The weather was perfect for our outing last night.
It started out rather badly. We all met at the church parking lot to take a van ride downtown to the River Walk. Another of our three churches was to provide the van and driver. The man from our church who is coordinating the trips for all three churches checked twice in the last two days with the other church and was assured that the van and driver would meet us at our church between 6:45 and 7:00 p.m.
He didn't show up. So our coordinator went over to the other church and people there were having a meeting and a dinner and no one there seemed to know anything about the deal. They finally got him the key to the van and allowed him to drive it, as he had already taken the precaution of being put on their insurance for the van in case they needed another driver. He brought the van back and we all got down to the River Walk in time for our assigned barge ride. Thirteen of us went in the 15-passenger van and four more of our group met us down there.
Our barge ride left at 8:00 p.m. and the ride lasted for an hour. The lights decorating the route were beautiful and people on the sidewalks along the River Walk and eating at the outdoor restaurant tables there cheered and waved as we passed, singing Christmas carols as we went.
The ride doesn't normally take an hour, but we went slowly and stopped several times to sing at particular spots.
After it was all over and we were headed back to the church in the van, I was very glad that we had an experienced driver driving, as the traffic was worse than I have ever seen it. He has driven tour buses many times and wasn't a bit intimidated by the traffic.
We got home by 9:30 p.m. and I was soon ready for a good night's sleep. I just don't stay up as late as I used to.
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