Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Our Minds are Busy, Pokeno - Win or Lose?

 Park Place RV Park

It's Tuesday, Mar. 24th and the days are zipping by. Yesterday was such a useless day, all I did was sit around in the afternoon and play online games or read online. I didn't even feel like reading my book. I did think about what I could pack up that wouldn't seem too early but just 'thought' about it.

Good morning!
This was last night's sunset.

Last night, it cooled off nicely, but not until around 11, Bill said. He opened windows downstairs and had turned the a/c on upstairs at 10 when I went to bed. We don't run both at the same time, there is no need and we are only plugged into 30 amp.

Why am I taking a picture of this
palm tree?

Because Gibbs and I were being
closely watched.

I watched the next CIA episode last night, I'm enjoying that, and then on Stack TV, I started with the first 2 episodes of Ponies. These girls have me interested already, Persons of NO Interest, a spy thriller. I was up around 7 this morning to, hopefully, a more productive day.

It was a hot sky already
as we made our way back home.

We heard yesterday that there was a 6' rattlesnake spotted down by the dog park and under an rv. That is the southwest corner of the park and we are on the east side but we'll still keep our eyes out when walking Gibbs. We still haven't seen one....and that's okay!

That's it, I am so tired
and hot.
I just can't do it, Mom.
(he eventually did it and we sat
outside in the shade for a while)

Bill went to the field for one last flight with his Somethin Xtra and so, here alone, I dry mopped the main floors and climbed up on a chair to rearrange the top cupboards at the back of the Suite. I put all of my homemade Travel books up there, and secured them tightly.

When Bill got home around 10:30, we drove to DG Market. I needed a card (a non-personal one), and cottage cheese πŸ˜€ and Bill wanted a tote to pack the new QDF hats in for the summer. They need to be in an airtight container that mice can't get in while stored.

Before the ladies arrived
I set up my funky tripod
and phone camera
to test out a shot.

He began bringing his 'stuff' in to fill that empty space at the back of the Suite. I stayed out of the way while his mind went to work. He has 2 large(r) pieces of equipment that need to get home safely along with plane kits and fuselages........you get the drift. LOL

Everyone was feeling pretty
happy! Cheese!

We had lunch and I took my wee collection of pennies to Pokeno. It started with just 4 of us and then Sue was able to join for the last set of 10 games. The good news? I was winning! I came home with a near full container so I guess I'm in for the fall games! πŸ˜€πŸ˜‚

Top pix = my few pennies on the right
and today's winnings on the left.
Bottom pix = I'll be carrying this weight
with us until the fall so I can play again.

Bill had the back of the Suite packed up right good and proper. Holy cow!It is strapped down well and won't budge during our travels. For supper, we had bbq'd pork chops, air fryer baked potatoes, broccoli. I usually call meals like this 'Sunday night' dinners. 

Sunday supper on a Tuesday night.
πŸ˜‚

The chops were..chops, I wish I enjoyed then more but the potatoes baked in the air fryer - um, crispy skins! I loved that. A bit more cooking for Bill's larger potato would have been perfect. I'll remember next time. πŸ˜ƒ

He was Mama's boy today.
Just wanted to sit and cuddle,
how could I resist?

We cleaned up the few dishes and once that and my blog were done, relaxed for the evening. Once it cooled down outside enough, we put the a/c on upstairs and opened windows down here. 

This is the back of the Suite now.
Safe traveling for everything.
Good nght!

It has been a great day, more fun, more packed. The temperature on my phone app still showed it reached 102F/35C.

Thank you for the visit.


Monday, March 23, 2026

Still Hot but Cooling by a Few Degrees

Park Place RV Park

On Monday, Mar. 23rd (geesh, I have to give my head a shake each time I write the date) I woke from another great sleep. I'm not sure if I woke once through the night. I was up and mobile by 7 ish, and downstairs to find Bill finishing his cereal.

Good morning!

I made a tea and he left soon after. He had plans to go to the field and then to Jim's Hangar to help the guys bring planes etc. down from storage in the mezzanine. They help Jim, who is 93, each fall and spring with this task. He has so much airplane stuff available to the guys and a work table that they like to give him a hand.

That flag is not moving at all.
Not many clouds to help cool things
down either. 

Gibbs and I went for our walk, shortened again by the early onset of heat. We were both happy to get back inside where the a/c was already running in an attempt to keep the Suite cool. Yah, right. πŸ˜‚At 9:20, I walked over to play one of my last (sob, sob) games of Poker Pool with the ladies.

There were only 5 of us today, we missed Stephanie, but I came really, really close to being the winner. I'll have to settle with last week's 1st place ribbon, I guess, the win I shared with Linda. πŸ’• I have one more game next Monday. 

I made an effort for lunch
and we had a yummy omelette.

Back home, I made omelettes for our lunch and they were delicious and filling. We both find our appetites in this heat are not up to par so our meals have been lacking in creativity AND not falling under the 'recommended' factor. Oh well, lunch was a good one!

Bill and Gibbs had snoozes, too hot to be outside and that's where things need to be done. I did see him, from the clubhouse window, putting our string of lights from under the rv away. My job will continue to be inside stuff which won't take long. I'll get at that one day this week.

What do you see?
I see 3 lug nuts in our home.
(teehee)

The remainder of the afternoon was probably laziest than we've ever been here! It was even hot inside. The a/c was not cooling us more than about 8 degrees below the outside temperature but we didn't want to leave Gibbs here to go to the cooler clubhouse.

I was very hot but when this little guy curls
up beside/on me, it's hard to say no.
He was sound asleep.
πŸ’•

We both played a lot of games online - Bill played Solitaire and I played Rumnikub until my free coins ran out. That whole game things gets old and makes us sleepy. Something I don't want to do, is nap again in the late afternoon so I got out of my recliner and prepared coleslaw for supper.

When I moved, so did he.
The floor is much cooler than
my lap - for all of us.

Fish and chips  is on the menu tonight. Bill will have fries but I'll just have the fish with salad tonight. Again, not much of an appetite these days. I'm not exerting myself enough to make myself hungry, I guess! This fit the bill for our meal.

After supper, we found some tv to watch together. Not one of us wants to be up in the bedroom in that oven. Last night, Bill found one of my very favourite movies - if not my fav. PS I Love You with Gerard Butler and Hillary Swank. I laugh every time and haven't seen it for a long time. It was fun again.

Supper was very good.
I even got one fry from Bill.
Fried in peanut oil - oh my!
I may have to start eating them again!

Although the only excitement was poker pool, I had a good day. Hopefully, this heat lets up a bit more tomorrow. Today was only down by 1 or 2 degrees from yesterday, LOL. At least our nights are cooler and make sleeping possible. πŸ˜ƒ

Just throwing in some memory
photos - because I can!
This was a vacation we took before we retired.

I hope your day was a good one and your week on the right track. If you are one or two of the many who are en route, traveling to a destination called 'home', be safe and make wise choices. 


This memory speaks for itself - almost.
March 21st, 2017
Our first visit to this wonder of the world.
Good night!

Thank you for popping by to see what we're up to!