Monday, November 11, 2013

Veterans Day!

We thank all of The Veterans today!  We are truly thankful for their service to our country.  Thank you for our freedom.

We have several Veterans among this group and WE THANK ALL of YOU!  Manuel had several calls today from family to thank him for his service.  This made his day.

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We all gather at the rally room for breakfast.  Work continues on this puzzle.

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We had biscuits & gravy, eggs, sausage, mimosas, juice, coffee and milk.

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We took a trip to Coushatta for some gaming….

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We enjoyed a buffet which Manuel got to enjoy free of charge.  It was very good.

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We had a good time….   On our way back, we noted this cemetery which we had seen before but now, it had a lot of flags.

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Another great day!  We ended the day playing games.  Will see what tomorrow brings.

Monday Evening with WWWs

We gathered at 5:30 for dinner at the Rally Room.  We honored our Veterans!

George Franklin (Navy), Manuel Esparza (USAF Retired), Marvin Peyton (Army) and Phil Roberts (USAF Retired).

Missing was Steve Mesz who had left this morning.

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We then took pictures of couples:  Manuel and Connie Esparza

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Marvin and Edwina Peyton

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George and Pat Franklin

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Joe and Janet Bechard

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Phil and Gisele Roberts

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Janet Lambe, her husband, George was Navy Retired

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Gunter and Maria Liebel

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Ray and Caroline Mason

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Pete Stolis and Bess Bratner

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We were asked to bring military pictures.  I brought these of Manuel

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George is the first one on the right.

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Phil, two sons and granddaughter

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The Liebels’ Grandson, Eric Liebel.

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WWWs present tonight.  The Lundsfords and Mesz left this morning.

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We have had a great rally.  Some will leave tomorrow and we will leave on Wednesday.

Happy Trails to All…..Stay Safe!  God Bless!

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Relaxing Sunday

On Sunday, we walked to the rally room.  Nice display of flags! We started the day with a continental breakfast. 

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We Pledge Allegiance to The Flag…..

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We had an other good meal and great camaraderie …

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Everyone did what they wanted to do today.  Some went shopping, others went to casinos and we decided to just have a nice relaxing day by the water…

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Ray and his Mississippi friends try their luck at fishing.

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It was an awesome day! 

We had pot luck in the evening…..all good!

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Saturday With WWWs

Saturday was a beautiful and cool day.  Everyone went in separate directions and of course, we went over the bridge again.  We went to L’Auberge Casino.  We had fun!

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We all met at the rally room for an early  pot luck and wine tasting.  Each coach brought a wine bottle to share and also a dish.  All was GOOOOOD, as always.

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Our Hosts were Pete and Bess.  Great Job!  Thank you for your hard work!

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Cindy and Troy hold up this wall after a few glasses of wine!

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Steve leads the group in prayer and thanksgiving.  We are truly thankful for such good times and great friends.

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After dinner, it is Game Time!  We play cards while others watch the games on TV.

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Our entertainment for the night was “The Men in Robes Contest”.

From left to right:  George, Marvin, Steve, Ray, Gunter, and Pete.

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They model around the room….

Marvin……                                                Steve and George……

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George says, “Yes, Girl, I am comfy!”       Ray says, “Wanna see the rest of me?”

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Pete won 1st; Ray won 2nd; George won 3rd.  The guys who participated were really good sports!

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Games continued and then we called it a night kind of early! 

Will be back at 8:30 am for continental breakfast!  Until then….

Friday, November 8, 2013

Friday in Louisiana

We got together in groups this late morning and went out to visit some of the casinos in the area.

Our first stop was Delta Downs.  We had not been here before and we were not too impressed with it. 

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I took a picture of some in our group: 

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Oops, then Phil takes a picture of me in the group!  Kind of blurry…

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Then we headed over the bridge to Steamboat Bills for a great lunch.  Thank you, Phil for the treat!

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                                                          Yes, Good Food & Good Friends!

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I was told this meant “Let The Good Times Roll!”

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Then we were off over the bridge to visit The Isle of Capri….

While they all went up to the casino, I stayed behind to take a few pictures.

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   We saw a bunch of the group folks at this casino.  We had a nice time then back to the coach for some R&R.

Will see what comes next!