Camping in the Rain

We had such beautiful sunny weather then last week after I got home from my Ladies' bible study, B had the trailer all hooked up and we headed up to Cultus Lake.  The plan was for our friends D&G to meet us their in their motorhome and the kids and grandkids to bring their trailer up on Sat and we'd spend time playing games and roasting things over the campfire, but.....it rained, and rained and poured rain!!!

Needless to say there wasn't any campfire time, but we did manage to read, work on a really challenging jigsaw puzzle, and spend some quality time together. I also got a chance to go visit my cousin and as a bonus her sister was there as well, so I got to see two of my cousins and we had a very lovely lunch together!

With all the rain I was so very thankful that we had the trailer and not a tent!!!

Boo Hoo...Disappointed

I've always been impressed that our son gives blood on a regular basis.  I wanted to, but for some reason I never got around to it.  When we moved out here I noticed they had mobile clinics so I phoned, found out when the next clinic was, downloaded and printed the form and took it to my Dr. to have it signed...apparently if you are 61 or over and never given blood, you have to have this form.  If you're over 71 and never given blood you aren't allowed to (B was celebrating...he didn't want to give blood...doesn't like needles)  Today was my appointment and I could hardly wait to get there.
 
Station 1...check
Station 2...check...my iron levels were good...yea!
Station 3...FAILED!!!...my blood pressure was too high.
She told me to relax for awhile and she re-checked...still too high
She said I could try again at the next clinic....
Got home and checked my blood pressure on my machine...I would have passed...maybe I should bring my own machine next time????....they probably won't allow that though!!!!

New Babies

B went to the Men's Breakfast at our church this morning and talked to one of the guys who invited us over to see his "new babies".   He has a 5 acre parcel of land with greenhouses on it and he grows cucumbers.  This week he got the baby cucumber plants and they've already grown a couple of inches.  The greenhouses are equipped with systems for heating, watering, fertilizer, ventilation, and air quality, some of which is controlled by a computer.  The PVC water pipe even doubles as a track for the carts they use for picking the cucumbers!  Soon he'll be getting the bugs (insects) which will prevent unwanted infestations.  We even had to walk over a bio-hazard mat before entering the greenhouses.  It's unbelievable how much goes into growing the long English cucumbers we take so for granted when we're shopping!

It was such a beautiful sunny day we also went for a walk on the trails of the local park, so it was a very pleasant day as well as very informative!!!