Shopping spree !!!

This is Carrie's place. Took Jackie on a shopping spree today. We needed storage bins to put in our cabinets to keep things from sliding and tipping over. So we went to the local dollar store and spent just over $8.00. Gave Jackie the option of picking out any 2 or 3 items she wanted, since I had not got her anything for her last birthday. I am still trying to remove the plunger. We are in the process of purchasing a timeshare campground membership. It is located in Arkansas near Texarkana Tx. This membership will allow us to access Coast to Coast and RPI which is a program that allows us to stay at hundreds of rv parks for $10 per night. Rv parks usually charge $25-35 per nite so this saves anywhere from $15-25 per nite. The park we are joining is Millwood Landing Golf and Rv Resort. We can stay there free for 2 weeks then out for 1 week and return again for 2 weeks free if we chose and do this as much as we chose. Membership parks like this one can cost many thousands of dollars to join but there are

people selling them at discounted prices. Jackie was looking on the internet and found this membership. The price the people are asking of the membership is only $10. We called the park and were asking about some upgrades and they said we should consider buying a membership from them, until they asked how much this one was going to cost. No more sales pitch. Should have the purchase done next week.

No News is No News

Not much new happening here. We went to the Moose Lodge with Carrie and Brian and his family to dinner Tuesday nite. They have a menu with alot of options and a special on Tuesdays. A couple of drinks and chicken fried steak and I was a happy camper. Yesterday Jackie and I went to Sacramento (about 60 miles south of here) and I helped a friend put up 8 sheets of T-111 siding on a garage. Had 3 windows to cut around so it took a while. Then we had to trim it out. A little sore today but thru the wonders of chemistry I will get better. Jackie has a bone density test this afternoon, just a base line test for future. Big day for us Doctor visit, walmart trip and get a few groceries at Raleys. Melissa and our great granddaughter are coming here from South Carolina next Tuesday and will be staying thru Christmas, so today we have to get baby toys. We keep checking the weather in Las Vegas, Yuma, Rockport tx, and Crestview Fl. All of them have weather that do not require LONG pants...........................

Our offical Moose Lodge

I always have said using an old saying, " I would never belong to an organization that would have me as a member". But yesterday I filled out an application to join the Moose and should be an offical Moose next week. The Moose Lodge are similar to the Elks which I am also looking to join. Carrie has several family members and friends who belong to this lodge. We have been in there several times for dinner and drinks. The reason we joined is there are a lot of lodges that have rv parking and just a donation of $5-10 to park. When living on the road 365 days per year, cheap places to park are important to find. I know us staying at friends and family will grow old fast.

The Iceman Cometh

Well, this posting gives a slight look into our life. There is a small rural market about 1/2 mile from where we are staying. The store is not any bigger than the average garage. Our trailer has a freezer compartment but is not very large so we buy bags of ice instead of using ice trays. Jackie has become the fetcher of ice and going to this small market they have gotten to know her. The other day she went in to buy some ice and the lady working there said "Oh, there is the ice lady, what do you do with all of this ice". Sheepishly Jackie replied "Cocktails".

Trunk or treat

We went to Kayla's High School last night for trunk or treat. The students, about 50 cars, decorate the trunks of their cars and give out candy to the little kids. The seniors earn community service credit but they would do it anyway. They had as much fun as the little ones. Kayla is standing on the left of the trunk, there is a real person in the trunk and on the ground. They are suppose to be a mob hit. Clints two little girls came and had a lot of fun. Of course this takes place durning my cocktail hour, guess I can go on the wagon for a few hours.

No Golf or BBQ

As a lot of you know our plan was to go to where there was great BBQ and Golf. Since we have to remain here for a few more weeks and the weather is rainy thus no golf, we went in search of BBQ. We knew of 3 places to try, the first had meat smoking and smelt so good but was not opened. The second place we found said Kansas style BBQ, we parked and found it was closed for the season. The third place named Porky's. With a name like that we thought alas we have come to rib paradise. Smell was great, the decor was nice, the waitress was friendly. We ordered ribs and sweet tea and sat with napkins tucked in our shirt collars waiting for some BBQ. No golf but good ribs makes up for some disappointments. The ribs came, 3 bones, potato salad and 2 slices of white bread. The potato salad was not as good as a store bought brand, the bread was a little stale and the ribs were covered with a large amount of cold BBQ sauce, the ribs were just barely warm and not very good. Jackie didn't even finish her ribs, which under normal conditions I would have gobbled them up. We left thinking we still had not had BBQ or golf. As we drove by Porky's on our way home I threw an old golf ball a them. A little golf goes a long way in making my day. Will begin our search again for a good BBQ joint

We have been spending alot of time with the grandkids the past week or so. Kayla our 2nd oldest made the finals in tennis. Won doubles in division 2 and went on to win doubles in sections. Now she moves on to North Calif state. This weekend we are making a day trip to Clearlake Ca to visit some friends ( Jack and Susan). I had to break a plan of mine to never wear long pants again. We have to stay here until the middle of November for my Catract surgery. Rain and wind and shorts don't go together. Had planned on heading south by now. Ventura or Vegas not being in wet northern California. Today we are going to window shop in downtown Yuba City. They have redone an old section of town and put in many new shops and restaurants.