Friends!

I got a phone call yesterday from our friend Colleen saying she and Dennis were setting up their booth, Recycled Spoons, in Fountain Hills. We had seen signs for the Fountain Hills Arts and Crafts Show when we were in town earlier this week and wondered whether they might be here.

Dennis and Colleen are friends from Ritzville that go back many years. We saw them at the Mennonite Country Auction back at Menno the first Saturday in October, so it was neat to be able to see them again so soon. Late this afternoon we went over the hill into Fountain Hills. The roads were blocked all around the lake with the fountain, so we parked about three blocks away. Recycled Spoons had their booth in the midst of the line-up with the back of the booth towards the lake. Colleen said they had been busier earlier in the day, but things were pretty quiet now.

As we had walked down to Colleen and Dennis' booth to join them for dinner, I saw some other booths that I would like to check out. There was one with really cute little hummingbird feeders that were actually little capped cups that kept out bees and ants. There was another across the street that had some interesting looking copper items. The booths closed at five, but will reopen at ten tomorrow and the next day. I think we'll come back and I leave Forry at the Recycled Spoon while I browse.

We ended up going to the Saddle Bronc Grill for dinner, a place that had been recommended to Colleen by the night manager at the motel they are staying at. It turned out to be a good call. Collen and I had babyback ribs that were so tender you had to eat them with a fork -- they literally fell off the bone. Dennis had a shrimp platter while Forry had a chicken fried steak that he said was really good. The food was very good, but boy, was it a noisy place. Maybe tomorrow night we can find a quieter place where we can visit.