Squirrel

Here's the picture of the squirrel that put on such a great show for us.

Warning.....

Don't leave alcohol too close to your pumpkins.

My friend D sent this picture to me on an email and I just had to share it.

Happy Hallowe'en Everyone...Stay safe!!!

Challenging Get-Away...but Nice too!!

We went out with the trailer for a few days. We had several sessions of pouring rain but lots of sunshine as well. The site we were in had terrible power so we ended up using our propane for most things. The park had wonderful Halloween activities planned. We went to see the "haunted house" they had set up in the adult lodge...they did such a great job of it. It was fun going through it, but when we got to the "spider's den" I was glad #1 daughter wasn't with us...she HATE'S spiders! The witch and mummy in the coffin were quite neat. Afterwards we ate popcorn, talked to a couple and listened to the DJ...it was cute to see all the little kids in their costumes dancing and having a good time with their parents and grand-parents!!

I was doing dishes in the trailer. Looked down and saw water droplets on the floor at the edge of the cupboards. Wiped it up, thinking I'd spilled, but they re-appeared...repeat...reappeard....OH OH!!!! Think we might have a leak OR the water pump is caput!!! We had to get out the screwdrivers, take one cupboard door off then try and figure out how to get the drawer off it's tracks and take it out...several trys later we got it out. Wiped up the water and B tightened one of the connections on the water pump....you have to be quite the contortionist to be able to get into those tight places!!! Put a wad of paper towel under the pump and left it for the night. Next day it was still a bit wet so he felt around and tried to tighten any more connections.

Went to the casino...they were giving away free money...give them $20 and they give you $25 on Mondays and on Friday and Tuesday they give you $30 for $20...works for me. Also on Monday we had a wonderful buffet at a reduced price....then I played the penny machines and ended up leaving with $55 more than I went in with. B was also up...so that was a bonus! Went back to the trailer and decided to go for a walk around the campsites. Just got back and there was a bright flash of lightening followed by a VERY LOUD BOOM. Several more flashes and booms and it started to hail...the ground was totally covered...looked like it had snowed! Is hail ever loud when you're inside a trailer!!!

When it was sunny it was beautiful being parked in the forest with the leaves and maple "helicopters" spinning to the ground, the birds flying in and out of the bushes, chipmunks scurrying about....but the squirrels put on the best show as they scrambled out onto the thinnest of branches to fill their cheeks with the little seed pods and take them back to their dens. I took some pictures so if they come out okay, I'll post them.

Nice and sunny today and we hated to come home, but we'd promised P we'd be at the bible study tonight. We checked the water pump before putting the trailer away and it's still dry...let's pray we got it fixed!!

Fish Spawning

It's so amazing to watch these fish fighting the current and swimming upstream to spawn. They fight so hard to jump over the rapids, only to get washed back down again. They rest for awhile then tackle it again and again. My son-in-law took these pictures for me but at that time no fish were jumping the rapids...that would have made for an awsome picture!!

Perfect Timing

We watched the news last night. All sorts of cold temperature records were set over the weekend...no wonder I kept thinking it was cold!!! Since we bought the new trailer we haven't had an outside thermometer. I keep trying to get one but they always seem to be out of stock...I miss not having one. This morning when we woke up it was nice and sunny. I hated the idea of hooking up and heading home but we did. Got home, unpacked the trailer and had some lunch. When we went out to put the trailer into the shop it started to rain...perfect timing!!!!

My Aunt and Uncle from out of town are over at Mom's so we went over for a quick visit. Showed Uncle F the pictures of the fish spawning in Frostt Creek then came home and got ready to go to our bible study. I'll post the fish pictures first chance I get.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone

There's so much in life to be thankful for...especially quality time spent with family and sunny days! We had our Thanksgiving dinner last night and it was wonderful...bar-b-qued ham slices, mashed potatoes, yams, brussel sprouts, and pumpkin pie with whipped cream for dessert. All eight of us managed to sit in our trailer to eat....it's so nice to be together...the only thing that would be nicer if our whole family could get together...but we'd need a MUCH bigger trailer for that to happen!!!! Oh well...Christmas is coming!!!

Glorious Weather

The weather Mt. Vernon Thousand Trails was lovely. Our good friends from Everett came and had dinner with us. We always enjoy their company! Did lots of shopping and got our "free" money from the local casino before we left.

Headed up to Cultus Lake Thousand Trails. Friday we went to see my cousin and her husband. It was her birthday yesterday so I gave her some of the cards I've been making as a birthday gift...she was sure happy with them. We just got back to the campsite and #2 daughter, son-in-law and grandkids came it with their trailer. We'll be together for Thanksgiving, so that'll be nice. Cold at nights here but nice and sunny during the day.