It has been an exceptionally warm winter here so far, and today is no exception. It is six o'clock in the morning and 66° outside. There's a 90% chance of thunderstorms today so most of our work will be done indoors.
We are in our last week at Lake Livingston State Park. It has been enjoyable three months. Unless something unexpected comes up, we plan to return for hosting duties again in the fall. My projects here have all been completed, and I have been working in the field helping the Rangers. There haven't been many campers here, so Brenda's work in the office has been minimal, at best.
We spent last weekend down in Spring, visiting Val and Tony. Tony is having trouble with his lower back again, and his right leg will suddenly go out and he will fall. He has fallen multiple times using his walker, and has therefore moved to wheelchair whenever he needs to navigate around the house or go out. He has been going to an infusion center receiving antibiotic IV therapy. It seems he has a systemic bacteria and every time he gets a wound it becomes infected. He is going on a daily basis for a 3 to 5 hour IV infusion treatment.
Val has signed Tony up at Health South, for aqua therapy on his back. We were all hoping that this therapy will help him regain the use of his legs, so at least you can navigate using his walker.
While we were in Spring, we went out to breakfast at Forest Café with Chris and Linda. We had a nice time visiting while Tony was at the infusion center.
Unfortunately, we were unable to see Michelle and the girls before we left. Michelle is very busy with her businesses and appears that weekends are extremely busy for her. Hopefully we will be able to see more of the girls and Michelle when we're here next winter.
We pull out on Tuesday morning, and stop to get the coach inspected before leaving Texas. The inspection expired back in November, but we haven't moved the coach outside the park, so we decided to wait until we were leaving to get it inspected.
We will overnight, in our usual campground in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. We plan to arrive at Mike's house sometime early afternoon on Wednesday, and we are looking forward to productive and enjoyable summer n Memphis.
Tata for now.
Dictated using Dragon (thanks Becky & Fred)
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Happy New Year, a week late
On New Year's Day, Val, Tony, and Chris and Linda, along with Danielle visited us to celebrate New Year's Day.
Val, Tony and Danielle went up to Lufkin to visit Tony's brother Mike and his wife Judy. They spent the night, and came down late Sunday morning. Chris and Linda drove up from their home in Spring and we spent an enjoyable afternoon visiting and touring the park. The day was beautiful but cool and there was plenty of room inside the coach for the seven of us.
Wednesday, we drove down to Houston for Brenda's annual mammogram. While we were there we drove over to Timber Ridge, to visit Mike and Sally Ranger. They were planning on wintering in Bullhead City Arizona, but Sally didn't like the wind and the desert heat.
This will be the third time four years that they have wintered at Timber Ridge.
We met them at Five Guys Burgers, then went on to their motorhome.
As many of you know, we worked at Timber Ridge for a couple of years. We decided to walk around the park, and to visit with some of the people who have stayed there when we worked there. It was nice to see some of them again and we enjoyed our visit.
Mike and I took on Brenda and Sally in a game that we all love to play, Pegs and Jokers. In a relatively unusual event, Mike and I beat Sally and Brenda three at a four games. The games were all pretty close with us winning in the last few seconds in two of the games. Brenda and Sally are really good sports about this.
We have just about three weeks left here at the state park. I have four projects in the works, but I am out of materials. The park has to order materials from the contract and delivery is pretty slow. I am hoping for the arrival of materials today so I can continue.
The weather here has been cool but nice, but all that changed late yesterday afternoon. A cold front has been moving through and thunderstorms and rain have that ongoing during the night. It is supposed to rain all day today so I'm just not sure how much were going to get done today.
Since I've been out of materials have been able to work out in the field helping the guys with their small projects. I even got my first lesson on how to operate a backhoe from one of the rangers on Saturday. It was an enjoyable experience and Kevin is a patient and good teacher.
Brenda is going into Humble on Tuesday, to visit with old coworker from the telephone company. She is having lunch and then going to JoAnn's to see if she can find materials for a new quilting project.
She really enjoys her quilting as improving with every new project. Her Christmas gifts to Val and Tony were big hits.
Tata for now.
Val, Tony and Danielle went up to Lufkin to visit Tony's brother Mike and his wife Judy. They spent the night, and came down late Sunday morning. Chris and Linda drove up from their home in Spring and we spent an enjoyable afternoon visiting and touring the park. The day was beautiful but cool and there was plenty of room inside the coach for the seven of us.
Wednesday, we drove down to Houston for Brenda's annual mammogram. While we were there we drove over to Timber Ridge, to visit Mike and Sally Ranger. They were planning on wintering in Bullhead City Arizona, but Sally didn't like the wind and the desert heat.
This will be the third time four years that they have wintered at Timber Ridge.
We met them at Five Guys Burgers, then went on to their motorhome.
As many of you know, we worked at Timber Ridge for a couple of years. We decided to walk around the park, and to visit with some of the people who have stayed there when we worked there. It was nice to see some of them again and we enjoyed our visit.
Mike and I took on Brenda and Sally in a game that we all love to play, Pegs and Jokers. In a relatively unusual event, Mike and I beat Sally and Brenda three at a four games. The games were all pretty close with us winning in the last few seconds in two of the games. Brenda and Sally are really good sports about this.
We have just about three weeks left here at the state park. I have four projects in the works, but I am out of materials. The park has to order materials from the contract and delivery is pretty slow. I am hoping for the arrival of materials today so I can continue.
The weather here has been cool but nice, but all that changed late yesterday afternoon. A cold front has been moving through and thunderstorms and rain have that ongoing during the night. It is supposed to rain all day today so I'm just not sure how much were going to get done today.
Since I've been out of materials have been able to work out in the field helping the guys with their small projects. I even got my first lesson on how to operate a backhoe from one of the rangers on Saturday. It was an enjoyable experience and Kevin is a patient and good teacher.
Brenda is going into Humble on Tuesday, to visit with old coworker from the telephone company. She is having lunch and then going to JoAnn's to see if she can find materials for a new quilting project.
She really enjoys her quilting as improving with every new project. Her Christmas gifts to Val and Tony were big hits.
Tata for now.
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