesterday, but he hasn't killed them yet. Or, for that matter, decided which way he wants to cook them (they have a steamer, sort of like an oven, or he could put them in a pot on the stove. Either way, he can only do one or two crabs at a time). He's gone out to collect the crab pots they left out yesterday, so he may well return with up to 10 more crabs tonight.