Day 101

Sundermeier RV Park, St. Charles, MO:  101 days now since we've been home. Talked to our contractor this afternoon and they're going to apply for a temporary occupancy. Don't have a lot of faith in St. Louis county at this point. I was going to bake some pork chops for dinner tonight, but it's really hot. So, we went to Tony's for dinner. Just had a couple of salads. The air conditioner in here has been cranking all day. Hopefully it will cool off a little. As long as there's no severe weather--otherwise we'll head home.

Pretty hot this afternoon when we left for Tony's for dinner.

Day 100

Sundermeier RV Park, St. Charles, MO:  One hundred days since we've been home. Stopped over at the house this morning to meet the painter. The inspector was supposed to be there--of course he was a no-show. And after talking with our contractor, chances are slim that we'll be able to get in there any time soon (UGH!). Probably not until the final inspection when everything is finished. On the way back to the "homeless shelter" we stopped for lunch. After getting back we went out for a walk and saw a car backing slowly toward us. When it went by us I noticed there was no driver in the car. Went running after it and Mike jumped in and stopped the car. A couple was just pulling in with their motor home, unhooked their car which was still in neutral and forgot to put it in park. Luckily, it didn't hit anyone or any thing. Yikes! Embarrassing, but no harm, no foul. Hit the 90s today under a clear blue sky and a nice breeze.

Beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright designed home--Falling Water.
Western Pennsylvania
2012

Day 99

Sundermeier RV Park, St. Charles, MO:  99 days now since we've been home. We actually spent the night last night at home. After hearing about threats of severe weather in the area during the evening hours, after dinner I headed home where at least we have a basement to take shelter in and a garage to shelter our vehicles. Mike joined me a couple of hours later. We did the laundry while we were there. We felt like criminals or interlopers or something. We're still not supposed to be in there. Up early and headed back to the "homeless shelter", stopping first for breakfast. Luckily, no severe weather in our home area or the "homeless shelter". Tomorrow the inspector will be there. Hopefully it won't be much longer....hopefully.

Rail bridge and the I370 bridge over the Missouri River.

Day 97

Sundermeier RV Park, St. Charles, MO:  97 days now since we've been home.  The inspectors are supposed to be there on Monday, then they do the dry wall. Maybe then we'll be able to get back in. Who knows? Today was a beautiful day. We pumped up the tires on the bikes and went off for a ride into St. Charles. Wanted to check out a trail just off the Katy Trail that's on an island in the Missouri River. Unfortunately, the trail was closed because it was flooded out in places. Biked back, stopping for an ice cream cone. Great day! Upper 80s. Brats for dinner and watched American Pharoah win the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown. What a horse!

Some really nice old-growth trees along the trail.

The Lewis & Clark sculpture.

Stopped at this little place for a couple of ice cream cones.

Day 93

Sundermeier RV Park, St. Charles, MO:  It's been 93 days now since we rushed back from Florida to deal with our broken house. Some progress has finally been made. They have filled in the hole where the new foundation was poured. The new interior wall has been framed up and the electrician did his thing. We went over yesterday and met the Charter cable guy who restored our cable TV, phone and wi-fi. Tomorrow the HVAC guy will be there to replace our air conditioning unit. We should be able to move back in shortly. Still have to wait for the county to inspect and approve. That was the original hold-up--the county. What is their problem? Anyway, we can start to see the light.

Things finally happening.

New windows have been ordered, but won't be here for 4-5 weeks. Hope we can still move back with window openings boarded up.

Day 80

Sundermeier RV Park, St. Charles, MO:  80 days now since we have been home. Yesterday I dropped Mike off at his physical therapy and then went home to check on things. They have framed up the inside wall and we're now waiting for the electrician to do his thing. Back to pick up Mike with a stop at the library and on our way back to the "homeless shelter" we saw a duck trying to cross 5 lanes of I270 with her brood of 8 ducklings. She turned around right away and went back into the scrub, but you know she'll try it again. Was she trying to commit suicide? Had she had it with her 8 fluffy little charges? If she had made it across the 5 west-bound lanes, then she would have had to get over the cement divider. I worried about this scenario all last night. We're heading out for breakfast this morning, to the car wash, and then back home to check on things. Hopefully we won't find evidence of any road kill on our way back. Looks to be a beautiful day today. 75 and sunny.

Day 78

Sundermeier RV Park, St. Charles, MO:  We've been home 78 days now. They have finally poured our new foundation and should start filling in the hole left by the excavation soon. Hopefully they'll start inside in the next day or two. They're ordering the new windows. So, things are moving--slowly, but at least moving. Today was a raw, cold and rainy day. We stayed in all day--watched a Netflix movie, "Identity Theft", and made some reservations for our upcoming trip.