February Christmas Trip

On the last Sunday of February, Donna decided that she; Sage, her dog; Amber, our granddaughter; and I needed to make a trip to Snow Shoe to see my sister, Anne Houck, and her husband, Bruce. "We still have their Christmas gift here. If we don't get it to them soon, it will be Easter."

Having procrastinated about as long as I could, I agreed that we needed to make the trip to Snow Shoe. It was a convenient Sunday to do it: It was still too cold to fish, and I really did not feel like exercising or cross-country skiing. So, after church, off we went.

After our arrival and presenting Anne and Br...