What a fun weekend I just had! A group of ladies and I celebrated our book club's 25th anniversay by getting away from it all. 25 years in one book club really dates me, doesn't it!! The common thread we all have in this book club is (at some time in our lives) teaching English at Butler Middle School.
Friday morning four of us left for St. George to meet up with two more ladies who already have homes there. Besides reminiscing about all our memories of book club, we attended plays at Tuacahn Theater on each evening. The plays were "Big River" and "Les Miserables". It was interesting to see them produced with the backdrop of the St. George red cliffs and massive rock formations.
We also drove out in the desert on Saturday morning to see Indian petrogliphs. It was quite a jaunt (on unpaved roads) to get to the spot where the petrogliphs were located. They had been carved by Indians many years ago. On one set of petrogliphs, we could imagine a story being told (probably of an animal attacking an Indian along a trail).
It was great fun to be with these ladies. They are some of the most intelligent people I know. They also love to talk!! In addition, it was refreshing to be with women who don't "primp" for hours to get ready for the day. We had no bossy leader in the group and no whinners. What we did do is laugh a great deal! Since we are (most of us) kind of old, we compared ailments and various pills we are presently taking. Our youngster in the group (Catherine) was kind enough to drive us around and tolerate our "old-lady talk". All in all, it was a fabulous weekend!
3 comments:
It was a ton of fun, Marilyn! I'd do it all again tomorrow if I could get off work. ;)
I'm glad you had such a fun time! How great that you have been in the same book club for 25 years.
Natalie
How fun to have a girl's weekend. 25 years with the same book group is really something else! Natalie, Michele and I need to start doing a girls weekend getaway - looks like such a good time.
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