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A short note
We had a lot of fun last night. Puddletown had a get together out at Steve and Bud's house in Fall City (up I-90 about 20 minutes...just before the pass to Eastern Washington) and it was really nice. Steve and Bud live in a huge cedar home right on the river all nestled down in the trees. Most of the regulars were there and we got to meet Jeff's boyfriend. Our new member who just moved into the area brought her little son and he and Bud and Steve's granddaughter ran around with all the dogs, though the children were slightly better about staying out of the river.
The women in the club played various lawn games and us guys sat about and sampled whiskies, then we ate (Ron and I brought deviled eggs...I finally got a tip for the pastry bag that will do smashed egg yokes, so they were nice looking for a change) and set up to dance on the new deck. Did I mention the house was huge? There was room for two squares on the new deck (the old deck where we were all sitting and chatting is even bigger) and it was really fun dancing outside. Ron performed his new singing call --Carlolina in the Pines--that we bought from the GCA record swap and everyone had a great time.
I did get a little depressed when I had to go through the house to get to the bathroom. The whole house is comfortably furnished and decorated with cool stuff collected on their travels. It makes our house look like we furnished it by shoplifting from Salvation Army. I managed to stop that train of thought before it affected my mood though. The apple pie and brownies on the dessert table helped.
Eventually it was quite dark so they lit a bonfire next to the river and we hung out watching the fire and groaning at Keith's bad jokes. All and all it was a really lovely time.
(an aside...I know some people who have me on their friends list live in Colorado...(![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dr_tectonicfor sure, and I thinktundracowboyas well) there is a new gay square dance club forming in Fort Collins if anyone live within an easy drive of there...I can find out when their intro nights will be if anyone is interested. IAGSDC gives a lot of support to groups forming clubs, so if anyone wants to form a club...say, in Salt Lake City, you could get a lot of help from people who know how to do it. It is really just a matter of finding people who want to square dance and finding a caller, neither of which are insurmountable, no matter where you are.)
The women in the club played various lawn games and us guys sat about and sampled whiskies, then we ate (Ron and I brought deviled eggs...I finally got a tip for the pastry bag that will do smashed egg yokes, so they were nice looking for a change) and set up to dance on the new deck. Did I mention the house was huge? There was room for two squares on the new deck (the old deck where we were all sitting and chatting is even bigger) and it was really fun dancing outside. Ron performed his new singing call --Carlolina in the Pines--that we bought from the GCA record swap and everyone had a great time.
I did get a little depressed when I had to go through the house to get to the bathroom. The whole house is comfortably furnished and decorated with cool stuff collected on their travels. It makes our house look like we furnished it by shoplifting from Salvation Army. I managed to stop that train of thought before it affected my mood though. The apple pie and brownies on the dessert table helped.
Eventually it was quite dark so they lit a bonfire next to the river and we hung out watching the fire and groaning at Keith's bad jokes. All and all it was a really lovely time.
(an aside...I know some people who have me on their friends list live in Colorado...(
dr_tectonicfor sure, and I thinktundracowboyas well) there is a new gay square dance club forming in Fort Collins if anyone live within an easy drive of there...I can find out when their intro nights will be if anyone is interested. IAGSDC gives a lot of support to groups forming clubs, so if anyone wants to form a club...say, in Salt Lake City, you could get a lot of help from people who know how to do it. It is really just a matter of finding people who want to square dance and finding a caller, neither of which are insurmountable, no matter where you are.)