Meanderings

                  All photos tonight are from yesterday’s return trip to the LaSalle Fish and Wildlife Area.

Since RICK helped me get all my pictures restored to Picasa, I’m going to attempt to write the post I had planned for last night.

On Monday evening, Robyn and Dennis took me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday.  We went to Gino’s Restaurant in Dyer, IN, for steak and lobster.  Last Friday was my birthday, but I was busy traveling back from South Dakota, so the dinner was postponed.  What a treat it was for me to have a fantastic dinner out with someone other than myself. (and also someone else paying the bill   )  The establishment even provided a dish of peppermint ice cream with a candle in it to top off the evening.

I got an email the other day from my friend Jack asking how the repairs were going on the rig.  That prompted me to give the Brown and Brown RV Center a call.  It seems the new awning has arrived, but Winnebago has yet to send the new basement storage door.  It is projected to be delivered this week.  It has been almost two months since the order went in.  Once it arrives, I’ll drive the rig over, they’ll take off the ruined door, and then have the new door painted to match.  Looks like I’ll be staying overnight at the repair place while that gets done.  Maybe next week?

I sent out an email to my two brothers a week or so ago inviting them, their wives, and any other family members to come out to Pioneer Village for a cookout at my site sometime in August.  They both live in the Chicagoland area.  I figured if I didn’t take the initiative to get together, it wouldn’t happen.  Happily, they’ve both expressed interest, so now it’s a matter of picking a date.  My older brother, Carl, volunteers at the big air show in Oshkosh, WI, every year so I’ll wait until next week to firm that up.

I, of course, also invited my sister, but I’m not expecting that she will attend.  She and they have not been on good terms for a number of years, so I’ll leave that up to her.

                                  There was a massive bloom of water lilies on the lake for this visit.

Now my mind is busily going over my route plans for leaving here after Labor Day.  I need to do my Mayo Clinic appointments, and zip back to Sioux Falls with the required documents before making my way back down to Anahuac NWR along the Texas Gulf Coast.  I also need to schedule in a stop in Louisiana to have some ordinary maintenance done on the rig along the way.  With the cost of gas, I’m considering leaving the rig here and doing that trip by car again.  I think I can get everything done in about three or four days.  Indiana is a lot closer to Louisiana than Sioux Falls is.

To my slight agitation and annoyance, the electricity has gone out for several minutes three times now in the last half hour.   I thought we were over this problem.  Nuts!!

Thanks for stopping by… talk to you later,  Judy