We had a lunch date with Pastor King from Granite Baptist Church in Glen Burnie. We met him and his wife, son and daughter at the church, then drove over to a restaurant called The Grill. It was between the Chesapeake Urology Association on one side and the plastic surgery place on the other. Hmmm. Anyway, the food was really great; Henry had some Maryland crab soup.
Next summer, Pastor King, his son and daughter are planning to visit us in Japan in July. He and Henry made some preliminary plans for their time there. He wants to do a three-day VBS as well as visit Japanese sites. It sounds exciting, so we have some work to do.
After lunch, we called the Ed Ocker and he said it was OK for us to come over; they lived about an hour from where we were, near the Potomac River. When we got there we drove down a long driveway back to their home. It is set on rolling hills, right next to the main highway, but far enough away it was not a danger of vehicles having an accident in your front yard. Beautiful place. They have a three-year old cocker spaniel that is really cute and quiet. I don't think she barked at all inside the house. Sara took to her, of course, and the dog took to me. She crawled on my lap for some petting; dogs don't usually do that with me.
The Ocker's took us out to a buffet restaurant (the name escapes me now). During this entire time, Sara did not say anything, as much as Mr. Ocker tried to get her to talk. She finally said something at the restaurant about it being time to leave.
We drove back to their home to get our car, then we left there about 8:15 pm or so and took the Virginia route back to Clinton. We saw a huge thundercloud in the distance that was very colorful at dusk. When we got to the Gill house, it had rained there, so the yard got a nice watering.
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