HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESTER

Happy Birthday to our nephew Lester.  He is 18 years old today.  John and I drove over to Shannon’s for Lester’s birthday breakfast.  Sandie fixed a delicious scrambled egg dish with a side of maple sausage and John made sausage gravy to go with the biscuits. 

 

This is Lester our nephew.

After breakfast Lester opened his gifts.

 

Lester with Grandma Sandie.

Lester with his sister Savannah.

Shannon and daughter Savannah.

John with niece Shannon.

Savannah with Grandma Sandie.

Savannah with one of the large cats.  I think this one is Wilbur. 

After running a few errands we all met back at Shannon’s and played a couple rounds of 10 Penny.  Before we knew it dinner time was upon us.  To celebrate Lester’s birthday, we all ate at Texas Roadhouse.  The food great and the conversations very entertaining. 

Ok now that we were all full and happy we all sat down to play more 10 Penny.   The record highest losing score for 10 Penny was held by me at 725 points for a long time, then by Nicole (Shannon’s sister) at 740. Tonight Shannon passed us by with a 775…..she was so proud I just had to get a picture. LOL

I guess you could say we are easily entertained.  We really enjoy each our visits together.

Laugh everyday.  Happy trails.  Stay safe.

Laughter, 10 Penny and More Laughter

Up early to the sounds of rain, rain and more rain. The good thing is it keeps the temperatures down in the 70’s.

After breakfast we headed over to our niece, Shannon’s house. When we arrived they were just finishing a round of 10 Penny so we were just in time to join in for a new game. Now if you want to laugh until you hurt this is the place to be. The game in itself causes the conversation to become humorous but when you add all of our personalities together it is just too funny.

John’s brother Harold demonstrating what the effects of a bad facelift would look like.

Shannon’s daughter, Savannah, and Shannon and John contemplating Savannah’s next play.

Sandie is all smiles because she knows she has enough wild cards to go out which will not make some people happy. LOL

Shannon’s son Lester who will be 18 tomorrow. He also likes playing 10 Penny and has gotten very good at it.

Harold is laughing so hard he just had to take a break.

More laughter.

Savannah and Shannon.

Sandie with granddaughter Savannah.

We took three breaks from 10 Penny today the first one was for lunch and the second to run errands and the last was to eat delicious burgers grilled by Harold at Shannon’s.

Tomorrow will be Lester’s 18th birthday and Sandie is planning a breakfast in the morning. We will head over to Shannon’s for 9:00. I am sure we will make time for a game or two of 10 Penny some time tomorrow. I know whatever we do we will be laughing.

Laugh everyday. Happy trails. Stay safe.

Visiting with Shannon and Family.

Today is a travel day.  Got up early and started getting things road ready.  We are traveling on to Milton, West Virginia and will be visiting with our niece, Shannon and her family.

We arrived at Jim’s Campground and Car Wash in Milton, West Virginia around 2:00 p.m. and got settled in.  That’s right it is also a car wash.  Actually the car wash is at the top of the hill and the campground on the bottom. The campground is rather small but it has 50 AMP, concrete pads and free WiFi!!!  Yeah!!! My kind of place.  The scenery isn’t much but we are going to be visiting family so that doesn’t matter. We have not seen anyone to pay yet. I am sure they will surface soon. LOL

Later in the afternoon we drove to Wal-mart to pickup my prescriptions that I could not get at the previous Wal-mart.   As usual when I went to pick them up they filled it with generic AGAIN!  So I had to wait again while they changed it.  It seems the other Wal-mart failed to inform them that it had to be the real thing and not generic when they transferred it.   I don’t know how many times it takes to get it right.  John just shakes his head at me because he knows this is my pet peeve.  I did finally get the right prescriptions. Yeah!!!  Ok, now I will get off the soap box. LOL

After the Wal-mart fiasco we drove over to our niece, Shannon’s house.  John’s older brother Harold and wife Sandie had arrived the previous day.  We all went out to dinner at Giovanni’s for the Italian buffet.  The food was very good.  Upon returning to Shannon’s we played a round of 10 Penny.  Harold was the winner of the round.  Since John’s back was bothering him from the drive we left early so he could take some meds and  relax. 

Laugh everyday.  Happy trials.  Stay safe.

Turkey Meatloaf & Lemon Garlic Pork Tenderloin

Up at 8:00 and John made another yummy batch of blueberry pancakes. Can you believe we did not leave the park today?

We had a pound and a half of ground turkey and a pork tenderloin in the refrigerator and since I like to cook things ahead when possible…. today was cooking day. I roasted the lemon garlic pork tenderloin and made a turkey meatloaf. I will freeze half of each for those days when I don’t feel like cooking. LOL

Turkey meatloaf with leftover green beans & taters & onions for lunch.

Roasted lemon garlic pork tenderloin with brussel sprouts, steamed carrots & parmesan pasta for dinner.

The weather was so nice this afternoon that John sat outside and read for awhile…..that’s right I said read. Anyone who knows John knows he does not read much. He has been reading the book, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” given to him by a fellow RV Dreamer. Thanks Charles.

After dinner John was in the kitchen cleaning up and guess who showed up……Sockey the Sock Monkey…. not to help but to supervise. LOL

Tomorrow is moving day. We will venture on to Milton, West Virginia to visit with John’s niece Shannon and surprise his nephew for his 18th birthday.

Laugh everyday. Happy trails. Stay safe.

A Day at the Races.

Got up late today…….almost 10:00 a.m. Are we becoming lazy? LOL Since we were so late getting up we decided to have cereal for breakfast so we could head off to Kil-Kare Race track in Xenia, OH.

There were lots of cool cars. John had two 69 Camaros when we were dating so I like to see them race.

Just about the time time trials started a family of raccoons ran out from under this white sign between the lanes. I tried to get a picture of the raccoons but they were moving too fast. Guess they were scared with all that noise.

Here are some of the cool cars we saw.

There were also dragsters and rail cars. They had children junior dragsters racing all the way from age eight to 18. Right before we left, in the adult division, a dragster wrecked but was not hurt. My favorite cars to watch are the old muscle cars. There is nothing like the sound and look of a muscle car.

Laugh everyday. Happy trails. Stay safe.

Rainy Day with cooler temperatures.

It has been raining on and off all day today. The good thing is the temperatures have been in the low to mid 70’s. We are liking that. Most of the morning was spent indoors due to the rain. Fred and Sock Monkey were lazy and held down the couch. LOL

After lunch John and I ventured out to Wal-Mart to get our monthly prescriptions filled. Not my favorite chore as me and the Wal-Mart pharmacy usually do not get along. LOL We dropped them off and will pick them up later tonight. While in Wal-Mart John was in search of a certain type of container for his homemade detergent but did not find it. So…….off to the dollar store we went then on to K-Mart where he found a container. Yeah!!!

Powdered Laundry Detergent

1 cup grated Fels Naptha Soap

1/2 cup washing soda

1/2 cup 20 mule team borax

Mix and store in airtight container or bag. For light or small loads, use 1 tablespoon. For normal loads, use 2 tablespoons. For heavy loads, use 3 tablespoons. Cost per load .015.

To make a large batch - grate 6 bars of Fels Naptha Soap and then add 3 cups of Washing Soda and 3 cups of 20 Mule Team Borax. Mix well and store in covered container.

Our next stop was the farmers market where we purchased fresh corn on the cob, green beans, potatoes and cantaloupe.

By the time we got back to the camper it was time to cook dinner. Tonight we had corn on the cob, taters and onions, green beans and marinated baked chicken breasts. The corn was very sweet. It is the best we have had on the road so far.

Later on Fred and I walked to the front of the campground so I could get a picture of the homemade Ohio sign across the street. I thought it was a unique conversation piece.

Now that’s a way to recycle old tires. I think the middle part is made of wood. At least the colors are patriotic.

Laugh everyday. Happy trails. Stay safe.

On to South Charleston, Ohio

Up early at 6:30 a.m. with Fred and caught a cool looking sunrise.

 

After Fred’s morning walk we returned to the camper and went back to sleep.  6:30 is just too dang early for me these days. LOL

I think we finally got up around 8:00 and started getting things ready to roll.  We are only moving 97 miles to the next park today. 

We arrived at  Beaver Valley Resort before lunch and got everything set up.  50 AMP Yeah!!!!!  That’s what I’m talking about. LOL

Across the driveway from our camp site there are some fake deer.  Fred does not like them.  The minute he saw them the hair stood up on his back and he started barking.  I walked over to the deer so Fred could sniff them but he still did not like it.

After making the grocery list we were off on a Wal-Mart run.  By the time we returned it was time to start dinner.

Tonight we had roasted chicken, steamed carrots, left over garden green beans, pasta and low fat croissants.

 

Right now it is 7:59 p.m and raining.  This is the first real hard rain we have been in since we left Mississippi in May.  The high temperatures for tomorrow will be the mid 70’s.  That will be nice.

Since it is raining and we can’t sit around outside or take a walk we are chilling out in the camper. 

Sockey the Sock Monkey is keeping John company while he surfs the internet and reads blogs.  Just look a the intense concentration. LOL 

Laugh everyday.  Happy trails.  Stay safe.

Camper Ready….On the road again.

Woke up at 7:45 a.m. at the Village View to go down to breakfast at 8:30. Before heading downstairs John called to see if the camper was ready for pickup. Yeah……it was ready.

The owner cooked a fabulous omelet. John called it a kitchen sink omelet because it contained peppers, mushrooms, cheese, broccoli, onion, tomato, ham and sausage. She also served fresh fruit bowls of blueberries, strawberries, mandarin oranges and grapes along with toasted wheat bagels with blueberry cream cheese. Very very good.

Once breakfast was finished our first stop was to pick up Fred. When we arrived the lady told us Fred would not eat or go potty. This is not like Fred. He usually gobbles up food like it is his last meal. I think he was traumatized. Poor doggy. Now he is laying around like he is tired from an ordeal.

Of course this picture was taken after he gobbled up his dinner. LOL

Even the sock monkey had a fit. He just couldn’t bear to look at us. LOL

We picked up the camper at Indiana Interstate Enterprises. These people are top notch. Can’t say enough good things about them. Great, efficient customer service. We will definitely use them again.

Since we did not have a particular destination for today we stopped in St. Marys, Ohio. The first campground we pulled into was a State Park. As we drove around looking for a site John noticed that it was electric only and the area we were told to go to had picnic tables across each site pad and was closed so……back out we went. Our second stop was at a small campground called Easy Campground. Don’t know how it got it’s name. This park has water, sewer and 50 AMP. Yeah!!!! We are staying here for the night. Tomorrow we will venture on to South Charleston, Ohio.

Laugh everyday. Happy trails. Stay safe.