Day 58 - Dinner with the gourmet group

Very hot here - it hit 100 degrees in St. Paul. We decided, during the day, to go to Mall of America. Many, many other people also made that decision! We had a specific errand: to buy a new espresso machine for the RV. The one we had was showing its age and hard to keep clean. We found just what we were looking for at Bloomingdales. But the Mall was so crowded we didn't do anything else there.

In the evening we had dinner with our gourmet group. These friends continue to get together, and we were so happy to be able to join them! We have been friends for years and our kids knew each other as part of our church affiliation. The Herr's hosted a lovely dinner, and the Giske's and Jan Mattox attended. We missed the Friskey's who were not with us - they were vacationing. We also lovingly remembered Mike Mattox whose birthday would have been on this day.

Pictured here, left to right back row are yours truly, Gary, Marcia & Ray Giske, Roger Herr. Seated left Jan Mattox and Bonnie Herr. You can click this picture to enlarge it, as with all pictures on this blog site.