Our son, the chef & visit with Grandson Ryan

Our grandson Ryan came over today and we went out to lunch with him.  We all thought a Panera Bread day was on order and drove a couple miles to one in the Concord shopping mall area.  We got there around 1pm and was hoping to miss the lunch rush break, but managed to hit the tail end of it.

We all had soup and a sandwich and enjoyed the meals very much.   We have yet to get a bad meal there and from how busy they are, it seems not many people do either.  They are always crowded, but move you through very quickly.  

Ryan came back to the motor home with us and we had a nice long visit with him.  He had vacation days to use and this was one of them so there wasn't any hurry to cut the visit short.  He finally had to get going so he could do some chores before his wife, Dee came home from work.  It was great having a chance to visit with him.

Larry Jr. had invited us over for a homemade BBQ dinner and we accepted quickly.  He has turned into quite a chef and loves to try out new meals.  I don't mean the kind of meals I would fix, but complicated recipes that require a lot of attention.  At least that is what Gerry says since I don't help with the preparations.  He also doesn't need any help from Gerry, but they chat as he does the work.  The dinner was great and I think I may move in with them so I can enjoy more of his cooking. 

I sat with Grant, Guiness the dog, Sherman the cat and watched animated cartoons and finally the first Jurassic Park movie that was on tv.  It was still entertaining and we saw about half of it before dinner and then the last few minutes after the meal.  They had some fantastic animation in the movie and it was head and shoulders above animation before it.

We visited a while and outlasted Grant & Jane and left around 11pm.  We took I-485 around the east side of Charlotte back to the motorhome and were amazed how little traffic there was on the road.  If this would have been the Washington, DC, area it would have been bumper to bumper with cars and trucks.