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I Went Out to Eat for the First Time in 15 Months
There was much I had forgotten…
A few days ago, my wife made the suggestion that we go out to eat. Since the lockdown for COVID there are many things we don’t do anymore, and going out to eat was one of them. That is not to say we don’t support our local restaurants. We do. We go through drive-in windows for fast food on occasion, and we order curbside to go fairly often as well. What we don’t do is sit down at a table in near proximity to other people. Tonight was to be our foray back into what some people are calling “back to normal” and others call “the new normal.”
We chose one of our favorite restaurants because it is located along a small lakeshore. The restaurant offers both inside and outside dining, and we always like eating outside with a view of the lake. It was hot out and we thought some shade and a gentle breeze off the lake would be perfect. We had eaten there dozens of times. The food and service are never disappointing.
The restaurant is located in an out-of-the-way place, and unless you knew it was there, you would never accidentally “stumble upon it.” As we wound our way through the country roads, there was a charming familiarity. We had been down these roads many times for small celebrations, evenings out with our kids and grandkids, and just for something to do. It’s…
