After a night with loud thunderstorms, very active lightning, and pounding rain......when I pulled my sagging hulk into the infamous vertical position.....the sun was out, the sky was blue, and the autumn leaves had been dashed to the ground by the heavy rain. I snuck around quietly as the 1st Lady wanted to sleep until 8:15, so I turned on my coffee pot, closed the glass door to the living room, and turned on the tv as softly as I could and still be able to hear the talking heads on the Sunday morning shows.
At the requested time, I awakened the 1st Lady.....and before long she was downstairs fixing her tea and breakfast. We were invited, last night, to Mac and Gail's for dinner this evening....and so we offered to bring a couple of items for the table........and that meant a trip into Thayne to buy some needed ingredients for what she was going to prepare to take. Soooo, off we went down the road to the highway, and then quickly into town, only three miles away.
WELL....what a shock!!!!!!! The only grocery store....and it IS a very nice one......is closed on Sundays!!!!!!! Guess we had not needed anything on Sundays before today.......so, at a local gas service station, I filled a bottle with propane in preparation for the predicted cold weather that was to arrive today. Then.....
Off we went up the road about 15 miles to the small town of Alpine. And yep.....they had a grocery store that was open....HURRAY!!! Soooo, we found the items we needed....and some we didn't really need....and then returned back to the RV Resort. By this time.......the winds were beginning to blow out of the north and west.....bringing down the colder air.
We went over to our lot, did some measuring again....in preparation for the ground to be leveled tomorrow morning..WE HOPE....and returned to TheHowserHouse(THH). Later on during the afternoon the 1st Lady fixed a great dessert, some french style green beans, and a fruit salad. About 5pm, we carried it all up to Mac/Gail's to accompany her meatloaf and her mac/cheese. Well.....the meatloaf was fantastic, as well as her mac/cheese......and with the additional guests of John and Revy, the dinner party of six was highly successful!!!! We dined al fresco on their patio and by the time we finished.....with the meal and with some fun conversation, it was beginning to get colder....and so we all returned to our individual "homes".
Tonight.....a low of 33 degrees is expected....tomorrow a high of 59...and tomorrow night....29 degrees!!!!! But, after tomorrow night, the temps are expected to moderate and return to fall-like days and evenings. The leaves continue to burst forth in their bright colors of autumn....and we have to make a quick trip up to the Palisades Lake to see them along the lakeside and the mountains around the lake. This is a MUST!!!!
This evening I also had a great Skype video call from one of our Cedar Creek RV Owners Club members. Sooooo great to talk with him....as I have the greatest respect for him and his wife.....and feel fortunate to be able to call them very good friends of mine!! The 1st Lady and I are looking forward to their retirement so we can make some trips together with them!!!
And sooooo, another day has slipped away from the number of days I have left. This stunning area of the country we are still enjoying certainly makes each day sooooooooo much more enjoyable. We are excited about our new property and look forward to make the necessary improvements in the upcoming development stages we will go through over the months and years to come. And......any other rver who reads this......please stop by when we are here, spend a night in the rv resort and let's get to know each other!!
And, as always on this blog.........
LIFE IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT!!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!
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