Way to Celebrate a 39th

As in our 39th wedding anniversary on August 25th.  It spread over three days already and will go one more today.

And, we stayed in the home area for it.  Hey, 39 years ago, we were in Illinois for the whole thing, ranging from Des Plaines to Dekalb to Galena, where we went for the honeymoon.

AUGUST 24, FRIDAY

Did yardwork, then went out boating.  Liz and I then split ways and she went to Stormy Monday and Tommy's.  I went to Richmond, Illinois, and had a fish fry at Doyle's (in an 1840s building originally used as a mill) and then saw our local high school football team, the Richmond Rockets, demolish a team from Chicago, the Roosevelt Rough Riders.  The score was 48-0 at half and final was 54-14.


AUGUST 25, SATURDAY (Our 39th)

Drove to the Northwest suburbs, buying a book and CD at Half Price Books in Palatine, visiting Liz's parents' graves at Memory Gardens in Arlington Heights, driving on Northwest Highway (a major stomping ground for us in high school) back to Palatine, then by my old home on Anderson Drive and Liz's two homes on Boynton and Patricia Lane.

Had lunch at Lamplighter's Lounge in downtown Palatine (in an 1890s building) and then drove past Photos, where the Burger King in Palatine on Northwest Highway used to stand.  I worked there during high school and college.

Then US-12, Rand Road, back to Wauconda through some VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC.  Terry and G. Thomas "The Piano Man" Spizziri were performing out on the deck/tiki bar at Docks, the old Mers.  Another great time and they dedicated a song they had written for us and also they played the New Seekers' "I Know I'll Never Find Another You."  Quite nice of them.

When they finished, we drove to Antioch and caught a set by 9D Rox (they play nineties music, get it) at Captain's and finished off with some great beer nuggets at Tommy's in Spring Grove.


AUGUST 26, SUNDAY

Breakfast at the Kross Inn, NTN at Pug Mahone's and J's in Ingleside/Fox Lake with Pops (age 89) and his son Paintr (these are their NTN names.  Paintr was born one day after I was, May 25, 1951).  We even had a #1 ranking with RoadDog #7 in one game as well as several other Top Twenties.

Then to Captain's Quarters for the band Boys and Toys from Kenosha, Wisconsin.  They are a party trio and had a real good time with them.

Not a Bad 39th.  Wonder What We'll Do for the 40th?  --RoadDog