Restless Night, Sunny Skies, No Wind, Happy Hour with New Friends

We were up Monday, Nov. 20^th at a few minutes before 7. Clemson needed out at 6:45 and I was ready anyway to get up. It was cooler last night so at 4:30 Bill got up and turned the fireplace on to take the chill out. I don’t know why I was restless, I stayed up later last night with Bill. Anyway, I obviously had enough sleep, just not my normal 8.

Love the colours on this motor home

 We had our tea and coffee and I wasn’t keen on walking out into the cloudy cool morning. We’ve managed our data pretty good over the last couple of days by not going on through the day. There is no need to be so ‘in touch’ anyway. So, I sat at my laptop here in the Suite and published yesterday’s post and read comments and other blogs. I peeled an orange since I didn’t have any bananas left. Which reminds me, I need to find room in our freezer to put the muffins for now.

There are many permanent residences here and the owners
take pride in their homes

It at least appears that the wind has died right off again. Good! We’ve been so spoiled that the last couple of windy days were too much! We haven’t felt like going to the pool since what, Thursday? Have to check my blog to confirm that. Bill called our AOR membership office to book a reservation into a park in February. You can only book 90 days out for this one but now it is done and we have secured a firm plan.

After he hung up, Bill said “you know, making a February booking like that makes me think that soon after that we’ll be heading home”. Wow! Ain’t that the truth! We will put it out of our minds for now and live day to day. So, putting the far future out of my mind, I went for a walk and ended up at the WEST clubhouse. The puzzle was calling my name and there was no one else in the building. I texted Bill and told him where I was.

My delicious brunch

When I walked back it was almost noon and since Bill had eaten breakfast, I fried up some leftover potato and chicken cubes with tomatoes. When they were mostly browned, I added an egg. I was hungry and wow, was that every good! Bill had one of my oatmeal banana muffins and the rest were put into the freezer. Bill was working on finishing another book, James Patterson’s Don’t Blink and he succeeded.

Paul and Lynn have a Montana High Country

I sat outside until he closed the last cover and got cleaned up. We walked down to visit Paul and Lynn (and beautiful Jazz) at their site just down the way a bit. We had a lovely visit and it makes us regret not getting over there sooner in our stay. We are leaving Wednesday and they are going out Wednesday until Sunday for Thanksgiving. We won’t see them again unless our paths happen to cross elsewhere. We hope so!

Meet Jaz

Such a calm lady

Paul is coming over early tomorrow to see Bill’s drone, another subject they could both get lost in. RC planes are a common interest. I had to beeline it home, nature was calling but the visit was a couple of hours anyway. We don’t like to overstay our welcome on the first visit. Maybe the second! We did hit it off really well.

The sun begins to say goodnight

Back home we sat inside for a bit longer before Bill lit the Weber at 5. He grilled a pork chop and a chicken breast. Our compromise for dinner meals, since we both prefer one or the other. I prepared my last quarter of squash for the bbq, some corn for Bill and a packet of Stove Top Stuffing. It was a great meal and we cleaned dishes up quickly so we could relax some more.

supper on the Weber

Yum!

I took a walk to the garbage and when I discovered how warm it was out there, I kept on walking to the road. The sky was absolutely gorgeous and even though there were objects in the way, I snapped pictures of the glory that was blanketing the area. When I came back, I noticed a group of 5 campers were sitting around the community fire pit and stopped to chat briefly.

I even managed to capture the moon up there tonight

Bill had The Voice on when I returned so we sat and enjoyed the program together in between me reading a new book. This has been a good day, enjoying the weather, the peace and quiet and building a new friendship. I hope your day has been a good one too.

Campground group without flash

and with flash

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