Thursday, May 28, 2020 - Morning Walk, Phone Calls, Working on a Summer Travel Plan

Thursday, May 28, 2020 - Morning Walk, Phone Calls, Working on a Summer Travel Plan

It was a cool morning when I got up and best of all -- no rain!  I think our forecast is still calling for some later today though.  

At 6:30 I asked Dean if he wanted to walk, and it wasn't long we were on our way to the park.  It was a foggy morning!

We were able to get our normal 2 miles in this morning.  And since Dean decided not to play golf this morning, we stopped for breakfast at Circle L's.  It was our first time inside since the Governor issued her "stay in place order".   It was good to see friends again.  Betty, Dennis, Carol and Jerry came in while we were there.  It was so good to see them and we visited back and forth.

Our county has lifted restrictions for Covid-19, however certain businesses (cosmetologists for one) may have to meet criteria due to state regulations, in order to remain open.  Restaurants are now open in most of our cities.

When we returned home, I asked Dean if he would wait a short time before he leaves for the garage; in order to make a call he needed to be participate in.  When we changed our mailing address from Pittsburg, KS to Livingston, TX we had a problem with one of the changes.  We talked to the company the first of March about getting it corrected, but when we received our notification this month, the change had not occurred.  Fortunately, today, the person we talked to said they could correct it, and she even called me back later in the day to confirm the change had been corrected.  I really appreciated her taking the time to do that.

I made a reservation for our Escapee Chapter Fall Rally in Carthage in October.  It will be the last one of the year.  It's always sad to see them come to an end.  We have so much fun with this group.  I shouldn't be talking about things ending, when they are barely getting started.  Lol!

I spent a good part of the day working on our summer travels in KS, OK, AR and MO.  I mapped out an area we want to travel but I still need to do some research on specific things we want to see, so we can make sure we are able to see as much as we can within the areas we stay, as well as checking reviews of each of the campgrounds.  I was talking to one of our camping friends today.  One of the campgrounds they tried to get reservations in next month was full with crews working at a wind turbine site.  They will not have any openings for a few months.  That caused me to think about our own travels.  When I googled wind turbine farms being built in Kansas, I found that may be an issue in more than one state.  I know Todd usually has 5-10 people in and out of his park.  Since the first of the year he has had two large "working" groups in the park and they are still here.  One happens to be wind turbine workers.  This could definitely be an issue if there are other crews working in our state and how much it will impact RVer's.  I do not like making reservations too much in advance as our plans can easily change.  Will we lose that ability?  Typically we only make reservations in high profile/heavy traffic areas, such as last year, when we visited Yellowstone, Tetons and Estes Park, CO.  Otherwise I usually call ahead for a stop or two at a time.   While this has worked out for us in the past, I pray it will work this year too.  

We had another heavy rain this evening but as of now our forecast says "sunny days are ahead".  I sure hope so, especially for the farmers who need some dry weather to get in their fields both to plant, and also to harvest around mid-June or so.

I heated some brats in a pan - rain kept us from grilling the again.  They would have been so much better had they cooked outside, but they were filling, so it was all good. 

It was a quiet evening, watching TV, and listening to the rain.