Sunday, January 27, 2019 - Short Night; More Laundry; Planning our Summer/Early Fall Travels; Dinner with Friends

Sunday, January 27, 2019 - Short Night; More Laundry; Planning our Summer/Early Fall Travels; Dinner with Friends

It was later than usual when we went to bed - after 10:30 and I remember last looking at the clock sometime after 11.  About 12:30 or so I woke up to what sounded like metal hitting against metal.  There were several hard strikes and then a few minutes later a few more.  I went to the door and looked out but I did not see anything and did not hear it again.  I finally fell asleep, but at 6:30 a dog started barking and it was just incessant.  It sounded as if it was trying to get someone's attention.  Again, I went to the window and looked out.  It was definitely coming from back behind us and probably up the street.  It went on for quite awhile and finally quit.  I do not think the dog was from our park or it's owner would have quieted it down much sooner.  I'm sure glad this is not a nightly occurrence!

I still had laundry I needed to do this morning so I got started on it soon after I had the coffee perking.  I've been working on our summer/early fall plans.  We had originally planned to do more extensive traveling this year with shorter stops; but we have decided to slow down, try to spend at least a week in most places so we can really explore the area - and not be in such a hurry---allowing a day or two to relax and not be on the run everyday. At this time we plan to spend at least 3 weeks in Colorado, 25 days in Utah, and 26 days in Idaho/Washington (Spokane).  After that our goal will be to make it to upper Montana to travel the Going to the Sun Road, visit Glacier NP for 7 days, on to Wyoming to visit Yellowstone NP and Grand Tetons NP and a few other cities for 21 days.  There's still much to think about and I need to make some reservations soon - especially where National Parks are involved.  The last leg we will spend some time in both North and South Dakota before dipping south towards our home state.

After lunch, we headed to Kohl's.  I've been wanting to get a few new shirts and I happened upon some nice tops and a pair of capri's that I really liked as well.  All on sale, plus I had an additional 30% off coupon--4 shirts/1capri, barely $60.  It was a successful venture!  We ran into our "home" Escapee friend Cathey and had a nice visit.  

I asked Dean if he wanted to stop and see our friends from Kansas that we met here last year, Helen and Hoot.  We interrupted Hoot cleaning their motorhome, and Helen was sitting outside.  We visited for a good hour or more.  It was so good to see them again.  We are going to try and get together before we leave here in 4 weeks.  

Back at Bentley I loaded the washer with the last load of clothes, and set down to update the budget with receipts from the past several days.  I was completing this blog post when there was a knock on the door.  Lynette wanted to know if we'd like to come over for dinner.  Jack was making goulash.  How can you turn that down?  I still had some oatmeal cake in the freezer, so I took it out so we could have a little snack afterwards.  

When we arrived, Lynette was making a salad (fresh apple, banana, walnuts, raisins, cheese mixed with mayonnaise).  It was delicious, as was the goulash.   We had an enjoyable evening and was back home a little before 8.  

After we returned I finished up a few things I needed to do, but once I set down I could hardly keep my eyes open; so I just rested my eyes until bedtime.  Lol!