Hot Tub? No! Swimming Pool? Yes!

Tuesday, Dec. 20^th was a pretty nice day with partially cloudy skies but the best part is that the wind has died down………..completely. The temperature here at our campground rose to 72F all the same. We got a morning walk in but it was a bit later than our usual 7 am trek. A few pictures of the east sky before the sun popped through the clouds.

There is still room for ya! Love these white trees

Over the fence to the boondocking rv's

This was my baking day so once finding out that we weren’t going anywhere, I pulled things out of the cupboard that I needed. Raisins, cherries, mixed fruit, nuts, flour, eggs and spices. Yes, the ingredients required to make my Christmas cake. I try to make it each year but usually make 2 so I can skip a year if I still have one in the freezer.

Bill loves it and even though I don’t like cooked raisins, I also enjoy a piece now and again with cheddar cheese. Bill was over visiting with our Ontario neighbours, Pat and Rob, talking about how we decided to go full-time so I was able to spread my wings all over the counter and the island.

First, I remembered that Bill had picked up a package of Pillsbury Peanut Butter Cookie dough and it had been in the fridge since before Quartzsite.

 This was easy so I rolled those out onto the baking sheets while boiling the raisins. I can only bake one tray of cookies at a time but the 3 trays came out perfect.

3 dozen cookies ready for munching
COOKIE!

I’m loving my convection oven more and more all the time. It sure warmed up in the Suite though so we had all windows open and both the ceiling fan and the Fantastic Fan turned on. This is a different kind of hot flash, Melinda. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

I love making this cake, I have never had an unsuccessful one and that is why I keep it up. A flop would discourage me. I still have had no luck with chocolate chip cookies………. yet, but using my sister’s recipe for the convection oven it might work out!

So, the cookies are done and the cake is in two loaf pans. The oven is set for 90 minutes and I popped over for a short visit next door with Bill. They have a beautiful Cedar Creek fifth wheel. Very roomy inside mainly because they have no island and no coffee table like we do. We all have our own individual tastes and reasons for liking what our rigs.

By noon hour or shortly after the cake was done and set to cool. Yum, it smells delicious! Once cooled, I wrapped it up tightly. 

Bill still hasn’t come home to sample the cookies, where is he? I look out the window behind us and see that 3 heads are apparently better than 2 

which is even better than 1. 

this thingamajig goes in that whatchamacallit and it plugs
into that whodingy

Gerry, George and Bill were all trying to give the GMC truck a boost. They’ll figure it out and Bill will be back to taste the baked goodies.

By this time, I was so hot that I decided I was going up to the pool to check out the hot tub and chat with the girls in the office. I wanted to find out if guests were welcome to our Christmas dinner on the 25^th. The news was good and the tub looked welcoming.

Beautiful trees here with white bark

I changed into my swim suit, grabbed my towel and knocked on Melinda’s door to see if she would like to join me. Sounds good, she said, so we met up there. Too bad the tub water was not “hot” as it should be so I stuck my hand in the pool just for kicks. This was a surprise as that water was warmer than the hot tub, which they needed maintenance to look at.

Hot tub and pool looking inviting

Melinda wasn’t interested in a swim but sat with her legs in the water while I got right in for a short dip. The company was nice and we got to know a little more about each other at the same time! Oh, the water felt nice. Figuring out between us that it must be heated, I know I’ll be back for sure.

Such pretty things to see

We got back in time for Happy Hour at Gerry and Melinda’s and things were good all around. The sun came out and we met Barb, who is also from Ontario. Another very nice lady who loves camping in their motor home. She is also running over the idea of full-time rv'ing.

And yet another beautiful sunset on the horizon

It was a toasted b l t kind of night so that was what we had for supper. I have been avoiding bread as much as possible but sometimes it just can’t be done. What is a b l t without bread? Anyway, we have Italian bread to eat up and it tasted really good for a quick meal.

So, that was our day and it was another great one. Hoping your day was as well.

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