My Uncle Melvin's wife, Kathy -- was retiring from her job at Oscar Meyer. Of course, lots of people have retirement parties...a get together with their friends....maybe a little cake....
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| Can you make out the picture on the cake?? It seems like they're pointing to a BOAT?? |
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| Uncle Melvin wanted to do something VERY SPECIAL FOR Kathy... |
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| He rented an entire riverboat!! |
Leclaire, Iowa is home to a beautiful Riverboat --
the Twilight. It normally operates two day cruises up the Mississippi to Dubuque/Galena, where it spends the night -- then the second day back down to LeClaire.
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| But on this beautiful Saturday -- the whole boat belongs to our private party... |
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| I took the BEST PICTURE of my brother Calvin and his wife Jeanne... |
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| Every chair on the boat was full of friends and family... |
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| I didn't know everybody..... |
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Even from the back -- I recognized these two. My nieces Nicole and Amy -- WITHOUT their kids.
We all enjoyed seeing our hometown from a different vantage point... |
In the weeks before the Twilight boat ride, my sister Deena told me that keeping the guest list under control had become a huge problem. She laughed and said, "Everybody is saying YES to the invitation -- because, well because he's Uncle Melvin."
Which brings me to this important question -- can a person have too many friends??
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