Things are starting to wind down as we think about heading home. A number of people have left already and others have started packing. People have also been doing the "We want to invite you to dinner before you leave" so we've also done a fair bit of eating.

Sunday we did our last "smoke" .... salmon. Hard to believe but it was even better than the first time we smoked it. John and Ed were given instructions to buy enough salmon for two meals. It's wonderful warm on Sunday and even better cold on Wednesday with a salad and fresh sour dough bread.

On Monday, Glenda and Ron hosted a dinner party for six of us; John, Carol, Gayle, Carol, Ed and myself. Dinner was grilled venison steaks wrapped in bacon, roasted vegetables, roasted potatoes and onions and salad. Hm, hm, good! Think this was the first time I've eaten venison steaks and I'd eat them again.

After dinner we were all sitting at the table chatting when John looked like he was gagging ... it took a minute then we realized that he wasn't breathing. Ed and I knew the Heimlich maneuver needed to be performed and Ed was ready to do it but as both Gayle and Carol were retired nurses it made more sense for one of them (Gayle, he's a big guy) to do the maneuver. Gayle. In a couple of seconds John breathing again .... and so was I.

On Tuesday, Jim and Esther had a dinner party, inviting John, Carol, Cheryl, Eva, Ed and I. Esther made a Mennonite Chicken Pot Pie..... yum. Happily no excitement after dinner.