THURSDAY, October 13th in Allegany

Ir rained most of the night.  I slept in and read for a while.  After breakfast, Cindi and Jen left to find a place with cell phone reception mostly so Cindi could talk to her daughter, Renee, who was having an ultrasound later on in the day.

  I said I would stay at the cottage in case someone from Marino's came to look at the misfunctioning shower.   Cindi said she doubted if a repair person would come.  I decided to wash my hair at the kitchen sink, and as soon as I wet my head, I heard knocking at the door.  It was a repair man from MARINO'S.  He looked at the shower and fiddled around with it.  He said he had been able to make some adjustments but not fully repair it since it would need a complete replacement and that would have to be ordered.  

When they returned, we played a few games, decided it would be a good day to go to the casino for the buffet so we drove into Salamanca.  

We arrived in mid-afternoon for a late lunch/early supper.  The buffet is very good, offering prime rib, barbecue ribs, turkey, and shrimp and LOTS of other stuff.  The red cabbage was particularly good.  Lots of deserts.  Jen concentrated on the prime rib and shrimp.  I was surprised at how much Cindi ate. I treated Jen and Cindi to the buffet since they had been doing all of the driving around.  

Back at the cottage, we played several games.  We didn't need to prepare supper tonight because of the large meal at the casino. 

It was still wet outside, but Jen said she could get a big hot fire going, and she did!  Cindi made popcorn, which just hit the spot.