It was an errand day. Well deserved haircuts sure feel good. I had a list and my pilot, Dennis, was in charge of plotting the route. Mankato is 45 miles from us and it takes the better part of a day to complete the lists. As Dennis and I get older our needs are minimum, but when a certain product is needed that we can’t purchase locally, it does call for an errand day . . . or as Dennis calls calls it a “Road Date.” I will confess that after everything was checked off the list we stopped at Perkins. I so enjoy the “55 and over” (yes that is 55 years old and over) menu of potato pancakes. Yum. I would never make them at home as grating all the ingredients is timely. Before I dig in I always give my Dad a barely visible salute with my fork before I dig in as they were one of his all-time favorites. It always feels so good when we arrive at home safe and sound.