Warmer Weather

 

This morning I woke up and noticed the temp in the bedroom was not as cold as yesterdays. I had to assume that the outside temps were warmer and sure nuff I was correct. I have a weather alert radio that my son gave me several years ago and it has an outside thermometer that transmits the temp from outside to the monitor inside.

AHHH…all is good! I flipped the switch on the coffee maker and settled down at the computer. It is so good to have a good connection. I have enjoyed reading all of the journal entries from all our RV friends.

I have not heard anything about my Sister. I did find out that she had suffered a fall two weeks ago. Evidently this caused some bleeding in her head which caused the stroke like symptoms. They have her medicated and did an MRI which will be reviewed by the doctor today.

I want to thank all of you out there that sent your well wishes to me on Facebook. I will let you know how she is doing as soon as I find anything out.

Meanwhile I remain here in Marksville enjoying the warming weather and getting some things cleaned up outside. Not only the outside but I have some plans for straightening out some of my cabinets inside. You know what I mean when I say that they can get cluttered real fast. Things seem to get tossed in them rather than being neatly put away.

I did get the bay that my electric cord is stored cleaned out. After many times of storing that cord in wet weather…the mud and grass had built up in there. I got the cord wiped clean and the bay vacuumed out. Sure looks good now…don’t know how long that will last.

I have several bays to go so I guess I better get to work. Hopefully I will have everything looking sharp…

 

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Winter is Here

Woke up this morning and found the temps in the MH cool to say the least. I came into the kitchen to turn the coffee on and checked the temps. It was showing to be 58! Wow…time to turn the furnace on and warm  things up in here.

Soon the coffee was ready and I poured me a cup and sat down at the computer. I went to Facebook and before I knew it my good friend Dee was chatting with me. It had been some time since we had chatted. I told her that I don’t always have a good Internet connection. When we are at a park that has WIFI with a good signal I try to catch up on my reading.

We will be here for two more days so I have a lot to do before I leave.

It is so good to see where everyone is and what they are up to. I did find out that many of my RV friends are posting less and less as they travel. I can understand…the more we travel the less time I have to post. Oh well it gives me more to write about when I can.

Sherri is working in Alexandria while I hold down the fort here in Marksville. My grandson Kris is here with me and we have been exploring the park while he rides his bike. This has given me an opportunity to walk more…which I really need.

Today we are going to the movies here to see Happy Feet. They have a theater in the Hotel with three screens. This is nice when you bring your young ones with you and they need some entertainment too.

Yesterday I was going to clean out the bays on the MH but bike riding took a higher priority.

Just got off the phone with my sister…she was calling about our sister in Abilene Texas. She had what they believe to be a stroke. We are waiting to hear back from the family on what happened. I will sign off here and ask for everyone’s prayers…

 

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Sherri is gone

I woke up this morning and forgot that Sherri had left for Alexandria for work. Kris and I are here by ourselves having to make do with no one to lead us.

The weather here yesterday was rainy and we had to spend a big part of it inside. Today is suppose to be sunny and a little warmer so maybe we can go out and burn off some of this energy. I just don’t feel good if I stay inside all day long. Even when I get sick I have to keep moving around so I get better faster.

We do a lot of bicycle riding here in this RV park. They have concrete drives and parking areas so there is room to ride a bike. With the weekend crowd gone I don’t have to worry that much with traffic.

Hope the weather man is right about that sun shine today. I have plans for cleaning out the bays and it would be nice if it was not raining while I was doing so.

Better get to cracking this morning so I can get everything done…

 

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Marksville

 

 

Sherri and I packed it up and headed east for Thanksgiving. We were invited to have dinner with our close friends Rick and Becky in White Oak Texas. Non of our Texas family was having Thanksgiving. The Kansas crew was a little too far off to visit so we just took the first invite we had! Brice invited us up to Kansas but being one day there and one day back leaves us with planning a longer time to do that. Last year we spent it with Dreamer friends in Aledo Texas. I guess as long as we don’t have anything going on here in Texas we will just go where we are invited…HA!

OK so we had Thanksgiving dinner which by the way was very good. We left around 3:00 pm and went back to the RV park. Our plan was to leave at check out on Thursday and head to Marksville LA. Before we leave Sherri wanted to go by Lowes and see if they had the Duro-Flame Fire place she has had her eye on. We have had a fireplace in the last two RVs and we sure miss them when the weather turns cold.

We struck out on finding the fireplace so she will have to check out the Lowes in Alexandria when she goes there.

Well I had mentioned that Rodney and Becky had bought them a Motorhome. They got a Winnabago Adventurer. I have some pictures we took when they went to see what they had. They ordered it…something we would never do…but it turned out OK for them…. so all is well. We like to see what we are getting before we buy it. I don’t like surprises.

Now what button was that I was suppose to push?

We got on the road and made one stop at the Flying J for fuel. I am real happy with my MPG so far and they say I should get better when we have more miles on the engine.

We arrived at Marksville, got our assigned site but found out that it was not very level. We had to raise our front tires off the ground about 4 inches before it was level. I don’t like my tires off the ground. I unhooked the Jeep and drove around the park until I found a site that was close to level. Then I drove back up to the office and changed.

We went back to the Motorhome and moved to the new site. We leveled up with no problem and got settled in. It was dark when we sat down to eat and finished the night off with a little TV.

Saturday morning we took a trip over to the Casino to see the Alligators and also to see the Christmas decorations. They have a theater there. Happy Feet is playing and Kris wanted to go see it. Later in the week we may just do that.

Saturday we decided to make our own Thanksgiving meal. Sherri had bought a smoked turkey with all the trimmings. She fixed it all up and we had our first Thanksgiving dinner in our Motorhome. Looks like Kris and I will have many meals on the left overs.

What would a trip be without a stop at Wally World. Yes we stopped to get some supplies for our stay here at the Casino RV Park. This turned out to be cheaper than I thought it would….which was a good thing. One thing I could not believe was the fact that this Wally World did not have any RV supplies!!! With a large RV park here across the street from the store you would think that they would carry RV supplies. Go figure. I will just have to do without until I get back to civilization.

When we returned Sherri took a trip over to the casino. This time she did much better and won enough money to pay for our stay here at the RV Park!  She will give it another try tomorrow before she leaves for Alexandria. I hope that she hits the big one so we can retire and hit the road….

 

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Doing Nothing Here in Lafayette Louisiana

 

Took another trip down here to Lafayette for the week. Sherri is working this week and I am just hanging out. It has been a while since I have posted so I thought I better get on line here and say a few words.

We don’t have a good connection at the lake so when we get on the road I have to take advantage of the connection we have and get out there to let everyone know that I am still alive.

Just want to let you know that my SIL and BIL are looking at buying a Winnebago Motorhome. They have one picked out but not sure if that is the one for them. They have a  Carriage like we use to have. Like us they have decided to get something a little easier to set up and maneuver from place to place. I don’t have any pictures as of now but I will get some and put them on my journal. 

Congratulations to Bridget and John Hatch!!! They are grandparents…Life will not be the same for you two. Grandkids are special.

We are planning on moving our home to Marksville La around Thanksgiving. We will stay in that area for a week or three and then head back to the lake for Christmas. We have to get out tree up in our new home (this will  be our first Christmas in our new Motorhome).

It has been raining here for most of the day and the temps have fallen somewhat. I hear we got some good rain at the lake…which means my grass will grow some. This is not good because I don’t want to mow!

We head back to Texas Friday morning. I have a list of projects to get done at the barn. The weather is just right for getting things done there so I hope to accomplish a lot. I will have to post some new pictures of the barn and all the things that we have finished…

 

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Halloween in Louisiana

We had Halloween here in New Iberia right after work. No we did not go Trick or Treating we just went out to eat at Duffy’s Diner.

Duffy’s is a 50’s Diner that serves all the food that is bad for you. You know like in the 50’s everything was bad for you but you didn’t know it until the late 70’s. It is a wonder we made it this long.

Other than working we just go out to eat and visit with all our co-workers. Not much excitement so I will go back to reading about those folks that are out on the road seeing the USA…

 

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