Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - Thursday, July 11, 2019

Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - Laundry!!!; Clinic Visit; Checking out the New Roof; and Checking off my To-Do List.

I woke up a little after 4 this morning.  I had several things I wanted to get done and I could start now!  Laundry is the big job for today and between doing other things I needed to stay somewhat close to the RV most of the day so I could keep it going.

Dean found this little shovel in our storage unit to scoop the pellets (the bag behind it) for his Fire Genie.  He repainted it so it would be all "purdy".  The tub in the left foreground will hold the pellets.

I left at 7 to drive back to Vinita to meet with the NP Betty to go over my lab test results.  Besides making a reduction in one of my medications (yea!), I got an updated shingles shot and new refills on all of my prescriptions.  Now they can send everything to me at once, instead of spreading them out every few weeks.  It is a nuisance having to figure out where to send medications when you are on the road and need to have them sent to different addresses.  If I can keep them coming all together it will be easier for me and I would think the pharmacy as well.

After returning to Oswego, I went home and started another load of laundry.  I decided to drive by our lot to look at the new roof Broc put on our garage while we have been gone.  It really looks good.  We are thinking about going ahead and adding siding, new garage doors, windows and a new side door as well.  Then it will be done and we can concentrate on other things we want to do at the lot this fall.

I returned to the RV where I kept the washer/dryer going all day long.  In fact at 7:41pm the last load is drying.  Almost everything is put away and we'll do the rest of it in the morning.  

I had several phone calls and things to take care of as well.  Cindy is going to pick up hearing aid items for Dean at Sam's, so I called to be sure they would set everything aside for her.  Cassandra is so nice and always willing to help out.

I had a package I needed to return so I took care of that.  Since I forgot to take my new insurance card to the clinic with me today, I called them to provide that information - a copy is now in my purse as well.

Last week I called to make reservations for us at Sand Hills SP north of Hutchinson, KS.  Our granddaughter Dacy will be competing at the State Fair again this year with her horses.  I made a reservation for Friday through Sunday.  While visiting with her at Brett's I decided we better add a day to our reservation and arrive on Thursday.  We aren't sure if she will have an event on Thursday but there's a good chance she will have events on Friday morning, so rather than miss out we're just adding a day.  The campground is really nice and really close to Hutch, with full hookups.   It's at the north edge of town and very quiet.


Dean was outside so I snapped these pictures of him and our Wineguard Pathway X2 Dish.  We like the Pathway so much better than the Tailgator we had for five years.

Wednesday, July 10, 2019 - Moving Day to Longview Campground, MO; Whoops, We Turned Around; Disappointing Day; But Ice Cream Makes Everything Better!

We pulled out of Hillside RV Park at 9:35am this morning.  We didn't make it very far and we immediately received a message the trailer brakes were not connected - AGAIN!  It's been  three weeks or so that we've been dealing with this.  We decided we would go ahead and head toward Hwy 49 but we changed our reservation to south of KC, rather than trying to pull it through heavy traffic.  We had not driven more than 20 miles when I told Dean, I don't feel good about this, what do you think about just turning around and going back to Oswego.  He agreed with me so that was an easy decision.  

On the way back these clouds were forming in a line southwest to northeast.  The wind was really blowing as we drove from Hallowell to Oswego.  You could see the rain off to the southwest, but we only got some big drops for a short while - it wasn't too bad until.....

We pulled back into the park around 10:45am.  It didn't take us long to setup and get inside, before the rain started here.  Fortunately it didn't last too long.

I have to admit we were both really disappointed today when the brakes did not work again.  Dean has messed with them so much.  We are ready to leave for more travels.  On the way back Dean called Michael, the owner of the company where we purchased our disc breaks.  After discussing it he sent an email with steps for Dean to check to see if the actuator was working on the disc brakes.  After spending quite a bit of time going over these, and several tries, Dean finally decided that must not be the problem.  Next step, he called Chevrolet in Parsons to see if we could bring it in and have them go over it.  They set the appointment for Friday at 9am.  They want us to bring the RV with us.  We sure hope they will be able to figure out the problem - and that we might be able to leave from there on our way north.

We were both a little down in the dumps the rest of the morning.  We are glad to be here in Oswego where family is, but disappointed about the delay in our plans.  We cancelled plans for our Colorado trip back in mid-April and we've been waiting to leave ever since.  We did break out of our funk a little later in the day and enjoyed taking our granddaughter Haleigh with us to Chetopa for ice cream, after she got off work at G&W, our local grocery store.  Ice cream has a way of making us a little happier!  Lol!

Sun setting out by the golf course in Oswego before we headed to Chetopa

Another shot near Chetopa

Things happen, and maybe this is God's way of telling us the timing is not right for us to move now.  Tomorrow will be a better day!  (This is something I've told my kids and myself.  When something occurs that bothers them or me - after a good night's sleep I've always found what seemed so bad yesterday, never seems as bad the next day).

Thanks for following along.



Thursday, July 11, 2019 - Happy Birthday Sarah; Keeping Busy; Preparing to Move Again

Today is Granddaughter Sarah's birthday.  She is now 3 years old.  We celebrated her birthday before she and the rest of her family left last week to drive back to their home in Grand Island, NY.  We sent her a birthday wish this morning, via Mom and Dad.

Isn't she a beautiful Princess Sarah?

I woke with a new purpose today - to do some things hat will keep me busy, so I am not dwelling on the brake issues.  

Dean planned to golf this morning and I'm glad he has another opportunity to do so.  I wanted to get the car from our garage, so we left a little after 8:00 to pick it up before he left for the golf course.  

Last night we discussed moving the couch and chairs back to their original locations in the RV.  I think it's a good idea as we have a little more room between the dining table and our recliners versus the couch that was almost against the table.  When Dean returns we will work on that.

I went to Cindy's this morning.  She put new closet doors up in their bedrooms and hall closet.  The old ones were stained doors to match the woodwork.  She painted all of the woodwork white before they moved in several years ago. She's wanted to change the doors out for several years, and finally got them finished a week or so ago.  It really looks nice.  We visited for awhile before I headed back to the RV.

After lunch Dean and I tackled the moving job - and I took advantage of the opportunity to vacuum both areas before switching them around.  I think it looks better this way and Dean does too.  

Todd brought me a container of blackberries he picked here in the park from some bushes he has.  I wanted to make blackberry cobbler.  Dean isn't overly fond of blackberries, so I decided I would use peaches for his.  While we were in Branson I bought 8 custard dishes, so I used them to make (4 each) blackberry and peach cobblers in the convection oven.  When we have a sticks and bricks home again, my oven will be convection!  I love that it does not heat up the house.  In between baking each batch, I warmed up leftovers for our dinner in the microwave, then finished up the cobblers.  

I love the covers that came with the custard dishes.

We took the car back to the garage this evening.  Tomorrow morning we will head to Parsons to the Chevrolet service center with hopes they can get our brakes working again.  We have high hopes they will find the problem and we will be on our way.  We have decided that when we leave Parsons, we will only go as far as Nevada, MO (less than 100 miles) stay the night, and if it is still working the next morning, we will only go to Longview Campground at Lee's Summit, MO (less than 90 miles).  Rather than travel a long distance we are going keep it to short days for awhile, just to be sure the brakes are working okay before we get too far. 

I saw Todd as we were leaving to take the car back, so I invited him down later for one of the mini blackberry cobblers.  After we returned, he stopped by, and we all had a nice visit.  Soon after we called it a night.

Today was a better day.  We are thankful for family, and for the opportunity to travel, even when we have a bump in the road.  

I hope your day has also been good.