Through a careful promise not to force me to indulge in what others erroneously call "fun," Lisa convinced me to attend the St Francis Days festival in the suburb of the same name.
Right off the bat she had me fulfill the one promise I had agreed on: a ride on the Tilt-A-Whirl.
I thought it was fun . . . for the first half. And then I just tried not to puke. I managed. But the selfie below isn't a pose. Lisa was laughing at me for dripping with nervous sweat. I was reminded of young Smiley's words after Lisa took him on the ride long ago: "Why you tryin' to kill me?" LOL
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Once I had recovered from my ordeal we bought some pull tab lottery tickets (a few winners, but not enough to bring us back to even), some corn on the cob, and a slice of pizza.
And then I heard the opening bars of Kashmir by Led Zeppelin and immediately wandered to watch the live band, a popular local group called Almighty Vinyl. I have to say they were dang good, very versatile, and highly entertaining.
We sat and listened to them until well after dark, and dined on some cheap and yummy watermelon bowls.
And on the way out - after a much longer, and much more fun visit than anticipated - we ran into Lisa's friend Lori!
