On Sunday, the ladies "next door" who own or rent their sites from owners had a wine and cheese party for us ladies. We picked up Sandy and Betty and Eileen drove us over. It is only a short walk but too much for Sandy. Once again I am reminded of how fortunate I am to be in good health and able to get around easily.
We met nice folks and may try to rent there next year. I ran into Donna from Thunder Bay who switched parks this year. Her husband worked for the same company as Ted did. Ted used to travel to Thunder Bay, Ontario frequently. We laughed about how many Donnas were here last year.
They showed the movie Gravity in our clubhouse that evening and it was not very good in my opinion. The story line was thinly developed and the outcome preposterous. So this movie and the one we walked out on, The Wolf of Wall Sreet, are both up for Oscars! I am trying to figure out if I am old, a prude, stupid or simply out of touch. I will settle for "hard to please."
We had a potluck in the clubhouse and I made a chuck roast using a Facebook recipe. Since they did everything but lick the dish, I think I will use it again. I love crockpot cooking! A clubhouse full of hungry folks at a potluck is akin to a hoard of locusts when it comes to eating. Not much left over.
Trudy and Don encouraged us to visit Quinta Mazatlan, a historical Adobe mansion and nature and birding center located in McAllen, Texas. During fall and spring the grounds are alive with migrating birds but at this time of the year we had to settle for several chachalacas and a couple Great Kiskadees. We found the house itself very interesting and beautiful. We need to stay long enough one year to see the migrating birds.
We had the rig washed and waxed this week. It gave us a chance to stay put and get caught up on groceries and laundry. Eileen has a washer and dryer but I opted not to have one. I would rather go to the laundry and get it all done at once. Also, you have to be on a sewer to use one or you would fill your gray water tank very quickly. Many times we are not on a sewer and use the dump on the way out. Also, I use the closet that a washer/dryer would go in for storing big items.
We have an insurance policy that will fly us home by air ambulance if need be, bring home remains, drive your rig home, fly someone to you, etc. called SkyMed. It gives us great peace of mind and we know people who have called on them in an emergency. The proof is in the use and everyone says it was a godsend. We were invited to their luncheon in Weslaco and were able to take Tom and Eileen as guests. There was no sales pitch, just a talk by the president on the company and an enjoyable meal. I thought they would offer to sell us an extension of our existing policy but not a word was said. It was a nice afternoon. The interesting statistic for me was that 40% of their evacuations are to get people back to where their Medicare Advantage plans work. It is the reason we have a Medicare Supplement instead.
Our friends Dave and Karen who moved across town to a different park had a get together on Friday. They gathered all of us who are now scattered across the valley at a two room house available to them in their new park. It was good to catch up with old friends and introduce Tom and Eileen to them. We are invited this summer to a 70th birthday party for Dave while we are in Michigan. Thank goodness for my calendar. It is marked up through October.
We saw The Redhead Express perform at our clubhouse that night. There are four young ladies and their three younger brothers that we have watched grow up these last few years. They are terrific and have been picked up by a Nashville promoter so this will be their last year performing here in the valley. We have an opportunity to see them at the Plant City Strawberry Festival in Florida and the Wapakaneta Fair in Ohio if we plan our days right. We wish them all well and hope we can say "we knew them when." We ended up on the park's Facebook page!
Yesterday I got my hair cut and we went to church followed by dinner at the Riverside Club. It was German night and the Oom Pah Band was playing. It is such a delight to see elderly folks out dancing. Most of them are very good. It always reminds me of Cincinnati German wedding receptions I attended as a kid. Such fun!
We came home for card bingo and Ted won the big pot of $77! Not a bad way to end this week. We are leaving here in less than two weeks now. The wedding is just five weeks away.
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
~ Louisa May Alcott
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