Up B and E (bright and early) in the a.m. to head out on an eight mile walk before Alex and Alex would be ready to set out to Powis Castle, our excursion destination for the day. I choose these auxiliary walks based on mileage so that I will be back at the hour appointed for departure, which tends to be 11:00, so an almost 8 miler seemed about right, The walk was totally unexceptional.
Warning signs of one sort or another continue to advise:
At 11:00, as predetermined—it was sunny and already quite hot— we headed off to Powis Castle and Gardens. I am too done in to say much about the place except it was, for the most part, excitingly ugly. I am turning the description of this excursion over to Alex and Alex. I hope they do it justice. alexandalexacrossamerica.wordpress.com (If a click on the URL doesn't get you there, copy and paste.) BUT don't expect much in the way of photos from the interior because the taking of pictures was not allowed
I will, however, share a bit of Talmudic wisdom from Avodah Zarah: If you swallow a wasp, drink some vinegar. It will not cure you, but it will allow you to live long enough to get your affairs in order.
Although the Spelling Bee and Connections are suffering for want of time, as Rav Eli Stefansky says, "It's not about the Daf it's about the Yomi!" In other words, you do not skip a day of this seven and a half year journey....ever!
