no kidding!

There was even a pair of welcoming dragons, set guard to sound the alert at our arrival at the Hunt Club!

Trust me, they did, too... 

but at an ultrahigh pitch no human could hear.

Not to fear!

The tiny Widget caught their cries and brought them to the attention of Christa, the one and only Squirrel Mistress!

"Come in," she bade us, "come in!"

And so we did, we three latecomers.

Sandy and Barbara preceded me, as their car had arrived first.

Waiting inside were the Englers, fresh up from their new lair in Kissimmee.

Yes, Lauri and Lynn had returned!

The NK! gang was reunited, if only for the night!

Yes, there was wine!

There was food and much talk and many hugs!

And, yes, there was the traditional showing of a horror film.

"Leprechaun 4: In Space" provided us with much laughter after we'd caught up with each other's lives.

Ah... a breath of normalcy!