Party at Henry's

Bill works with a guy named Henry R. and I have known him for years. He had a party tonight. It was so relaxing and fun. He had smoked a hog and the rest of us brought food and drink. It was a beautiful evening, no humidity, which is amazing and cool too. He lives out in the middle of no where south east of Iuka. He and his wife live in a cabin he built himself, along with her son. He has his own lake on the property. It is just a beautiful place. The smoked hog was very tender and delicious. There were lots of other home-made dishes, taco salad, sliced tomatoes, cucumber salad, mashed potatoes, green beans w/bacon and all of the other country food that we all love here in Illinois. We didn't really know anyone besides Henry, but as the evening wore on we ran across some people we hadn't seen in a very long time and we had a fun visit. The best part though, was, as the sun was setting Henry and his brother, and a third party, who are all members of the same rock band played and sang. It was a wonderful atmosphere with the tall trees, the sun fading and the cool evening breeze while we listened to them sing many of our favorite songs from Elvis, Tom Pettay, John Bon Jovi, Neil Young, Jim Croche, John Mellancamp and the list goes on. At one time the guests were waving their lighters in the air,like we were at a real concert, those who didn't have a lighter, were waving their lit-up cell phones... lol. Some people danced and we all sang along on the chorus during "Proud Mary". Others attending took their turn at the microphone, including one guy named Hoss, who sounded Cajun, and did a great job singing some old time country hymns and tunes, like: "I'll fly Away"...for a minute there I felt like I was in the movie "O brother where art thou?".....just loved it all. The singing continued into the night, while we all visited and drank a few beers (or Dr. Peppers). The fog came rolling in about 11;30, so we headed home. The fog was very thick, so it took us a while to get home. We had a wonderful time. I will post some pictures, but my camera is having problems (which is why I ordered a new one today).