This morning we received heartbreaking news. We received word that a dear friend and member of one of the RV groups we belong to passed last night after being diagnosed with this horrible virus. His wife also it. Fortunately, she is recovering well, but we are heartsick at the loss of her husband and our friend. Hearing his name I think of football, quilts, smoking meat and his family. When a local football game was playing he'd have his phone tuned in to listen to it online at our camp-out each October, updating us all the way. He made many, many beautiful and amazing quilts and was always sharing pictures of those he had finished, making each of his kids and grand-kids at least one if not more. He almost always smoked some kind of meat for us when he and his wife hosted one of our camp-outs. We will miss you Phil! Hugs and much love to Janelle and their family. We love you all!
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| Janelle and Phil at a rally |
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It was shortly after 5 when I woke this morning. We slept with the bedroom windows open last night. I was already awake when I heard a truck start up, then drive around the road behind us, stopping nearby. It set there for quite awhile. He finally honked his horn, and soon after that I heard a door shut and he left. Someone must have overslept this morning. Lol!
Other than a few mobile home tenants and us, everyone else currently in the park are part of two crews working on projects in the area. We rarely here any noise from these guys and when we do it's usually just a diesel truck starting. There is one guy that has one of those obnoxious horns. We've heard it twice, but he must be at the other end of the park, and he's only done it during the day. We are so thankful to have a spot here. We are parked at the far east and south side of the park. Occasionally someone will drive around the road by us when they leave, however most of the rigs in this row, have their trucks parked on the north side, so they take a different road out of the park. If we had to find a park with full hookups I'm not sure where we would be right now.
Shortly after I got up, I heard heavy but infrequent rain drops, and then the sky opened and it rained for at least 2-3 hours. The wind blew, with a few hefty gusts. It settled down soon and other than being a little cooler it turned out to be a gorgeous day.
Last night I mentioned I had bought some bacon. Immediately, Dean hinted at a "real" breakfast tomorrow, so this morning we had bacon, hash browns and eggs. It was pretty tasty, however when we eat breakfast at a restaurant, we do enjoy our toast or a biscuit. Since we do not make sandwiches any longer, and I don't have room to freeze a loaf of bread, I did a little research on Pinterest for a small portion, easy, no yeast bread/roll recipe. I found one and will try it tomorrow.
I took these pictures from our site. I was standing on the top step outside when I took this picture. The tree/fence row is Todd's property line.
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| Directly across from us. |
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| Panoramic view from across the street. |
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| Our yard. |
While the space is small, we have plenty of room for our grill and chairs in our little outdoor area. I imagine we have more space than we do at many RV Parks and with little traffic on this road, we feel like we have the park to ourselves. We've never put our mat out while we've been here before, but I noticed many of the rigs have them, so I asked Todd if it would be alright. Sure he said, and offered us some blocks if we needed them to hold it down. Dean was at the garage working, so I called to see if he would bring the mat home when he returned. He never answered. After a second call to him a short time later, it wasn't but a minute or so until he pulled in the drive. When he came inside, I asked him why he didn't answer his phone. As soon as it rang, he picked it up to answer, and his phone was dead. We need to find an extra cord, or buy one that he can keep at the garage. He said I figured if I didn't answer you would be coming down to check on me so I just came home.
I was on the phone with my sister, when my son sent me a text our Governor was holding a press conference today at 11. We both figured she would probably put a "stay in place" order on those who are not providing essential services. Kansas had been in pretty good shape, but now we are seeing several more cases every day. We listened to the press conference and that is exactly what she did. It becomes effective at 12:01am Monday, March 30 until Sunday, April 16. I pray that people will abide by it.
We had a quick lunch, then Dean headed back to the garage. I worked on a few things around here, but most of the afternoon I didn't do much of anything. I guess it was my resting time. I had planned to make a different meal for tonight, but once Dean returned I wasn't in the mood any longer, so we had leftovers from last night. I'll save the hamburger I took out of the freezer for tomorrow evening.
After dinner, we took a short drive before we returned home. We watched a couple of movies. The first one was "Mr. What?" It was a great movie even though it was not what most would consider theater quality - but the story line was great. We followed it with another called "As Far As The Eye Can See". Both good movies, with "Mr. What?" being my favorite of the two.
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