I’ve got a feast to attend to this afternoon, so let’s get on with the down and dirty about yesterday, shall we?

Then it was time to convene the Wednesday Walkers group hike.

Swan didn’t join in the hike because she had a doctor’s appointment in Olongapo. When she returned in the afternoon, she declared the rare “me day” where we’d each do our own thing. Hers was to relax at home. Mine was to expend the Cheap Charlie’s beer card I’d received at the RSL meeting.

Without Swan around, a couple of the gals felt like keeping me company. I explained to them once again that since CC’s raised the price of a single lady drink to 250 pesos, I would not be buying them one (200 pesos is my max). They stuck around anyway and even laughed at some of my jokes. I guess they were bored, and there weren’t any other prospects around. When I was ready to order some food from Foodies downstairs, I told them they could get something off the menu instead of a drink. The food they ordered was coincidentally 250 pesos each, but it is not the money; it is the scam of paying 250 for an overpriced drink. I also gave them 50 pesos each as a tip when I departed.

My next stop was Wet Spot to see if there were any updates on a memorial gathering for Dave Fisher. Manager Bret told me nothing had been arranged yet, but Dave’s widow would be in town today, presumably to finalize the sale of Dave’s bars. Bret thought it likely there would be a bar crawl in Dave’s honor sometime next week. Sadly, I won’t be able to attend as I’m booked for seven days on Siragao Island, departing on Monday. Oh well, Dave is gone but will not be forgotten.

I did my nightcap at Green Room and enjoyed the music and watching some skilled pool players compete. One of the songs I hadn’t heard for a long time was Don McLean’s American Pie. It brought back memories of a creative writing class I took at Golden West College in Huntington Beach back in 1973. One of our projects was analyzing the lyrics to that song to discern the people and events McLean was singing about. It really is an excellent piece of work.

Left Green Room near my beer intake capacity, but when I got out of the trike at my house, neighbor Jeff invited me to join him for “one more” at his place. Of course, I wasn’t going to be rude and decline, so I grabbed Swan and we headed next door. After a nice chat and TWO beers, I pulled the plug on my Wednesday and called it a day.

Continuing through the September 2015 LTG archives, having a Buddhist wife meant occasionally visiting temples in the area. In this post, we traveled out near Incheon to enjoy a day at the Bomunsa Temple—lots of photos to enhance the memory of a good day together. I didn’t know then that those days would soon be over.

And as a bonus, I mentioned yesterday about the last car I’ll own. Here’s the post about all the cars I’ve owned in this lifetime.

I don’t have any memories of the old Subic Bay Navy Base, but sometimes the old buildings on SBMA remind me of the now-closed Yongsan Army Base where I used to work. Today’s YouTube video is full of pictures capturing the history of the Navy in Subic.

And now, the moment you’ve been waiting for:

Okay, it’s turkey day today. Celebrating Thanksgiving a week early with the neighbors because we’ll be in uncharted territory next week. I had a busy morning in the kitchen preparing my contributions to the event.

Looking forward to being thankful! I’ll let you know how it goes tomorrow.