Incredible that on a cold and rainy First Friday it would be that a lot was scheduled to be held inside the depot. How cool is that? I was unable to man my usual post at the Information Mailbox because of having bronchitis. In order not to miss the whole thing I arrived at the corner of Jackson & Buckeye Streets at about 4:45 p.m. and stayed in the warm car until hurrying across to the Gingerbread House Bakery for take home cookies while waiting on Gabettas to open at 5:30.
Needless to say I was first in the door at 5:30. I ordered dinner and by the time I'd finished and paid the place was nearly full. I was able to see the crowd as they gathered for Santa's arrival but decided that was about all I could do. I got back in the car and before going home drove around the square a few times to see all the decorations, drove up Main St to see a nice crowd gathered at Main St Cafe, around the corner to Union St to head home. At the corner of Union & Walnut I took in the now lighted staircase on the new parking garage. I turned right then entered the garage from Walnut St, drove through and exited onto Sycamore. Who'd have ever thought we'd have a multilevel parking
garage in Kokomo? Most interesting was that the ground floor was about 3/4 full.
I was sorry to miss so many of the festivities but am glad that I was able to do what I did. I'm already looking forward to January 2.
