New Glasses, and An Unexpected Trip

Rantoul, IL.
71 Deg. clear, no wind
Forecast today = high temp. 94 deg. mostly sunny, humid, light southeast winds.

Yesterday morning started with Jim heading over to Wally World to pick up his new glasses. While he was there, he picked up a few other items and then headed over to Rural King to pick up a few more items. When he got back here, Linda was just getting up and while she was getting dressed, he checked the voice mail on the phone and found out that Sue, from their Financial Adviser's office, had called and wanted to know if they could come up to Peotone for a 1:00 appointment.

Well, Jim asked Linda if she wanted to head up there, and it was decided that yesterday would be as good as any other day. So, Jim called Sue back and told her that they'd be there. Then, they both started scurrying around, getting everything together that they needed to take, and were grabbing a bite to eat.

In just a short time, they were heading out of my door, getting into CLT (Cute Little Truck) and driving out of the Campground.

Oh, I'll bet some of you are wondering about Jim's new glasses. Well, when he came back here, I though he still had his old ones on, but, they were the new ones!!! The new ones are exactly like the old ones!!

He says he can see better with the new ones though. :-)

By taking I-57 North up to Peotone, CLT says that it was about 12:30 by the time they arrived at the financial adviser's office, so Jim and Linda went ahead and went in and sat and talked to Sue for awhile. She's always interested in where we've been since she's seen them, and wants to hear all about our travels.

Their meeting lasted quite a while as they had a lot to talk about, so it was almost 3:00 by the time they were finished. Being that it was mid afternoon already, they were both a little hungry so they stopped by the Mayberry Junction Restaurant in Manteno, which is just 5 or 6 miles South of Peotone, and had some iced tea and a piece of pie.

The Mayberry Restaurant is decorated with all kinds of Andy Griffin photos and the menu features all kinds of dishes named after the shows characters and places. This restaurant used to be located in a small building up in Peotone, but moved to this new location a couple of years ago.

From there, they followed all 2 lane roads, (except to go around Kankakee on I-57), down here to Rantoul. By the time they got back near here, they were starting to think about dinner, so they stopped at the local KFC and picked up some chicken.

The evening was spent watching TV and playing with the computers.

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