The Ridge
First things first on Thursday, Oct. 8th. I was up shortly after 6:30 and headed in to town with our bed linens to clean the Mat. I went straight to Battery Pro to fill our water bottle. When I arrived at the laundromat, it was empty and remained that way during my stay.
Good morning!
Our little imp likes to squeeze behind our chairs
and 'nest'.
Last night, he got stuck. 😂I couldn't stop
laughing at him peeking out until I realized it.
He barked, backed up, laid down...repeat.
Such a little chubby butt!
The picture on the left is after.
He looks ticked with me, no?
💕💕
I missed seeing Trudy, which was the plan, because she messaged that her sweet dog, Tony, was sick.😢 It is awful when our pets are not feeling well because they can't tell us where it hurts. She didn't want to leave him alone and wanted to take him to the vet. Hope he just ate something that didn't agree with him and that he is okay.
This is the monkey she wants to buy. 
Meet Tony
I finished up and on the way out of town, dropped pillows and Lost and Found clothes outside Rethreads door. I had bought a couple of lottery tickets early last week and surprise, surprise, they were winners.......I stopped at Eckhardt's to cash them in. No big win but 2 free tickets with Encore works for me!
This is the sky I saw when I
headed into town.
It is a windy day today and the sky is a complete mess. One minute it is sunny, the next, cloudy and at one point, Bill counted 6 drops of rain. LOL It isn't exactly cold though, maybe 15C/59F when the sun is out. Bill captured a picture of the rainbow after I left this morning so sent it to me. 💕
This is what Bill saw back home
after I left.
He had the empty propane tank loaded in Black Beauty when I returned and left soon after for town. I had no real draw to go outside today, the berm garden may or may not get cleaned up. Instead, I wanted to focus on inside the Suite.
A couple of odd photos when in
Durham.
The clouds are very unusual this fall.
Bottom pix is what I saw in the distance
when filling our water bottle.
Thought they were real!
I put my homemade books up in the upper cupboard and the knickknacks that I set out for the season as well. Bill went to the Hangar. He has done everything up here to do with our travel 'check' and storage so now he needs to focus on fitting planes and hobby equipment into Black Beauty.
Jazz has no home right
now so she sits beside the
Suite.
She's going away Friday.
Inside, I pulled our big chairs out for easy access and washed all windows and vacuumed behind the chairs. When I woke up, a twinge in my back gave me a bit of concern and it worsened on the drive home from town. However, I took an Advil capsule and within 20 minutes, I was good as new.
I was Molly Maid with a cleaning & packing
vengeance today.
Windows inside washed and ledges dusted
and vacuumed.
No, that didn't mean I used common sense when I decided to pull the chairs out but I suffered no more pain after all that tugging, reaching and pulling. Huh! Goes to show that sometimes we baby ourselves too much. I try to keep moving and I'll take a back pain over sciatica (dare I say the word?) anyday.
Not much left downstairs to
put away on move day.
I went to the Bunky to bring some of my novels in for the road. I might find more down south to read, if I read that much at all, but grabbed 4 just in case. My sister, Gayle, had given us a nice Arizona themed carpet that they no longer wanted so I also brought it in to use this winter. We love it.
We have to roll it up while
we travel because the slide
comes in there.
I made toasted Western sandwiches on buns for lunch and that hit the spot. We are going out for supper with Bill's 2 sisters and hubbies so it will tie us over until then. Bill went back to the planes and I went upstairs to finish the windows and dusting up there. I've put the knickknacks up there away - almost. Clemson will sit out until our last day. ♥️🐶
Gibbs and I walked down, in the wind, to check for any mail. Just 5 more delivery days before Bill brings the mailbox in for the winter. I think it will sit in the outhouse. No sooner did we get out there and partly down the lane and I felt rain drops. Crap!
Yum, lunch was tasty!
There was no good mail, junk, so we hustled ourselves back up to the Suite. Gibbs wasted no time running up the stoop to the door. Hurry, Mom! It didn't last at all but it sure cooled me down. I'd planned (just before going out) to wear an above the knee casual dress tonight. I changed my mind about that! I'll wear a long skirt and a warm sweater instead. 🤭
I sat at my laptop and perused some of the Harvest Host locales that might be on our route. Until Bill tells me our direction, I won't know for sure. I'm going to have to renew soon, our membership is due in December. I'm looking forward to some new places.
I made myself a cup of tea around 3 and Bill and Gibbs went upstairs for a snooze. We have a 45 minute drive to get to the restaurant in Teviotdale (at the roundabout) so no real rush. He had his shower when he got up and at 4:30 we were ready to head out.
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| Hot beef sandwich. Half came home with me, so much beef! Yummy! |
Carol, Brian and Liz were already sitting in the restaurant but we didn't realize that until 5:20 when we walked in. LOL We were there at 5:05! Oh well, we ordered a drink to join them and soon placed our meal orders. This is a great little truck stop with good food.
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| Meeting with Bill's sibs for dinner at a truck stop restaurant. It was quiet and delicious! |
Three of us ladies had hot roast beef and mashed potatoes w/coleslaw. It was a lot of food so I brought half of my beef home. It was delicious! We had a nice visit, had Katie, the waitress, take a picture for us before we left. It was 6:50 when we started back to Gibbs.
Leaving Teviotdale, more of
the strange cloud formations began.
The sky was magnificant on the drive home so I snapped photos while Bill drove. Gibbs greeted us with his smiling face (🥰) and wagging tail. It was cool inside so I turned the Blue Flame heater on to ward off the 5C/41F overnight temperature. I put our flannel sheets on the bed yesterday so we'll be warm.
Good thing Bill was driving or
I would have had to pull over to
get pictures.
I will be finishing my blog post in the morning.......just too tired.
Arizona skies are beautiful
but Ontario skies can be too!
Good night!
Thank you for the visit!
