Warmer Still, Another Great 'Linner' with Friends

Park Place RV Park

On Tuesday, Feb 13^th I hopped in the shower as soon as I got up at 7:30. Bill was up already preparing for his day. When I got out, with wet hair, I asked Bill to trim my hair for me. It was time. 😊 He did a good job too! It felt better just having it even and off my neck. My hair doesn’t grow fast so it would be fine for the remainder of our time here.

Gibbs helps me finish my blog this morning

Good morning!

These palm fronds are so pretty

Gibbs and I went for our walk, Bill left for the field and I went to the clubhouse. When he called me mid-morning and told me that he had surprise visitors, I was thrilled and we set a ‘date’ for a meetup at 3 this afternoon. ♥ I worked on the puzzle until noon and since we were going out for an early lunch/dinner (Linner), we only had a small bit to eat. I hadn’t eaten breakfast so needed something. It was time to break open that large orange Nancy brought me. I’d forgotten it!

A different kind of 'horses' come
together.

I went back to the puzzle from 1 until 2:30 and we left Gibbs in charge of the Suite. We met Ken, Shirley and their friends, Doug and Michelle, at the Outback. This would be our second visit there and we all ordered pizzas before finding a seat in the adjacent area. Today, there was a band which created a different ambience although with our chatting and catching up we didn’t really need the music. 😊

This pretty little Ford was parked behind us
at Outback

It doesn't look like much but
it is very cozy inside with lots of room

The bar area
Bill, Ken, Shirley and Michelle in line

Today, we had a band

This is called the smalll All Meat

A nice mango drink

Bill and I ordered our small pizzas of choice plus a drink from the bar. My Mike’s Hard Mango drink was delicious, as was the All Meat pizza. Better than the Buckle which I had previously. We had a lovely time together and it was wonderful to see our friends again. The day I met Shirley is one that I hold dear in my heart. ♥ We still laugh about it to this day.

We had a great time together!
Ken, Shirley, Bill, Patsy, Michelle, Doug

We parted ways before 5 and of course that meant that Bill and I would not be hungry for supper later. Works for me! I played my online games at home, took Gibbs for his walk and dozed off in my chair for a few minutes. We watched some NCIS reruns together while I wrote today’s post. This has been a great day, reaching a lovely high of 70F/21C.

The day remained quite perfect.
No special sunset tonight even though
there were a few clouds on the horizon.
Good night!

Thank you for the visit.

Warmer Still, Poker Pool, Friends, Flying

Park Place RV Park

On Thursday, Jan. 18^th we had a busy day from beginning to end. All good things and that is a good thing in itself. 😊 We were up and into our normal routine by 6:30. I had another good sleep so didn’t waste time in bed. Gibbs and I went for our walk after my tea and when we returned, Bill had left for the flying field. It was a lovely morning, no clouds in the sky and hardly a bit of wind.

Good day!

I walked over to the clubhouse with Nancy at 9:10 and there were 7 of us playing today. Around 11:30, Nancy left and moved her rig closer. Now we can just walk across the lot to visit! Bill and I had lunch and then I sat outside for a short bit when he tried to have a catnap. 😊 We had planned to go out to have an early Happy Hours with our friends at Roadrunner blm now that Nancy has arrived. We left Gibbs at home again and left around 2 in Black Beauty.

I was excited to receive my new
'long-awaited-for' glasses today.
First time I've had transitions.
From Zenni - such a great price and I love them!

Gibbs and I sat outside while Daddy/Bill
had his catnap.

It was a beautiful hot afternoon, 72F/20C, and I was happy to get back into a strappy summer top for a change. We had a nice visit with Keith, Ken, Kim, Tom, Deb and of course, Nancy. It was around 4 when we headed back home. We had evening plans for night flying so that will explain our earlier visit. It is hard to plan a meal around Thursday night’s flying so I decided we’d just have ham sandwiches after we returned home.

The gang is all together again.
Bill, my chair, Keith, Nancy, Deb, Kim, Ken, Tom

Bill left at 5 and after I took Gibbs for his walk, that’s 4 today!, Nancy and I drove out in her truck at 6. The air cools down quickly so even though it was still 65F/18C, we needed to put our jackets on. Nancy took what I’m sure are great pictures of the night flyers but my phone just wasn’t capturing the planes well at all. You can check out her blog over the next couple of days for those pictures here.

Nancy and I drove out to watch
the night flying. 

Close up, I could get Bill's plane.

But from a distance, they are just
a white dot.
Four of them flying at the same time.
U.F.O.'s? 😂

This was a good day. I didn’t have time to even touch the puzzle so will see if it is still available to work on in the morning. 😊 I hope your day was a good one. Hey Casey! Nice to hear from you tonight!

The French bread slices are so small,
we called them ham cutters. ♥
Good night!

Thank you all for stopping around.

More Like It! Gibbs and the Park Pooches

Park Place RV Park

On Wednesday, Jan 10^th I was totally messed up on what day it was. Bill had to correct me at least once and I had to remind myself even after that. We woke up to another morning of a sun-filled sky. *sigh* Beautiful. It was still cold, about 34F/1C, and still calm – for today That changes again tomorrow. Bill was first in the shower, while I had my tea, and then after the Prez left for his flyers meeting, it was my turn.

Lovely, that's all I can say.
Oh, and Good morning!

I had a choice. Do the proper thing or do the playful thing. I decided since my hair was wet and I couldn’t take Gibbs out yet, to get the vacuum out and clean (the proper thing). That leads to dusting as well, so both are now done for a while and it looks better in here. 😊 Then, at 10:30 Gibbs and I took the garbage over and went for our walk outside the park perimeter (the playful thing). What a beautiful morning!

I had tried 2 or 3 or 4 times to get my blog opened up to transfer pictures from Picasa and had no luck in between doing those things. But finally, after going into Amazon to place an order for something for the Suite, it worked! It is so frustrating and we have already planned on a new laptop for me over the summer. I can’t do a blog on my phone, which works well and quickly every time!

More of the playful.
Getting there!

At 11, I walked over to work on the puzzle and in the next hour, really started to enjoy the hunt even more. When I returned, Keith and Bill were here, Bill helping him get registered for flying here etc. etc. Anyway, they got it all done and we had our lunch. Those boys could talk planes for – ev – er (teehee) so I started on my sandwich before Keith even said goodbye. Sorry, I was hungry and wanted to get back to the clubhouse.

Sheila was there practicing on her keyboard and that was fun to listen to. She has the drive and interest for new things, which at ‘our’ age is impressive. 😊 It was 4 when I left and there was a small gathering of the B dogs. The 3 dogs around us are Buddy, Bo and Benji, all small, all black, all belonging to our friends. So, when I got home, I decided to take Gibbs out for his walk earlier today.

Left to right: Benji, Buddy, Bo

All cute little guys
Buddy, in the middle, is the shyest. ♥

He was very good as he approached them, getting the required pets from their people before we walked home. I had my cup of tea and started my blog. Hopefully it will go smoothly for me today! We reached a pleasant high of 60F/16C today by mid afternoon and with not a lot of wind, it felt nice. The sun is so warm! Our overnight low will only be 45F/7C so that will be better too.

Delicious!

At 5:15, I prepared the chicken legs, our vegetables and potatoes for supper.  We were eating an hour or so later. Everything turned out well. After clean up, I finished my blog and played my afternoon Wordle games before finding something to watch on tv. Just a normal sunset here tonight, which I missed by taking Gibbs out earlier. It sure is nice to have longer days though, to be able to see some daylight still at 6 o’clock! 😊

Still mostly clear at 4 pm

This has been a good day, warmer, much more what we like. I painted my finger nails today, they are getting so long and needed to be filed as well. What a difference when I’m not working at the body shop or in the garden!

An oldie, but a goodie
Good night!

Thank you for the visit!

The Days Improve on our Last Day, Dinner Out, More Sad News

The Ridge

On Tuesday, Oct. 17^th we didn’t have a lot of things on our list to do so it was a slow moving day. Gibbs slept in until 6:30 which was nice for Bill, as he had a late night watching movies. 😊 No sympathy from me! I was in bed just after 10 and dropped off almost immediately. I slept well too.

I was expecting a gorgeous sunrise
so slipped outside shortly after 7:30

Looking across the Ridge top

I love how the colours extend over to the
neighbours home and beyond.

As soon as she rose, she got lost in the band
of clouds across the horizon.

Today, I took a run into town with M, the last one. He stocked up and we sat down and figured out my hours and what he still owes me. I also jotted down a few things that he uses for his business so I can check out the prices in Arizona. I might be able to save him some money. I was back home just before 11 and the rest of the day was spent crossing ‘home’ things off the list.

I was disappointed with the sunrise part but
the rays brightened up the Ridge considerably
for a few minutes at least.

Bill had done me a big favour and vacuumed throughout the Suite while I was gone. I appreciated that. He said he didn’t feel the energy to go straighten things in the Hangar. He’s all packed with his hobby stuff so if he doesn’t go down in the morning, it will wait until spring. 😊 We had lunch, Bill had a sandwich and I made up a quesadilla with bacon, peppers, onions, cheese, mushrooms and the last of my green tomatoes. It was goo-oo-ood!

My lunch. Yum.

The weather today was pretty nice. We were walking around outside without jackets and the sun was making a variety of appearances. I actually turned the Blue Flame heater and fireplace off mid-day. We reached a pleasant 13C/56F today with hardly any wind at all. It’s dropping to 4C/39F again tonight so we’ll need to button up.

Madame IP made the chili for me

After lunch, I made up a double batch of chili for the journey as well as trying some Ridge apple muffins. I’ve not made them before but they look good. They’ll be nice for on the road as well. Donna and Gerry had invited us out for supper in Hanover tonight, as a thank you for helping them with the stuff at the Acreage. Well, I didn’t deserve the meal as I didn’t do anything, Bill did it all. Anyway, it was a lovely thought and we accepted gracefully. 😊

We took our time going down a different
road to slow down our arrival time. 
The leaves are dropping rapidly now
but the colour is still brilliant in some areas.

On the way to meet them, we dropped some rolled coin at the RBC into our account, filled a jerry can with diesel (again for our journey), and gave Black Beauty a quick wash at the Pioneer station. With time to spare, we split up and Bill wandered through Canadian Tire and I moseyed through Dollarama and Giant Tiger.

They painted the white building a bright
red and the inside decor has improved
considerably.

Our meal at Tommy D’s wasn’t the best, for none of us, and that is unfortunate. Especially when D & G wanted to give us a nice meal. The potato bacon soup was the best part but that doesn’t include the company. We had a nice time together regardless of the disappointing food. We think the new owners might also have a new chef; we’ve never had a bad meal there before. Donna gave them a review and I will too. 

I want to say it tasted better than it looks,
but I can't. Unfortunately, we won't
be rushing back to Tommy D's
next year.

We returned home by 7 to Gibbs and he gobbled us his supper like there was no tomorrow! Good job, little bum! ♥ We received some sad news when we got home. Our winter landlord, Wes, has lost his battle for life. He came out of the coma about 2 weeks ago after months (2, 3?) but passed away yesterday. So sad, his 71^st birthday would be in November. ☹ Rest in Peace, Wesley. 

My first apple muffins, hope Bill likes them!

The boys went upstairs to watch some tv while I worked on the blog and then sat with my book for a while. Not sure if I’ll watch tv or not – yet. This was a good ‘last’ full day up here on the Ridge. It doesn’t seem real that after talking about it for months, we are pulling up stakes tomorrow. 😊

we have 4 containers of chili in the fridge now
Good night!

Thank you for popping in to say ‘hey’.

Warmer Day, Happy Hour at La Posa, Birthday Wishes

Park Place RV Park

On Tuesday, Jan. 24^th Bill was up first and in and out of the shower before I even opened my eyes. Almost. 😊 Gibbs was busy chewing on his Yak Cheese Bone beside me and after hiding it in many different hidey-holes last night, he finally was getting a taste of it. There was no letting go, not even for a walk, so I hopped in the shower next.

A nice morning

No winds this morning at all

Bill left for the flying field before 8:30 and I sat with Gibbs to drink my tea and at the same time letting my hair dry. It doesn’t take long. I chatted with my sister, Donna, via a voice message but not before sending my sister-in-law, Liz, a birthday song. Well, at least I thought I did. When I checked later on, there was no singing message sent. So, I sent her a proper text message and was happy at the end of the day when she let me know that her card arrived. 😊

Happy Birthday, Liz!

After Gibbs and I walked around the outskirts of the park, the short block, I left him at home and went to work on the puzzle. Nancy joined me for a while and when Bill returned, they both went to get a propane tank filled at RV Lifestyles. We each needed one. I stayed and worked away at putting pieces in. Bill and I had toasted omelette buns (for lack of what to call them) an they were delicious! Yum!

Lunch was good
and we cleaned up the last of the burger buns

I’d connected with Dave and Cheryl this morning, out at La Posa South, about joining the for an afternoon Happy Hour, so picked Nancy up at 2 and drove out to find them. He gave us easy directions. It’s like one of those ‘turn left at the fork in the road, drive over a hill, watch for the white dog and we’re on the right’. Almost exactly like that and yet it works for those of us who traverse in the desert.

Along Hwy 95, there were a lot of
boondocking rv's on the west side

Entering the LTVA boondocking area
of La Posa south
2 weeks/$40
is the price to stay

It was great to see them again and before long, Brian and Deb joined us and then later, Ray and his wife, whose name we have forgotten (sorry!), brought their chairs over too. It was one of a few Happy Hours that we’ve had so far and it was a lot of fun. Laughter an stories filled the 3 hours while we sat in the warmth of the sun and endured the cool winds that blew in across our seating area.

Bill, Dave, Cheryl, Deb, Nancy, Brian

I handed Bill the camera so I could be in a picture too

We returned home at 5:30 and I started supper right away. Sometimes I impress myself! We were eating air fried chicken thighs with boiled potatoes and green beans by 6:15. The bonus is that the meal was awesome! We cleaned up and watched 9-1-1 Lone Star while I worked on today’s blog.

Later, Ray joined us

And so did his wife
(again apologies for her name!)

This was a really nice day with sunshine and a high of 61F/16C and that is an improvement over yesterday. Tomorrow will be even better. 😊

Supper was good

The honey mustard dressing packets
from the Free table in the clubhouse
was great for dipping my chicken
I need to look for it.
good night!

Thank you for the pop in.