Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - Busy, busy day; Morning Walk; Car Wash & Vacuum; Laundry; Selling Our Van; Lunch with Friends; Preparing to Move

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - Busy, busy day; Morning Walk; Car Wash & Vacuum; Laundry; Selling Our Van; Lunch with Friends; Preparing to Move 

So of course, since we have no where to be this morning I am wide awake at 4:30!  After a cup of coffee I asked Dean if he'd like to walk shortly before 6am.  It is so much cooler if we go early.  He walked a little over a mile with me and I walked my 3 miles.  

I wanted to go to a car wash so we could wash the van and vacuum the inside.  We really liked the Car Wash we used.  It's the first time in a long time that it actually looked like it had been cleaned after going through a car wash.  The windows were totally spotless and the dryer worked so well there was little to no spotting.  Well worth the money!

Once we returned to Bentley, I immediately put a load of clothes in the washer.  We will be staying at Brett's for the next several days so I will not be able to do laundry again until Monday when we move to Oswego and have full hookups again.  

Once we had the rest of our chores done I went out and took pictures of the car, both inside and outside.  We are going to list our van for sale on Craigslist and Facebook tomorrow.  It was nice to have it with us here in Branson for all of the trips we've had to make to and from the doctor, hospital and going back home a few times; but it just does not make sense for us to keep it while we will be on the road most of the time.  We have no where to store it.  We can always replace it at a later date when we are no longer traveling.  If you know of anyone looking for a gently used mini-van, please send them our way.

I noticed a few of you saw my post of Facebook where I reposted a video on The Parsons Sun Facebook page.  It was of the District Horse Show held in Parsons on Tuesday.  Our granddaughter Dacy participated.  Dean talked to her dad today.  He told us she qualified for 4 events at the State Fair this September in Hutchinson, KS.  We are so proud of her and all the work she puts in with her horses.  Unfortunately, we will miss out this year as we will not be back in Kansas until the end of October or first of November.  You can be assured we'll be rooting for her though and watching for pictures and updates via Facebook from mom and dad.

We met our friends Frank and Joyce at Grand Country Buffet at 1:00 for lunch.  They had a great selection of salads, entrees and of course the most important part - desserts!  They had both bread pudding and blackberry cobbler so I had to try a little of both.  The bread pudding was okay but does not compare to Golden Corral's, but the blackberry cobbler was a win!  Yummy!

Back at Bentley, I added another load of clothes in the washer - last one and we'll be good until Monday.  It is so warm out the clothes are dry in about 30 minutes.  Without the dryer running it helps keep the RV cool too!

Later this afternoon I finished up the wording for the advertisement on Craigslist and added the pictures I took this morning of the van.  I'll publish it sometime tomorrow, after we arrive at Brett's.  

We still need to run to Walmart later.  We need to get a prescription filled for Dean.  He will be having a CT scan before he sees the vascular surgeon on July 23.  He's allergic to the dye they use, so he will be taking something to counteract that prior to the appointment.

I took these pictures on our way home from Walmart.  They are kind of interesting.

When I took this I did not notice the smaller white circle in the picture.  I love the fence post.

If you enlarge this, on the left is a bit of a speck in the sky - I happened to catch one of the helicopters giving rides to folks in Branson.

Beautiful sunset as we returned home!

Dean was outside doing a few things, when I noticed his phone going off.  It was Matt calling so we could video chat with Sarah.  Today is her 2nd birthday.  We told her Happy Birthday and she said Happy Birthday.  She repeats almost everything you say, but she can and does say her own words.  We visited awhile before letting them go so Sarah could enjoy her birthday cake and open her presents.  

After our big lunch we just had a bit of a snack for dinner, crackers, cheese, nuts and a few pieces of fruit.  It was just enough.   I took time to store a few things this evening so I would not forget about them in the morning.  When we thought we would be moving this past Sunday I realized I had forgotten to store a couple of things.  Although it wasn't a problem since we did not move, it could have been.  I made a couple of reminder notes that I put around door handles in the kitchen to remind me.  

It was a busy, put productive day!