We spent a wonderful last few days of 2007 with some very special people! My oldest and dearest friend, Debbie visited us with her husband (Lloyd) during the last week of December! Debbie and I met in Nome Alaska during our kindergarten year! We grew up together and have managed to keep in touch all these years. Technology makes it a lot easier now but we can still remember the shoe boxes of handwritten letters that followed us many places over the years!
It was great to see her and finally meet/introduce each others husbands! They hit it off and the week was spent doing as much as possible in so little time!
New Years Eve Day we drove the valley – taking in many sights that Robert and I had not had a chance to visit yet! The nice thing about this day was that most folks were home preparing for a late night! No crowds! It was a great time to get out and explore! By 9 o clock p.m. we’d pretty much wore ourselves out…..not to mention played every slot machine in the County! The end of the evening saw Robert and Lloyd with all the money and both Debbie and I needing loans. LOL……guess it served us right as we did a LOT of bragging other days!
Las Vegas at New Years – over the last few years has become the “place to be”. They close the strip to traffic and it turns into a great big party. (We were forewarned by the locals – it gets a little crazy so we chose to stay inside the casinos.) Did’t take much convincing though – the temps were in the 20’s and the wind kicked in the chill factor.
Anyway, the strip hosted several firework displays from on top the casino/hotel properties. While we did’t witness them in person, the news the following morning showed the highlights. Looked like everyone was having a good time! Maybe one year we’ll have to stay up for that…
My weather report has some action this time! It is windy and raining! The clouds are heavy and dark. I snapped a photo of the mountain range in front of our home - you can't even SEE the range! Apparently, they are snow covered! Can't wait to see that! Below left - on a nice day. Right - today with all the clouds.
Since this is my Blog, I'm allowed to ramble on! While Debbie was visiting, we did a lot of reminiscing about things from our past. Laughing was a big part of our conversations. One of the topics was something that my family and friends from Alaska will definitely relate to. Sailor Boy Pilot Bread. This is one "food" I missed after moving away! It is nearly impossible to find in the lower 48 States! Debbie brought me a box and with every cracker another memory comes forth! I've posted a link to a couple of websites that prove I'm not alone!
http://www.sandigerjevic.com/pilotbread.html
http://community.adn.com/adn_story_9345620
Ok....I best sign off for now. We hope that the year treats you all very well! Should any of you plan a visit, don't hesitate to look us up!
*HUGS*
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3 comments:
Sailor Boy Pilot Bread! I remember those days! A little peanutbutter or just butter and a glass of "milk" went a long way!
Hi Connie!
LOL....we were trying to figure out what the "meat" spread was that they spread on the Pilot Bread before serving it for snack at school! Do you remember that? Wasn't Spam... we were thinking it might have been Hormels "TREET" in a can. We actually found some of that stuff here! Randall thought it looked so gross - he has a can of it on display in his room!
Hey, wasn't it close to the deviled ham spread you can get in the small can? That's about as close as I'm going to get on remembering how it tasted...lol..deb
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