On 2017-10-23 2:14 PM, Gary wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Then it is a 2o minute drive
>> from the bus station the city where the church is. It really would be
>> much easier for him to drive her. I doubt he would want to go to the
>> church dinner. I am positive that if they drover down they would expect
>> to stay overnight. No thanks.
>
> Everyone traveling all these miles and hours just to go
> to a church dinner? Must be some damn good church dinner.
> That's the part I can't understand.

Beats me. It is less than 15 minutes from here to the church. The last
time I went to a dinner there it turned into a lot of prayers. Then the
after dinner entertainment was a bible trivia quiz, and my table won
because I knew most of the answers, more than the church goers, and a
couple that even the minister didn't know.

We live in a rural are between two cities. The one the church is in has
limited bus service with the city the niece lives in.



> Please explain why this church dinner is worth all this travel
> and trouble.

Therein lies the problem. It isn't worth the trip just for the dinner.
Niece and her husband live in the middle of a big city and want to get
away to the country occasionally. It is about an hour and a half drive,
apparently too far to come for a brief visit, so they would prefer to
come and stay overnight. That means that they can eat and drink more.