Monday, April 27, 2015 - Heading Out and Setting Up
Well what started out to be a simple day with a good plan
turned into a little bit of a challenge and a test of our anxiety levels.
Our plan was to leave Oswego around 1:00 p.m. to head
south to Cedar Oaks RV Park in Grove, OK for an SKP Rally. I had a doctor's appointment in Pittsburg at
11:00 a.m. I managed to get everything
packed in Bentley and the house straightened before heading out a little before
10:00. I had time to run by the post
office to stop our mail until we returned home and then headed to
Pittsburg. I should have realized
something wasn’t right when I walked in shortly before 11:00 and the office was
entirely empty; except for the office staff.
I signed in and then headed to the restroom. I came out and set down. In a few minutes the receptionist called my
name and as I approached the window she said we tried to call you but you had
evidently already left. My heart sunk! The doctor was called to an emergency in
Girard for a surgery, however they expected him back by 1:45. Did I want to wait or reschedule? I had already rescheduled once and I was
here so I decided I would stay, although I wasn't real excited about it. I had a bit of anxiety at the fact I didn't
want to be here because - I was ready to hit the road!!!!! But I made the best of it by making a phone
call for a business matter that needed to be resolved and was able to take care
of several questions I had. With the
promise to forward signed papers when we returned home via fax, that item was
checked off my list. Now, how was I
going to waste another 2-3 hours? Ugh. It’s hard to wait around when you are just
wanting to go-go-go.
I really was not in a shopping mood at all but to kill
time I headed to Meadowbrook Mall and walked through Penney's and a couple of
other clothing stores. I found nothing
that appealed to me, but I managed to waste an hour. Del Rio, one of my favorite Mexican
restaurants was also here, so I decided to enjoy a nice lunch by myself. I had a wonderful meal, read a few emails and
just relaxed a bit to calm myself. I
returned to the doctor's office about 12:40.
Fortunately he was back and I was seeing him by 1:00 or so. YEAH!
I have had quite a few sinus infections this past year
which was the reason for my visit. My
doctor had suggested I use a nose spray RX twice a day in each nostril as well
as an over the counter allergy pill (generic Zyrtec), and since I had been
doing this regularly I was feeling much better with no more problems. We decided at this time to continue doing
that and if I should begin to have problems again we might want to consider
allergy testing with the possibility of allergy shots. I hope this will resolve the problem and no
further visits are needed. Taking
allergy shots once a week when we are gone with Bentley would be a chore I don’t
want to have to deal with.
I returned home near 2:30. Dean had the truck hooked up and was ready to
pull out. I still needed to fax those
business papers from the call I had made earlier. We hooked up the fax machine and after a couple
of tries with no success I contacted the representative by phone. They gave me another fax number to try and
after several tries to it, it didn't work either. We decided we would scan the documents and I
would email them. Since I had already
packed the laptop in Bentley it meant I had to go out and climb over furniture
in order to get the laptop, since the slides were already in, in preparation
for leaving. After getting the laptop
on, up and running and several attempts at this it finally worked. We left about 3:30 and arrived in Grove
around 4:45. My anxiety level was
already going back up! Lol!
One other thing had me a bit apprehensive during our
short drive to Grove. I had decided to
try something new since we were only traveling a short distance on this
trip. I had cut strips of the rubber/plastic
type shelf lining product and placed a large piece of it under my coffee pot
and another between the glass container and the heating element. I had read this worked well for others. I also have a nice copper colored paper towel
holder I keep on the counter by our stove and used the same thing there to hold
it in place. Every time we hit a bump I
could see that glass container flying off and shattering into millions of glass
shards on the floor and into the carpet.
While I had a sense of dread I still could not wait to open that door
and check to see if this had really been that great of an idea. To my absolute joy - I do not believe either
item moved even a fraction of an inch during our drive. It was nice to see this went well as it could
have been much worse than the previous somewhat anxious episodes at the doctor
and trying to get those documents sent.
We got settled into our site, #84 after a few attempts
with help from the campsite assistant.
Of course I wasn't quite satisfied, mainly because he had backed us
right up to some branches that were brushing the back of Bentley. So we straightened up with the concrete patio
and moved forward a bit and that satisfied both Dean and I.
Once we got settled a gentleman walked over and
introduced himself as the President of SKP's (Escapees) Region 17 group. We had a nice visit with him and a couple of
others who soon joined us, before we continued getting everything set up. We were ready for something to eat and then just
relaxed for a bit. What a relief to be
here! The SKP's is a group that has many
branches in Canada, US and Mexico. There
are several regions and many, many groups within the entire SKP's such as
Boondockers (dry camping with no hookups); Military Families; Bikers
(motorcycles); Bicyclists, etc. Members of any region can belong to the various
types of groups based on the activities or interests they have.
After a while we decided to take a walk down by the lake
since we are just a short distance from it.
As we neared the end of our road we noticed a couple from Wagoner, OK
were sitting outside their RV. They
asked us over so we stopped to visit; and about 2 hours later we headed back to
Bentley. We had a great visit though and
as always learned many things about RV traveling. They gave us a few tips about our upcoming
trip to South Dakota. The thing I enjoy
most about attending rallies is talking to the other RV owners and what they
have done, what they enjoy most, their trials and tribulations, etc. So many people have already been there, done
that. It helps us keep from making
mistakes, spending needless money, preventing problems, etc. We have yet to meet an unhappy camper! We also are meeting so many people and it's
great to have such an immediate commonality between us.
Monday nights we watch Dancing with the Stars. We just purchased a “DVR” type product so we
could record shows from Dish while we are gone from the RV. It was our chance to see it worked or
not. Fortunately for use it did –
however, I couldn’t keep my eyes awake to watch it and about half way through
Dean turned it off when he noticed I was sound asleep.
Off to bed we went a short time later. I hope I go to sleep right away!
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