11 June 08, Wednesday
After a shower and filling and emptying the water and sewer tanks we said good-bye to the friendly group. They were going to visit a museum.
I had called Alfred and told him we would be visiting him in the afternoon. He is 87 now, just had his birthday at the end of May. He spent his birthday in the hospital; clogged arteries. He had been planting his garden and when he felt shaky he took, I believe he said nitro-glycerine, and kept working. Bad move; he spent three weeks in the hospital.
We said we would show up around 4 PM but when we stopped near his house he was already waiting at the window. He was very, very happy to see us. His older daughter also came and we had supper at Swiss Chalet. We spent the evening listening to his favoured subject; but we knew this, expected it and we showed due interest.
We spent the night in front of his house in our camper and had a surprisingly quiet night; or we were tired enough not to hear anything.
N 51º 01.439’ W 114º 06.195
