Pilot Knob RV Resort, Winterhaven, CA
On
Friday, Jan. 10th I was up around 6:30. First, I emptied the
dishwasher and when Bill came down, he had his coffee. Before 8 we scooted out
for our walk. I’ve missed walking the last two days for one reason or another and want
to keep up with the routine that I’ve started. The weather station was reading
51F but the winds hovered between 5 – 8 mph so it felt cooler. After walking
half way around the park, my hood came down.
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| The sun comes over the mountain |
Back
home, my tea tasted good. It feels like I earn it when I walk before drinking
it plus I don’t have to hurry back for what would be obvious reasons. Bill had
his second coffee as well. I sat at my laptop just to get the first couple of
paragraphs started on my post and then relaxed with my book. Soon
enough, Bill got cleaned up, ready to walk up to the office to advise them formally of
our return on Jan. 29. They often don’t get record of that until AOR notifies them a
few days before.
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| One of the ladies found this picture from 1973 so it hangs in the pool room Cool, huh? |
I then
got ready to join the ladies at Poker Pool at 10. There are usually at least 8
ladies to play so there may not be room. We’ll see if they can fit me in. Nothing
is regular so if I’m one of the first 8, I’ll be guaranteed a spot. It doesn’t
cost to play, which is good or I would not participate. I’m not into that. I
arrived 15 minutes early and returned a book to the basket and dropped the book
cd’s in the puzzle room.
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| This is the 2020 version l to R Mary, Deb, Barb, Allie shooting, Annie and Diane |
Barb, our
poker pool host, was doing the exercise class (which I forgot about) so Allie
and I bided our time until they were finished. There were 7 of us today so we were all able to play on one table. Some of these ladies are such
frequent players (or have been in their lives) and they have their own cues.
That should make me, the only non-player, very nervous but these ladies make
the whole game fun. They encourage me and tease me at the same time so I just
run with it.
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| This morning, Bill and I saw Loyal trimming the trees He and Mary are hard at it every day |
Actually
today, I had ONE magnificent shot! Banked, hit the 6 ball (which I wanted) and
sunk the 13 (King) ball! I had both cards in my hand. Yay me! That brought a
lot of whoot whoots! I still lost, er, won with the high score. Ooops, low
score wins. No matter, at least I had 2 ladies just one point under me so I wasn’t
skunked. Ha ha. At 11:30 we called it game and Allie and I walked back
together.
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| Shadow people |
The winds
have picked up again as can be seen by the flags blowing straight from the
north. Bill had finished applying the wide tape to the roof over our bedroom/closet
slide-out. Still not sure where the leak is but at least the process of fixing
it has begun. He borrowed a caulking gun from Keith rather than purchasing one
yesterday and has done some of those areas too. I called him into breakfast
around noon and we had poached eggs and sausages today.
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| Bill attached my new bell to the little bike |
After
dishes, I made a coffee and sat to relax. If I did much more relaxing, I’d have
to take vacation! I texted Jo-Anne and invited them for a Happy Hour around 3 and
then sent a message to Keith as well. We haven’t gathered for a few days so
thought today would be a good time to get together. Jo-Anne and Higgins went
out for a short walk and stopped by briefly. Higgins decided he’d just lay down
on our mat first which gave us a chuckle.
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| Higgins relaxes at Happy Hour |
Around
2:45, Keith biked over with his chair and drinks and our neighbours soon joined
us. The afternoon turned out beautiful when the wind died. Not completely but
between 1 – 5 mph so that was really a nice break for sitting outside. The sun
was incredibly warm too and we reached 66F/19C on our patio. Conversation
flowed and I remembered to take a couple of HH pictures. Bill and I had signed
up for burgers tonight so we said goodbye to our friends and walked up to the
clubhouse.
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| From one end, we see to be having a good time |
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| And then from the opposite side Keith isn't praying, he's trying to remember the name of something haha |
Bill, one
of the chefs & pastor here, cooked the chicken, dogs and burgers. We sat at
a table with some new people, a couple of ladies whom I’ve met at classes and
their husbands. We could have sat by ourselves but why? We had a nice meal with
the burgers and all the fixin’s, potato salad, a piece of spice cake and a bag
of Cheetos or chips. The company and conversation at our table was friendly and
we walked away with good wishes for our travel on Wednesday. Nice people. We fell off the keto wagon tonight but at least saved the chips for another time.
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| Bill goes inside and Higgins waits He's a smart cookie waiting for a treat or two |
Before
supper, we checked the mail slots and found a UPS package there for us. It was
pretty amazing that within 2 days from our call, our new Visa cards arrived. We
just needed to activate them and create a new PIN. Oh great, another # to
remember. Back home, I sat and caught up on my blog. Oh! Kim, you’ll be
interested to know that Barb (Gordon actually) remembered to bring us each a
copy of her corn recipe. 😊
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| Lots of food for $5 |
Bill
tried calling for our Visa cards and naturally something is wrong with the
phone #. Of course, nothing could be that easy! We’ll call for assistance
tomorrow. It was a good day and a nice meal that we didn’t have to cook. The
evening was quiet, with some tv and a few chapters read in my book. I hope you
had a good one as well.
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| The sun begins to leave us |
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| It doesn't take long for the sun to set These were taken on Bill's phone so the time doesn't show |
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| Gone Good night! |
Thank you
for your visit today!
