Super Bowl Sunday with Friends on Eagle Creek
When you live this remote and your neighbors are few and miles away, you really appreciate and enjoy them. Super Bowl Sunday was a good example. We all went to Errol’s house to watch the Super Bowl. Doug and I don’t have TV and neither does Roland, so we always head to the Holders’ or Errol’s for Super Bowl. Errol was the host this year. We had a great time and lots of good food. Errol had fresh salmon from his family in Washington – he always seems to have fresh Alaskan crab right off the boat or something else wonderful. Clarice and I brought goodies – Clarice baked. I rode cattle all day and just grabbed snack food to take to the game. It is impossible to bake cookies and herd cattle both in 1 morning – Clarice bakes better than I do anyway. So it is just as well. To be honest, I would much rather be herding longhorn cattle than cooking anyway!
Isn’t it odd that city people who have neighbors all around them never seem to know their neighbors? Here our closest neighbor is a couple of miles away – and he isn’t always home. Everyone else – all 3 households – is from 3 to 7 miles away. But we know each other well. And we can count on each other for anything and everything. Good neighbors are a blessing. Hey, having TV for the once-a-year Super Bowl is just another plus. Good company and a friend when you need one is the main thing.
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