Fri, Dec 23, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  Haven’t posted in a while.  We’ve been pretty busy the last couple of weeks.  New living room furniture for the RV, the skirting on the RV and the shed was finally done.  And pavers on the walkway from the patio to the end of the screen room.  I had it done in light grey pavers.  I wish we’d used the same pavers as the screen room.  Oh well, too late now.  We also bought a washer and dryer for the shed.  Gave our bikes to Goodwill, along with the carrier for them.  Cleaned a bunch of other stuff out of the shed—either gave it away or threw it away.  Also had to hire an electrician and a plumber to bring water and electric into the shed.  The electrician cost more than the washer and dryer (sigh).  But I love it!  The electrician did a great job.  He put in breakers for the washer and dryer, a nice light on the ceiling, and a light switch by the door.  I’ve been doing my morning walks.  This morning I stopped and talked to a French Canadian guy who built a nice addition to his RV.  He invited me in to see it.  I must admit I had second thoughts.  Would he have his way with me, kill me, dismember my body and throw it into my favorite slough?  I guess I’ve been reading too many Stephen King novels.  His wife passed away just over a year ago.  He showed me all around.  The place was immaculate.  His English was also really good.  Anyway, still alive and in one piece, I continued my walk.  No gator in the slough so far this year.  Anyway, this afternoon the temperature has really cooled down and the wind picked up.  The next few days are going to be cold.  Probably no morning walks for a few days.

Our new walkway and the skirting on the RV.

 

Mon, Nov 28, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  We decided to drive to Clewiston this morning.  Big mistake!  We sat on Rt. 80 for over an hour in bumper-to-bumper traffic.  Turns out an 18-wheeler hit a train in Clewiston and three of the cars derailed.  What a mess!  They brought in a crane to deal with the derailed cars.  There were so many emergency vehicles—state, county and local police.  We decided to have lunch at the tiki bar in Clewiston and then came back. 

 

  

Tue, Nov 22, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  Another cloudy, but warm day today.  Mike had to pick up a script in Clewiston, so we had lunch at the tiki bar there.  Sat outside reading for a while.  Walked up to the library and picked up a new book.  It was so nice outside, we hung out for several hours. 

 

R.I.P. Jan, aka “The Little Angel”

On the trail to Cape Flattery - Washington

Sea Caves

Mon, Nov 21, 2022, The Glades RV Park:  Started out nice this morning, so I took my smoothie and sat outside for a while.  But the clouds rolled in and it’s been gloomy ever since, and sprinkling off and on.  So we took the sheets up to the laundry and got them washed and remade the bed.  Always a fun job.  Spent the day reading, watching stuff we recorded, and playing spades on-line.  A nice day really.  HB Mom!

Rimrock Lake, Washington

 

Fri, Nov 18, 2022, The Glades RV Park:  A little chilly the last two days.  We just hunkered down inside reading and playing spades.  Most of our neighbors are on a trip to Key West.  They’re supposed to be back tomorrow.  That’s if they’re not in jail. 

Beautiful Mt. Rainier, Washington

Fri, Nov 11, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  We had some excitement last night.  Not sure if I’d call it excitement.  We’re watching TV last night around 7:00 and the carbon monoxide detector started alerting.  It was lighting up like crazy and beeping.  We checked everything, shut down the propane and it was still alarming and beeping.  We checked the owner’s manual and it took a while just to find the section on the carbon monoxide detector.  The only thing we could find was this alerting and beeping indicated we needed to replace the detector.  Mike finally pulled the fuse.  We ended up calling Glades County fire and they sent out someone to check.  This big fire truck pulled up around 45 minutes later with all their lights flashing.  I’m sure our neighbors thought they’d be pulling a body out or something.  They checked everything with their detector and found nothing.  Still worried, we opened windows and put on all the fans.  Today we headed to ACE Hardware and bought a plug-in detector.  We are now protected.  Carbon monoxide is nothing to take lightly.  

To all the veterans out there, thank you for your service!

 

Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Thu, Nov. 10, 2022:  The Glades RV Park:  Well, we survived the hurricane/tropical storm today.  Yesterday people were scurrying around removing their carport covers and screen room covers.  Because we have a permanent screen room, the only thing we had to do was take the chairs off our patio.  Supposed to be pretty gusty tomorrow.  Not sure if we’ll put our chairs back out or not.  No happy hour tonight.

Our permanent screen room.