Today was another beautiful day. It was cool but clear this morning when we took our walk. Since John's back was feeling much better we walked our longer route.

After breakfast John went over to Metcalf's again to finish up one last job and then headed off to town to pick up a couple of things we forgot to get yesterday while in Del Rio. I spent the morning preparing the food for this evening's meal and giving the house the final straightening up.

Our company, Jim and Deb, arrived from Dallas around 5 o'clock. We had a fun evening sharing different stories and just visiting. There was a little problem getting the sleeper sofa open--it had never been opened before. No one could figure out what the problem was. The guys laid the sofa over on its back and discovered that the frame had been wired to keep it from opening in shipment. For a while there I wasn't sure where they were going to sleep. It's pretty late--time for bed. More visiting tomorrow!