Dinner

One of the most fun things we are doing in Nauvoo is going out to dinner with friends.  This is Charlie and Duane Ekins.  They are a wonderful couple from Delta, Utah.  Duane loves beef and he loves the rib-eye steak he can get at Napoli's Italian restaurant in Burlington, Iowa.  We have gone to Napoli's several times ourselves.  It looks like a real dive, but the steaks are wonderful and they aren't expensive.  The Ekins are going home this week.  We went to Napoli's two weeks ago because Duane thought it would be his last chance to get a good steak.  There were six couples, including President and Sister Condie.  When we finished dinner, the owner picked up the check.  We were floored.  Duane told a story about President Condie.  The four of them went to Napoli's and as they entered the restaurant, there was a very large man - tattoos, beard, bandana, a real rough-looking character waiting for his dinner.  President Condie, who is about 5'10", wearing a white shirt and tie, stopped at the big man's table, knelt down on one knee and put his arm up, challenging him to arm wrestle.  The minute the man took Condie's hand, Condie smashed his hand to the table.  It happened so fast, the big guy didn't have a chance.