Less Than Two Weeks, Home Chat, ‘Friendly’ Happy Hour

Park Place RV Park

Sunday, Mar. 19^th brings on the short side of 2 weeks before we leave the park. With only 13 more nights here, we are seeing more and more of our friends heading off for home. The morning was pretty quiet, Bill noticed that it was too windy so didn’t go to the field at all. No one would have been there.

We weren't expecting much from the sky today
At least not in the way of sunshine
We were wrong as it turned into a lovely day

After Gibbs and I went for our walk, I packed up my rocks just in case we got the winds they were calling for. Then, I went to work on the puzzle. Susan joined me around 11:30 and we made a bit of progress. The good news is that while I was there, I saw Patti and Rick return home. He’s walking with a cane but the word is that things went well. So far. 😊 We’re very happy to have them both back.

The Oleanders are preparing to bloom

I called my son, Patrick, for a catch up chat this morning and he sounds good. It was nice to hear his voice. For lunch, I made us westerns on toasted buns and they were quite tasty. We haven’t had them for a while. 

Toasted Westerns - yum

Then, it was more puzzle for about an hour and a half before I returned to the Suite. Bill and I made ourselves a drink and went out to the gazebo with Gibbs. 

Coming together 

Dave and Cheryl arrived at 2:30 and we continued learning about each other and sharing stories as if we never parted.

Gin and Lime tonic water

We waited in the gazebo for our company

The winds were next to nothing and when the sun appeared, it was very hot in there. Hot means ‘perfect’ in layman’s terms to me. It was a great Happy Hour with our friends and this will be our last one with them this winter/spring. 

We have a lot of laughs
and a great time with these friends
from Canada

Bill obliged with the photo shoot

We wished them safe driving on their journey home when they pull out of their blm site. For supper, we had fish and chips but I swapped out my fries for squash. Some of you are screwing up your noses, I’m sure.

Supper was good

After clearing up the dishes, we all walked over to Kobus and Carol Ann’s to say goodbye. They leave for home tomorrow – slowly. They weren’t home but I left a painted rock on their step and around 7:30, they stopped by for that farewell. Gibbs was so excited to see them both and made a fool of himself just being silly. ♥ They love the little guy and Carol Ann will miss him.

Walking back from K & C's, the look of our
lighted up rv's caught my eye
Johnny and Rich's Bighorn
beside us 

We watched American Idol together and then Farmer Takes a Wife. It was still early so Magnum PI was also recording for us to watch. Turns out that Sunday’s are a busy tv night. 😊 This was a great day and it warmed up quite nicely to 72F/22C with a 35% chance of rain overnight.

Good night from the Q!

Thank you for visit too!

A Busy (but good) Sunday

The Ridge

The three of us were up around 7 on Sunday, Sept. 19^th after a great night’s sleep. We didn’t leave any windows open since the temperature was dropping to 6C/43F overnight. Brrr!  Bill and I sorted laundry and I went to town to clean and wash our two loads. Bill left at the same time, 7:30, for the 6 & 6 Auction site. He bid on a new (still in box) mini fridge for the Hangar and won. He got it for a great price too!

It was such a beautiful day
We unplugged and used solar from early
morning until bedtime 😀👍

He was home soon after, telling me that he was the first one in line. That is always a bonus because the lineup can be quite long. When I pulled in, he came out and carried the full basket up the berm to the clothesline. 😊 This was going to be a great day for drying clothes, with a clear blue sky and a slight breeze. I’d taken my tea to the Mat so the only reason I needed to sit was to write yesterday’s blog. It was a busy day for sure and it took a while to get it put together.

Bill's little fridge will be nice for keeping water and drinks cold
And food when he is in the Dog House!! 😂

Bill hopped on Jazz around 10 and drove to his rc flying club, The Saugeen Flyers. He obviously wasn’t going to fly but the club president had asked that members meet for a group picture. It would have been a wonderful ride, even though a tad cool. He concurred when he returned around noon but sadly only 5 members showed up for the photo. ☹ Oh well, he was able to pick up his membership card and did wish he’d taken his trailer to fly a bit.

It would have been a bit cool this morning
but if dressed for it, a really nice ride

V-rooom!

At home, Gibbs and I spent time outside. I still hadn’t finished my blog but I got distracted. I started trimming tree branches around our seating area and down in the corral. I used Bill’s long pole clipper, the thing with the rope you pull to cut, and got along pretty well with it. 😊 I left a lot of branches in my wake that I cleaned up later. When Bill got home, we had toasted tomato on buns for lunch and then he went out to cut grass while I did dishes.

The brush pile gets bigger and bigger
Hopefully, we can get a burn permit and take care of it
Our water pump hookup will be a necessity

There was a snooze in there somewhere, just a rest for me. Gibbs was too active up on the bed so I couldn’t drop off. I took my spray bottle and a couple of Norwex cloths out to the vehicles and washed inside and outside windows on both Black Beauty and Ptooties They are so dirty but at least now the windows and chrome are nice and shiny clean. After I picked up the branches and dragged them to the brush pile, I was DONE!

We have a nice pile of wood to bring up for our
2022 fire pit burns

Gibbs is so funny, the things he is afraid of
He saw this 'unusual' pile and stopped in his tracks
beginning a slow defensive growl 😂
Notice the stance, he wasn't going any closer

Gibbs was inside so I didn’t have to keep an eye on him while working and I sat in the King chairs in the shade. Bill sat with me when he finished cutting the front field. We’d worked hard this weekend but it was a good feeling to have things done. We had a serious discussion, sadly with no result, about the winter ahead. There are so many mixed feelings and yet only one emotion. Is hope an emotion?

I burned the cardboard box from the fridge
and some old  logs

We can only talk at this point about options and wonder how long we’ll wait until we jump into action. I know you don’t know our circumstances and what our hold backs are but your support, regardless, is very much appreciated. Hopefully things will work out for us and we can cross the border, make it to Arizona and spend the winter the way we’ve come to love. 😊

Bill was pleased when he returned and
had purchased a shirt and crested hat supporting his club
Ain't he cute? 💖

Inside, I poured myself a beer margarita and Bill had a Zero Coke. Yum, mine was delicious. I should buy some lime or cherries to drop in one. 🍹

Gibbs likes the fresh air from the door
He looks so big here!
If you look closely you will see another of his 'no-nos'
The fire extinguisher holder made for some good chewing
We'll have to buy a new holder and relocate it higher

For supper, I heated up the leftover ‘ghoulash’ (for lack of a better word) for Bill and my doggie bag from last night. It was simple and yet still very good. After dishes, Gibbs played his game of needing to go out every half hour. We can’t get too upset because he does piddle each time (a few drops, Bill says when I ask) and we take turns taking him out.

Supper was almost as good the second night

Finally, at 9:00 I had to retreat to the bedroom. I wasn’t interested in watching the show Bill had on. I took my book in case I could keep my eyes open enough to read but ended up watching 30 minutes of The Incredible Dr. Pol (vet stories) before turning things off. I was exhausted! 

That fungus has just gotten bigger

Gibbs helps me by carrying wood 
He has a hard time parting with it though

It was a good day and we both agreed that the weekend was excellent. Things got done and a conversation about when we’d start packing things up for winter storage settled things in that department too. 😊

A lovely evening!
Good night!

Thank you for your visits!