Thursday Happenings.

Was up at 04:30AM and had coffee with my bride, Then she was off to the truck company and then the restaurant.

First off I want to welcome our 152nd follower,Kelly who is married to Al of the Bayfield Bunch, Their blog is world famous and I have been following them since 2009, I thought Al had signed up with us before as I hear from him all the time, But welcome aboard Kelly & AL, and Donna enjoys reading about your work at the lodge and hopes someday we can all meet up.

Adam slept in until about 07:00AM it is raining and supposed to continue all day with a high of 67 degrees.

My son got a new monitor for his Dell Desktop that I gave him and a new Dell keyboard. When I went to swap the parts the monitor was missing a monitor cable so I had to make a run to Radio Shack. I have plenty of power cables here, but none of the svga cables with the small connector on each end. Got that finished and it is up and running for him. The pictures are so much better on those new lcd monitors than on the old cathode ray jobs.

Adam is stuck inside and is playing his XBOX, I don’t mind him spending time on a rainy day but when it’s nice we limit the time he spends on games and encourage him to go out and play with his buddies. Luckily the other parents around here feel the same way. Must be the country attitude. I would rather cart them swimming or somewhere else than have em in front of a TV all day.

I am going to have to make a run to someplace where they recycle old computers I have 2, 900 desktops that still work, another desktop that is shot, about (3) 19 in monitors that still work. and a bunch of old drives (CD-DVD) from the desktops. I usually smash up the hard drives and then donate the rest for parts.

Donna and I have gone to each having a laptop so all the office type stuff can go, I do have a LCD monitor and docking station for my laptop set up on my downstairs office desk, but when we hit the road that will go to my son and I will buy a new laptop to go with us.

Not much else going on, I hope the trash was picked up Wednesday is usually our day, but when Monday is a holiday they run a day late.

Hope all is well for everyone out there in blogland. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna……

Wednesday Musings.

I slept in today, Donna was off to the truck company and the restaurant.
I was up at about 06:00AM it was raining lightly but steadily most of the morning until about 11:00AM. Just a nice steady rain. first we have had in over a week. Then at Noon the sun came up and it is about 81 degrees for the high today. sure beats the last week in the 90’s. Adam had a sleepover at his buddies house behind us and got back about 11:00AM also. He said he had a good time, but that Brandon was going to Six Flags so he wouldn’t be home to play with. I told him we will get out there before long and spend a day in the park and water park. I think Adam is part Lab because you mention water and he’s all ears.
Going to wash the fiver this week they are forecasting abundant sun and a temp of 75 for Friday, that’s sounds like a perfect day for outdoor work.
The sewer pump job was finished just after supper last night so a round of showers was in store for all of us.
Rigg’s is slacking off from his guard duties and is crashed for a nap on the kitchen floor under the ceiling fan. What a life.
Now I am going to try to get Donna motivated for a short vacation trip to a nice resort type campground that we could afford sometime this summer, the sewer repairs were unexpected, and the Truck & the fiver both had $250 dollars each in repairs this month, so the budget is shot for a couple of months.
The Lake is a cheap place to stay with the kid’s, but Donna prefers a hot tub and older company when we do finally get her away for a few days. Boy, That Florida trip was a stress reliever for her and we are so grateful to the Tempesta’s for their hospitality. RV Bloggers are just super people, we have opened our home to a few of them and stopped at a few driveways ourselves and always have a great time.
By the way Donna’s Cardiologist visit went good and then she had a regular appointment with our doctor and he wants a cat scan to make sure everything is fine after her last bout of pneumonia. So it looks like one more visit and we should have a good report.
That’s about it for today, I hope everyone is having a great week out there. Be safe, Sam & Donna……

Tuesday Thoughts.

Was up at 06:00AM, didn’t sleep good last night so I didn’t get up with Donna at 04:30AM.

Before I forget sometime in the last few days I got two new Followers, number 150 is Mike Ultra Mike has a blog just click on his name to see it. Number 151 is Pat Dutson,  Pat is Donna’s Brother and my B.I.L. Welcome aboard guys and I hope you enjoy reading about the misadventures on our travels and around the Weeb Ranch as we prepare to hit the road.

After she went to work I blogged for a couple hours and then went out to work on the fiver. While I was at the Lake the parts to fix the window came in. So I got all the parts together and made sure everything was the right size, and then I started removing the patch we put on in Florida. Boy Donna did a great job of caulking it as the caulk was like cement and had to be chipped out before I could mount the new window and frame.

Then when I was all done I found out they didn’t include the two little “c” clips that lock the lever arm on the window bracket to open and close it.I measured the diameter of the shafts with a micrometer and then went to Lowes to get the clips. Luckily they had them so the installation was complete.

                                                  Before.

                             Before with Patch.

            Today after the new window was installed.

After I finished that job at 11:30AM. Adam got dropped off, his Mom is going out of town for the week so he will be staying with us for about a week. Wonder how much trouble we’ll get into. I know I can see a couple trips to the pool if stays this warm.

About 02:00PM the repair guy arrived to replace the sewer pump. This will be the third pump in less than 10 years, He  recommended we go up one size so the pump doesn’t have to work as hard, he explained that even though the lift is only 3 feet there is almost 300 feet of pipe to pump through and this adds to the work the pump does, He said the pumps we have had will lift that much easily but we are better off with a heavier duty model. Because of the distance to the sewer manifold.

Felt sorry for him as it is over 90 degrees and the clouds we had this morning when I was doing the window job are gone. It was cooler this morning. for change.

Not much else going on. Hope everyone out there is having a fine week. be safe out there. Sam & Donna……

Monday Meanderings.

 

Happy Memorial Day

Monday started out at the Lake campground, Rigg’s and I made our morning walk, and then I started to break camp and get ready for home. I  have to say you could not have asked for a better week of weather sunny every day since Tuesday , but it was hot in the upper 90’s Sat & Sun so we stayed either in the Lake or in the pool where it was cool. the water was 85 degrees just right to keep you nice and cool but not cold. you could feel the difference by Sun as the water was warming up. Poor Rigg’s is not allowed in the Lake so he had to stay in the air conditioned trailer for the afternoons, He knew it was hot and unless he was playing with his new dog friends he stuck close to the trailer.

Donna had to work except for Monday so I left the Lake about 10AM and headed for home. Rigg’s was happy to see his Mommy.

On Sunday they had a car show at the Restaurant where Donna  works, they sponsor several a year and usually draw a nice crowd, here are a few pictures she took.

In case anyone noticed I haven’t been able to comment or read many blogs since Tuesday, I had a to depend on finding an unlocked wi-fi signal as I drove around the Lake. It reminded me of those old war movies where Germans would drive around looking for a clandestine radio transmitter. Things will be back to normal now that I have my home wi-fi again, Eventually Donna and I will have to get a Mi-fi or something similar for those situations where the park doesn’t have wi-fi. But that can wait until we are full time and don’t have a home phone bill.

Today is a relax day, even Rigg’s has his spot next to my chair under the kitchen fan nailed down and has been snoozing off and on.It’s tough being a camper dog, but he loved his week and the new doggie friend he met and played with.

Hope everyone had as nice a holiday weekend as we did. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna.

Saturday Notes.

Was up ay 06:00AM and had coffee, then Rigg’s and I took a walk around the campground, it looked like we were the only ones awake,

I then went and found a wi-fi hotspot to post my Friday blog and get my mail for the day.

When I got back, I took some pictures of the campground crowd.

Had a question from a couple of my commenter's on what exactly is a “train movie”.

Since I am a Ferroequinologist or lover of trains, I have accumulated a collection of DVDs of trains either taken by myself in my travels all over the country, or by others that I have swapped with. also there are several companies that make movies of trains new and historic that they sell commercially. Most are one to two hours in length. They are great for putting you to sleep.

Waiting now for Adam to get out here and to see if Nicole will be out. I can see a day at the beach in out future.

Adam and his friends Brenden,&Dylan arrived and we went to the beach for the afternoon, it was pretty crowded compared to the last two days.

Temp got up to 97 but the water was just right, then it was back to the campground for supper.

That’s about it for today, We are enjoying our camping weekend, especially Rigg’s who is meeting all kinds of new friends. and smells.

Be safe out there, Sam & Donna…..

T.G.I.F.

Up about 06:00am and had my coffee ,then enjoyed watching the sunrise, Adam’s Mom came out last night and got him and said they would be back Saturday morning.

Rigg’s and I had a guy day together he loves his spot here at the campground and going for walks around the circle.

I made a Walmart run for a couple of things we needed.

About 05:00PM I went to the Tavern and ordered a bar pizza to take back to the fiver, that and a couple of High Lifes made my Friday night.

The campground is full and plenty of youngsters running around.

         Adam on the swim dock on Thursday.

We had a hot day in the 90’s and sunnt all day. Saturday it supposed to get up to 97. Adam & his Mom and I will grill some burgers, sausages, and hot dogs, Hopefully Nicoles Dad will bring her out so we can have a big day at th beach.

Not much else going on. Couldn’t have custom ordered a better holiday weekend.

That’s about it for now. Everyone have a great weekend.

Be safe out there, Sam & Donna.

Thursday Happenings.

Adam’s Mom dropped him off at the campground at 07:00PM last night, he immediately found a friend to ride bikes with and played at the playground until 09:30PM when I called him in for the night. I couldn’t get the TV’s to find an HD signal and they both acted like the antenna on the roof was unplugged or not working. We were in good shape as I had my train movies, and we have a stock of Adam’s movies so we both could watch something until we were asleep.

This morning Adam said he was big enough at ten to climb the ladder to the roof and he only weighs about 70 lbs, so I watched him go up and he checked the connections on the top and bottom of the Jack Antenna, he said the one that goes in the roof was loose and tightened it.

When he got back down we tried it and both the sets scanned and found the local St Louis stations. Now he can tell his Mom he helped fix Grandpa’s trailer.

This afternoon we plan on going down to the clubhouse and swimming in the Lake, the Pool doesn’t open until Saturday, The weather so far has been great supposed to reach 90 today and there is a little bit of a breeze.

                          Adam sleeping in.

                   In the Lake at last.

That’s about it for today, hope all is well in blogland while were enjoying our week at the lake. Be safe out there Sam & Donna……