Back to Concord for 3 nights, August 8-11

    

We had an easy ride back to Concord to Jecca and Willy's empty apartment. We stopped at 4 Corners to get some tomatoes, corn and a melon. And, when we got to Concord we went to the Cheese store and got some wonderful blue cheese and a Brie along with a baguette as almost as good as we'd find in France. That was our dinner.

  The next morning, we headed for Bridgewater to sit on the deck with the folks. We got their early to beat the heat. Alice, who just turned 98, wasn't feeling great, but, as always had a smile. Afterwards, we drove to Westport to see Ted and Bev where we had a lovely chat. We haven't seen each other since the pandemic. Then - back to Concord

    The second morning, we drove back to Bridgewater, even earlier than the day before because it was going to be in the 90s. We sat on the deck and ate Burger King food that Mark went and got. (We had impossible, meatless burgers; Sandy a whopper, Cal a fish sandwich and Alice a little bit of a vanilla milkshake.)

    And, the third morning, we drove to Hyannis where Mark met with Dr. Manning about his hips. Barbara waited in the truck - more effects of Covid. The doctor said that both Mark's hips are in bad shape and said that most people with hips like Mark's are in walkers!

We never thought of Mark as a stoic, but....guess we need to reassess that. So, the plan is to address both hips between now and Christmas, the first one in mid September. Then, we got take out from Bangkok kitchen and had a picnic in the parking lot at the Steamship and boarded the 2:45 home. Once home