Dave and Cindy Come to NC

Months ago my college friend Dave asked us to go to a concert at Red Hat amphitheater when he and his wife Cindy were going to be in town to visit their daughter Deitra. Since Dave and Cindy live outside Pittsburgh we try and see them when they come to North Carolina.

We met for dinner at Poole’s diner which was as close as you could get to the the concert. They brought Cindy’s cute nephew Ed, who lives in Raleigh. (I want to introduce him to my young single mah Jongg students.)

We had a great dinner as you always do at Poole’s. The service and food can’t be beat and I was happy to introduce it to them.

We walked across the street to Red Hat and found our way to the lawn to find a place to spread out our blankets. The concert was 38 special and Kansas. Yes, those were bands when I was in high school, but not ones I really followed. Dave commented that he was glad everyone was not in wheel chairs, but a woman with a walker was sitting right in front of us. I am certain that in 1978 these bands did not think, “We are going to be doing this well into our 70’s and 80’s.”

Dave and Cindy are bigger concert goers than Russ and I are. It was sunny and warm and we talked through most of 38 special. That was about all the time Russ and I had since we had to get home to Shay.

Thanks Cindy and Dave for inviting us. We look forward to seeing you in December, if not before.