Friday, August 13

Up early to be ready for a trip a couple of hours south by 9 a.m. We wanted to beat the heat and get to the campground before noon.

This trip, beside Shih Tzu and Mother's cat, we took two kittens...the nearly blind white one and the black one. Took the black one to keep the white one company so she wouldn't yowl. We all rode in the truck this time, with a large canvas crate on the back seat for Mother's cat, and a small pet taxi for the kittens, which sat between the large crate and Mother.

Mother's cat was not a willing traveler this time. Hubbie had a devil of a time getting her into the crate and suffered a scratch while doing so. She voiced her objections for quite a while before settling down on the trip. Didn't hear a peep out of the kittens, though.

Got to camp in time to set up and have lunch at noon. Daughter called to say she and Great-Granddaughter were on their way for a visit. They arrived around 12:30 and had lunch. Daughter left after that, and Great-Granddaughter stayed. She planned to spend the night with us, but later in the evening, she changed her mind, and we had to take her home.

Tonight, we attended the play, "Annie," at a dinner-theater in the capital city. It was an excellent production, and the buffet-style food was pretty good too. There was a choice of flounder in wine sauce, freshly carved roast beef or ham, fried chicken, and corn dogs for the kids. There was also mashed potatoes and gravy, and macaroni and cheese, along with a variety of vegetables and salad. Desserts included a couple of kinds of pie and cake, as well as bread pudding.

The dinner-theater seating area is on three levels...the floor level, closest to the stage, a second level with tables for four, and a third level with tables for two. Seating is in a square, with three sides facing the stage. There was an iron rail along our level, but it in no obstructed the view of the stage.

The stage rolled out to extend it close to the first level seating area. The musicians were in one corner of the room. The set was minimal, with a city skyline as the backdrop. Quilts and pillows on wooden boxes that rolled onto stage served as the beds for the orphans.

It was an absolutely delightful production that held the attention of not only the adults, but all the children in the audience. Tonight, we estimated that about 350 people attended.

The curtain was scheduled to go up at 7:30, but it was held because a church bus load of folks arrived late. Seems they had not one but two flat tires on the way from their town, about 50 miles north.

It was about 11:30 before we got back to camp. It was a long day, and we were ready for bed by the time we got to it.