Mark and I took Saturday for the two of us to getaway. We went to Wall Lake with our bikes, went out for dinner with Warren and Linda B. and stayed over in a hotel on Blackhawk lake. We spent some time with Warren and Linda having good conversation. Last December Warren had cancer and he filled us in on all the details. Since then he has had his thyroid removed and lymph nodes. The cancer spread to his brain where he had a tumor removed. At the present, he is cancer free! That is quite amazing. He only has one vocal chord, so his voice is quiet and raspy. It made Mark and I sad, but thankful we took the time to visit him. He was on the board of directors for bio-diesel with Mark.
We left home and ate at a little cafe in Lake City with home cooked meals and ice cream. As I observed the tables around, there were a couple families and the remaining were silver hair people, couples in their late 80's. I also observed not one single mask was worn, not waitress or customer. This is what I love about rural Iowa, sensible people.You have to understand that in Ames where I frequent, you cant go anywhere without seeing masks. They are on people in restaurants, supermarkets, grocery stores, even people driving in their own cars! So to go places and not see a mask is like a breath of fresh air!! In the evening we ate supper in a small community near Wall Lake where the restaurant bar was full of people and not a mask in site. We even went through the salad bar. That is an unheard of during these times! I would imagine the word buffet and salad bar won't be used for a long time. We checked into our hotel and no masks. In fact during our weekend stay, we never saw a single mask! Life felt kind of normal today and it made me smile. You know what, when you wear a mask you cannot see a person's smile. That is just plain sad. I enjoyed the freedom of living in a mask free environment this weekend.
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