Hometown visitors. . .

For the first time in 2.5 years here at the hotel, we had someone from a hometown. It wasn't mine, it was Lucy's hometown of Visalia, Calif.

A great group of folks came down (nine in total) and stayed for a few nights.

Some of them had grown up in Visalia, like Lucy, and others had moved there. With so many of them running around, it was hard to keep track of all, and on the day they left, we found out that one had worked with Lucy's sister, Dolores, for a spell and dubbed her "One of my favorite people of all time."

Now, if someone from Longview, Wash., would get their rears down this way, then all would be complete.