We're off to pay another visit to our good friends from our previous life (back in the rat-race of careers,) Rick and Vicky Bartosek in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie. When in this area, we like to stay at a Texas State Park on Joe Pool Lake in nearby Cedar Hill. Unlike Medina Lake that we just left, Joe Pool is within inches of its normal level. It's not only a difference in local rainfall, but also the fact that Joe Pool is way down the list of water sources for the Metroplex. So even with a population of 6.5 million, the dozen or more reservoirs in the area seem to provide ample water for metropolitan needs.
Rick and Vicky have been in their beautiful home so long that they have retired the mortgage. We have remained close and dear friends even though our lifestyles are polar opposites (perhaps as much by life's happenstance as by choice,) and they are making the most theirs by spending tons of time with three generations of family - four, including themselves - Vicky's mom, Millie, in her nineties, their daughter, Kelly, in her thirties, and their two-year old granddaughter, Riley - what a cutie!. Oh yeah, and their two shelties, Scout and LD. 
So great to spend time with them - so relaxing and comfortable, even after more than 23 years since our working-together days. And good cooking by both Rick and Dickie's BBQ.
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