Non-Super Bowl Party

Last summer, Carole & I toured Western Canada traveling the Trans-Canada Highway all the way to Vancouver. On the way across the Canadian Province of Manitoba, we detoured further North to visit Canadian friends we had met in Texas a couple of years ago, Doug & Jane McClaren and Ron & Janet Wiltshire. Both couples are now back in Texas again, true Winter Texans, staying here in the Palm Shadows RV Park. It's really nice to see them again.

In addition, new Canadian friends and next door neighbors here in the Park, Jack & Bev Wolfe, are also from Manitoba. It turns out, they live only about 50 miles from the McClaren's. We wanted to get together with all of them, but it was too early for a Super Bowl Party, even too early for a Pre-Super Bowl Party. So we invited all three Manitoba couples to a Friday afternoon party at our place, which we would have to call a "Non-Super Bowl Party" . . . not that we need an excuse to have a party.

We all enjoyed cocktails and numerous hoers 'devours including cheeses, sausages, Carole's spinach dip and Dean's Cream Cheese Crab Pizza dip, a recipe obtained from another Canadian friend. Jane brought her deep fryer with battered shrimp to french fry and Janet brought chicken wings which also went into the french fryer. That's Janet on the right below putting wings into the deep fryer.

















We all ate more than we should have, but what's unique about that? The important thing is we enjoyed each other and engaged in entertaining conversation. It's interesting to hear about life in Canada and their attitudes about what's going on here. Canadians are so much more knowledgeable about the US and what's happening in our country than we US citizens know about Canada and what's happening up North.


















The temperature began to cool off at dusk, so we all changed into sweatshirts and long pants, then later went inside. Seating eight people was just about the "max" in "The Bus", but it was much warmer than on the patio.

We talked about everything but football . . . which made it a true "Non-Super Bowl Party". I guess we'll wait until Sunday to talk football at a real Super Bowl Party.