We started this day of the conference at a keynote speech where the various values and characteristics of the Greatest Generation, the Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y were presented. Bubby sneaked into not only this keynote, but anything else she was interested in, including the trade show. This was accomplished by her use of my badge from last year.
That evening, the folks at Impact photographic took the entire BCNHA group out for dinner at a Brazilian Restaurant. There were 14 of us all together. Of course the main theme at a Brazilian BBQ is meat, but their salad bar was the most remarkable thing I have ever seen. They had every type of side items, exotic preserved meats and cheeses, seared ahi tuna, and the list goes on and on. Of course once the meat started to arrive all else was forgotten. They had chicken, pork, beef, sausages, and lamb in all sorts of Brazilian preparations. They just keep coming, and coming, and coming. I wished I could have only ordered salad, but that wasn't in the cards.
While we were waiting for our reservation, we visited Bass Pro Shops and the Garfield County coys bought new logo hats. I had to take their photo. We encouraged Judge Lee of the 6th District to wear his new yellow Bass Pro hat on the bench, but he didn't think it would work.
As usually, Shawn was really serious about the meat. He couldn't decide if he liked the plain or bacon-wrapped beef tenderloin the best. One thing for sure, he was still eating long after everyone else had faded.
Our usual morning routine at the conference includes a trip to the Corner Bakery, which due to the BCNHA Seinfeld fetish, was nicknamed "Monk's". Bubby took a picture of our breakfast clatch this particular morning. There are lots of good, reasonably priced items to eat, but the Diet Coke was amazing and those who imbibed were returning for refills multiple times each morning.
I took this photo of the BCNHA ladies outside of the trade show. Bubby really worked it over, although we are far more discriminating than at our first APPL convention. She ended up with lots of whale and dolphin books for mister Jake.
Our last evening at the conference, we went to find White Fence Farm, a restaurant featured on "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives". I captured the back seat brigade on the way there.
We always work hard to make Judge Lee laugh on our outings, because when he really gets going, he laughs like Kermit The Frog. In this photo, he is going for it.
After a major family-style chicken dinner, we wandered through the retail section, and had a nice time. Bubby posed with this bronze, along with our friend Paula. It was a lovely couple of days and lots of fun going to all of these fun restaurants. We finished this day with a trip to Cold Stone Creamery. Bubby and I couldn't eat much, but participated anyway. The best part of this day was that we got to change our room for the last night. We finally got a king bed and Bubby said it was her best night's sleep while we were gone. We are so spoiled.
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