We went to bed late last night, at least for us, it was nearly 11pm. I guess that is why I slept in so late this morning - it was 6:14a when I came downstairs to turn on the coffeepot. It was 58F outside, with a nice 65F inside. Oh how I love these temperatures. Maybe spring really is here!
The sun is already coming up, but the forecast says it will be cloudy with light winds. However, it looks like some rain will return overnight with scattered thunderstorms. It's only a 50% chance, so maybe we'll miss most of it. We can only hope.
We are looking forward to a change of scenery for a few days and meeting up with our camping friends. The weather forecast Sunday - Wednesday is 70's and sunshine - you can't beat that!
I have my list out of things I need to get done today. Our pantry is stocked with more food than I normally have on hand, since I've been trying to only go to the store a couple of times a month, which means I need to be sure it is all stowed well, so nothing falls during our drive.
We will head back to Oswego Wednesday after our camp out, for our 6 month checkup with our primary care physician on Thursday and stay through Memorial weekend. On Tuesday, May 26 we plan to head out to see some of our home state. Our state parks have remained open, so we hope to utilize them as much as we can, as well as city and county parks.
Before lunch I stopped at Dollar General to get cards for the month of June and then made a quick stop next door at the grocery store.
I spent some time putting several things away in their "storage area", so I didn't have so much to do tomorrow. When we haven't moved for several weeks or in this case two months I really have to give more thought to getting things stowed for a trip.
It was nearly lunch time so I was already getting food out when Dean pulled in. I just finished our plates when Cindy drove up. She was going through her clothes and found a couple pair of capri's she thought I might be able to wear. I appreciated that. She stayed to visit for a little bit. Since she worked this week we haven't visited as much as we often do, so it was nice to catch up.
After watching the required lunchtime show "Gunsmoke" Dean headed to the garage to take care of a few more things. After he left I cut up the cantaloupe and the romaine lettuce I bought earlier. After finishing that, the next thing on my list was to make sure the bird feeders were full before we left. As I headed to the garage, I met Dean coming back. He stopped at Jump Start to get diesel. I glanced down and realized I needed gas too, so I stopped and filled up the car. We went back to the garage, and filled the bird feeders except the one for hummingbirds. It was a mess and I didn't have any more syrup for them, so I took it home to clean it up. Dean asked me if I needed anything out of the refrigerator to take with us. I'm glad he asked, because I did!
He had things to do outside with Bentley, so I went in to clean the feeder. We'll take it back before we leave tomorrow.
When he came back in, he set down to watch TV while I made a list of things I need to do in the upcoming week. Out of the blue he said we need some ice cream. I frowned, but eventually said okay. He wanted to go to the Hornet's Nest in Chetopa. Not thinking, I agreed. As we approached it, we realized it was closed. I didn't even think about it being Saturday, and they are not open on the weekends. That's one thing about retirement for me....I often forget what day it is. Well, what to do? Since we were already in Chetopa we drove down to the river since that is a must when we are there. Wow...the river really came up from yesterday.
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| Neosho River at Chetopa City Park |
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| Neosho River is out in the Chetopa City Park - east side of River Bridge |
We pulled in to watch the fishermen and discussed what to do. He decided we would drive to Galena to Dairy Queen and come back home. It was a nice drive and of course we enjoy visiting during our rides. We drove through Riverton where I took this picture of Spring River overflow. It's high too.
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| Overflow of Spring River at Riverton, KS |
Dean heard from one of the guys he worked with for years that another friend from work had moved back to Riverton, where he lived during their working days, and that he was planning to build a home there. Dean was pretty sure he knew where the lot was, so we drove by. We didn't stop, but we suspect they may be living in an RV on the lot, while waiting for the house to be built. He was pretty sure the vehicles and boat on the property were his friends. On the way back we came in to Oswego from the east, which took us over the Neosho River Bridge. It is high enough now it is just starting to flow into the field east of it. The river is not supposed to crest until Sunday.
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| Neosho River Bridge east of Oswego |
At 6, Dean was hungry. I didn't want to eat too much after having ice cream. I remembered I had two hamburger buns left, so I fried some bacon, and eggs and made bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches. They hit the spot!
No sooner had we finished eating and cleaned up, that my 10 minute reminder buzzed on my phone about the Peine Facebook Messenger meetup. We had 10 minutes, plenty of time to set up my laptop at the table and have everything ready when the call came in. Dean's sister Ruth Ann joined them tonight. It's really nice they are able to do this as she and her husband Dennis live in Illinois. They all had a nice chat together.
It was sometime between 8-8:30 when they finished their call. Afterwards, I tried to finish up the blog but I was having a hard time focusing and set it aside to work on Sunday morning.
Sunday, May 17, 2020 - Busy Morning, Bumpy Drive, Beautiful Afternoon
I slept until 6:30 this morning....what is happening to me? I worked on yesterday's blog post trying to get it done early...but it did not happen. At 7:00 we decided to go walk. It was good to be outside in decent weather. What a beautiful morning, even though it was windy.
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| Wind out of the north - but it was comfortable in the park this morning. |
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| See the yellow blooms toward the top of the tree. |
Next was to start packing up things I could not put up yesterday. Within 20-30 minutes I had the slides ready to go in. Before doing that, I drove the car to the garage, with Dean following me. We put the car in the garage until we return, then headed back to Bentley. Dean still had things to finish up outside, so I made us a sandwich wrap, before I closed up the slides. We enjoyed the last of the banana cream pudding too.
Dean told me I could put the slides in whenever I wanted to, so I started putting them in. I realized that I did not set the dehumidifier back far enough and one of the recliners was going to hit it, so I stopped the slides. For some reason, when I stopped them it would not continue coming in after I moved things back. It put the slides back out. I noticed several beads on the floor on the stove/sink side. They looked and felt like BB's. I called to Dean to come and look at them. He agreed they look like BB's. He looked under the slide but did not notice anything, so I pray there are no issues. I was able to go ahead and put the slides in this time. As I started to leave, I realized I forgot to take the glass plate out of the microwave. I didn't want to put the slides back out again, so I climbed up on the island, crawled to the other end so I could reach in the microwave to get the glass plate. Whatever I cooked last had left something on the plate. I was going to wrap the plate so I decided to wipe it off first. I reached down to get the dishcloth hanging on it's rack, wiped the glass plate off, then as I reached down to put it back on the rack, I promptly dropped the dishcloth on the floor. I wasn't sure if it might move during the drive or if it could slip under the slide, so I didn't want to leave it there. If you could just picture me climbing on the counters like a little kid, I climbed down at the far end so I could get the dishcloth, then had to climb back up on the island, and make my way to the other end on my hands and knees. I thought this would be an easy thing to do - not so - I should have opened the slides! Never will I do that again!
A short time later we pulled out of Hillside RV Park and pointed the truck south towards Oklahoma.
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| Beautiful puffy clouds between Welch and Vinita |
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| I love this clock located on Main Street in Vinita. |
The ride was pretty good until we headed south on Hwy 69 toward Pryor...talk about bumpy! It wasn't too bad in the car last week as we headed to Tahlequah, but entirely different pulling the RV.
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| As we drove by the lake, we noticed this boat....I could not believe they were in the water. BRRRRR! |
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| As we drove into Sequoyah State Park Office area on our way to our campground |
It was 3:25 when we pulled into Site 29 at Sequoyah State Park. Our friends had already arrived and set up. Once we parked we walked over to say hello before we headed back to unhook and set up. After getting water and electric hooked up, the levelers down and the slides out, we carried our chairs next door to visit. 3 hours later we all headed inside to eat. I knew Dean had to be pretty hungry. He didn't want to take the time to grill the chicken I had, so we had a hot dog and chips instead, followed by cantaloupe. We settled in to watch the finale of American Idol. I was disappointed Arthur Gunn didn't win, however he did come in 2nd. Just Sam was also good and was my second choice, so all in all we were happy with the outcome.
It's now 9:00 so I am going to close this out for the evening. Thanks again to everyone who follows our blog. I always love hearing from you, if you wish to comment.
I'm glad we saw the finale of American Idol as you didn't give me a warning of 'spoiler alert!' I wanted Arthur to win first then either Dillon or Johnny. I wasn't too disappointed Just Sam got it as she is a sweet young gal who has come a long way all on her own!
ReplyDeleteThe BB's sound like what we have in our slide out drawer for the Keurig. Do you have a drawer like that?
After I had posted that I thought aabout it later and prayed everybody had seen AI last night. I didn't even think about waiting or saying spoiler alert. I must remember that in the future. Yes we do have a drawer like that. This morning Dean took a look and that's what it is.
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