The eggs are ready!

When I’m getting ready to head down the road, I boil up some eggs.  That’s one of the things I did today.  There’s nothing like a hard boiled egg sandwich for lunch in some rest area.  I seem to recall that AL of the Bayfield Bunch also eats a lot of hard boiled eggs when he travels.  I think maybe he goes a little overboard with having them everyday, but sometimes you just can’t get too much of a good thing.  :)

Since I’m working the VIS this weekend, I’ve started my pack up duties today.  The laundry is done, and most everything outside has been packed away except Emma’s tie out.  Fellow volunteer, Bob, took all the extend a stay propane tanks into town today to be filled, so that saved me a trip.  I called my mail service to change addresses, and did the changing the sheets battle with the bed.  I’ll wait until late Sunday afternoon to give the rig one last vacuuming, pack up the DISH satellite, dump the tanks, and hook up the toad.  I sure hope the forecasted rain for Sunday doesn’t materialize.

I’ve decided to replace the Norcold refrigerator in the rig with a household model at my first stop in Louisiana.  That being said, I’ve been on a mission the last two weeks to limit my grocery shopping, and use up as much food as possible that is in the frig.  Of course, that involved defrosting the freezer, and doing a purge.  I stood on my stool and found some things in the recesses of the freezer that were destined for the garbage can.  It’s amazing how much stuff gets forgotten about up in the freezer.  The door is above my head, so I have a tendency to just stand on my toes and grab what is within reach.  :)   Hmmm…I’m thinking maybe a frig with the freezer on the bottom would be a good idea for me?

I think I’m moving on just in the knick of time.  For several weeks, helicopters have been hovering above nearby fields, and crews have been erecting four foot spikes with some kind of sensors attached.  I wasn’t sure what that was all about.  Then, two days ago the seismic booms began.  Remember the sonic booms of the 70’s that would rattle the windows of your house?  Well these seismic booms rattle the earth you are standing on like mini earthquakes!  There’s also a loud boom.  Some have rattled the motorhome.  It’s kind of irritating to say the least.  I guess they’re looking for oil or something.  Who knows how long this will go on, so it’s just another reason that I’m happy to be hitting the road again.

I’m getting excited about going somewhere new.  My first time at a refuge is always filled with lots of learning and “seeing” things anew.  So now, I “have eggs…will travel!”  :)

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy