Butch and I are wrapping things up with departure scheduled for Sunday morning. This morning's outdoor temp was 35 degrees and it is expected to be lower than that the next two mornings. Oh, how I hope they have miscalculated how low it will go.
This morning we got our flu shots, went to see if we could vote ( ballots aren't in yet), took care of blending our two lots in preparation for building a garage next Spring, and filled the car with gas. When we came home Butch started in winterizing the house and garage.
When we were getting our flu shots there was another couple getting theirs two and we started a conversation. They were from Jamaica Iowa, full-time RV'ed for 10 years, go south every winter (Mesa AZ) and we had a whole bunch of in common things. After we walked away Butch went back and asked their names. Gordon and Jan Van Gundy. Butch said we used to know a Jan Van Gundy. It was the same Jan! She was married to Ron Morgan when we were very, very young and we ran with them a bit. She divorced Ron and Married Gordon and they have been married for 55 years! It was great reconnecting after all these years. We hope we can reconnect again next Spring when we return. Jan was a bunch of fun in her youth and I am sure she still is and it will be great getting to know Gordon too.
Sometimes what I write has limited interest to many people. When those times happen I am usually making notes for myself so I can come back and review. For instance, it might have been better to leave earlier this fall with the weather changing so fast and severely. That has been true the past two falls.
Last years post on the very same day!!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11
Last prep day
Tomorrow we will be headed south. Butch is doing the final touches of getting the house ready. I am doing a couple of loads of laundry in the motorhome to make sure a seal hasn't dried up or some other pending problem hasn't reared its ugly head. So far so good.
One of the very oddest of coincidences is that we left last year over 5 weeks later than this year and the weather is exactly the same! In the thirties! Nothing like little reminders to tell you it is time to skedaddle for warmer temperatures.
Tonight is our last trivia time at Hyvee for 2018 and our number one guy with an encyclopedia for a brain will not be there. We are going and we will do the best we can. It should be interesting even if it is painful.
Tuesday we voted for the mid-terms, gave our internet a shut-off date, paid our second half car insurance and went to Ames for our last dermatology appointment. Mickey invited us for supper at her house and it was delicious. Her new kitchen is beautiful.
The rest of my today will be readying the inside of the motorhome for travel. That may sound easy but when you have to think about and how everything might move if jostled it becomes more of a puzzle. It is a puzzle with which I am very familiar.
Back to work!
One of the very oddest of coincidences is that we left last year over 5 weeks later than this year and the weather is exactly the same! In the thirties! Nothing like little reminders to tell you it is time to skedaddle for warmer temperatures.
Tonight is our last trivia time at Hyvee for 2018 and our number one guy with an encyclopedia for a brain will not be there. We are going and we will do the best we can. It should be interesting even if it is painful.
Tuesday we voted for the mid-terms, gave our internet a shut-off date, paid our second half car insurance and went to Ames for our last dermatology appointment. Mickey invited us for supper at her house and it was delicious. Her new kitchen is beautiful.
The rest of my today will be readying the inside of the motorhome for travel. That may sound easy but when you have to think about and how everything might move if jostled it becomes more of a puzzle. It is a puzzle with which I am very familiar.
Back to work!
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