Subj : Spare Time
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Jul 19 2023 12:43:22

Hi Dave,

 RH> a motorcycle club. (G)

 DD> Or a church pot-luck.  Bv)=

 RH> True, or maybe a part of a mission trip meal for a group of hungry
 RH> workers. We're home from VT, saw a lot of high water but were not held
 RH> up by any flooding. This trip will go down in the books as one of those
 RH> trips where most of the prior planning pretty much went out the door.

 DD> That's good to hear. I had been wondering you you were faring. Some of
 DD> the pixtures and videos on the internet feeds were pretty awful. And
 DD> that area is/was getting hit again.

Yes, parts of Waterbury were buried under water, including the park
where we usually do VBS. It sits below street level & has a stream
running thru the back of it. The park became a lake, rising at one point
to cover the street. As bad as Waterbury got it, Montpelior got it even
worse. Also, on our way up to the Costco in Burlington on Tuesday, we
saw quite a bit of high water from the Winooski river--at a park and
ride just off the interstate, the water came up part of the exit ramp.
Saw a number of submerged vehicles that will probably end up being
junked.

Some of our team worked on "mud out" jobs; Steve and I stayed back and
fixed supper for the crew. Didn't do our usual broccoli salad but did
the riff on the strawberry salad we had up in Fairbanks. I think that
will become a regular with us, especially during strawberry season. This
time I used a prepared balsamic vinegar dressing and commercial bacon
bits as our cooking facilities were limited; I'll probably make my own
dressing, don't know if I'll go with commercial bacon bits or not when I
do it at home.


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Ruth
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