A Dog Day Afternoon

 It was a wonderful day in the neighborhood.  Cooper and I were up early as usual, and out for our morning walk just as the sun came up.  There were no mysterious upcomings on this day, thank goodness.  Nothing worse than one of your kids being sick.  

Here's one of the interesting rigs in the park.   Don't you just want to knock on the door and say can I look inside?  If I remember right, they do have quite a bit of storage underneath.

The big winds gave up the ghost ... for the most part ... and I put the awning out for some shade.  What a difference it makes keeping the sun off the side.  I think I'm going to look into some outside window shades to keep it a bit cooler inside.  We had to run the air most of the afternoon.

Patsy and I finished the second puzzle, laughing at how hard this was.  Easy peasy she said ... we'll have this done in no time.  Turned out to be MUCH more difficult, but one that sure made us smile.

Bill stopped by to go over a few more things about my rig.  I actually read the manual and crawled under the side to see how to retract my jacks should that ever become necessary.  Definitely something good to know.  Next ... how to manually move the slide in or out.  You never know when that information might come in handy, especially in light of Roland and Lori's troubles when everything electrical goes awry.

When he asked if I had fueled up yet, the answer was UHHHHH ..... I'm going now!  Too bad I didn't go yesterday when fuel was $4.99 a gallon because it's now $5.059.  I think in four days it's changed twice.

A few minutes later Deb and Tom stopped for a goodbye visit before their haircut appointments in town.  They gave me tips about my oven (getting a pizza stone or tile) and I told them about using the plastic cutting mats at the back of the freezer to prevent icing up.  I love these little hacks that make things easier. One more thing Bill mentioned, check your condensation drain tube.  Is it plugged up?  So many things you have to know!!!

By late afternoon, Cooper was way past his play time, so I crawled around on the floor playing take the squeaky sheep away.  It's seriously a good way to stay in shape, but holes seem to be appearing in the knees of my jeans.  How could you not play with that face??

Sadly, I'm hooking up this morning and heading out.  I've truly enjoyed my eight days here, even if it did cost me a small fortune.  I'm really going to miss Patsy, Bill, Gibbs, Tom and Deb.  There's always next year however, when I'll be a little quieter when boondocking.  I can't wait!!