HAVEN’T EVEN LEFT YET AND ALREADY PHEEBS AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING HOME AND RESUMING OUR MORNING JEEP RIDES

SATURDAY NIGHT’S BACK YARD CAMPFIRE’

Skipped our Jeep ride this morning.  Only the metal trim and shingles left to put on our wooden shed and with Mike’s helper not being here I figured I had better stick around to give him a hand in case he came early.  At least I can hand shingles up to him if need be.  In the meantime I busied myself with cleaning the black streaks off the Motorhome.  Every time it rains the black rubber molding around windows, door, and the windshield leaches black streaks down the front and sides of the coach. #!!%**%#  And that’s every time it rains!!!!!!!!!!  All the glass and fiberglass has to be cleaned with a special black streak remover.  Water and Windex won’t do it.  What a waste of a valuable hour this morning. We can land people on the Moon yet we can’t develop a simple rubber compound to stop that black streak problem on RV’s??!!!!!

TOOK ME AN HOUR TO GET ALL THE BLACK STREAKS OFF THE GLASS AND FIBERGLASS SIDES AND FRONT

Despite a cloudy morning temps came up a bit to around 65F and with afternoon sunshine we had ourselves a really nice early September day.  For me it was about as close as one can get to what I consider to be a perfect weather day.  In my opinion we are right now entering the greatest and best season of the year.  Autumn:))))))))))

SUNDAY BRUNCH A FEW DAYS AGO

ALRIGHT SO WHICH ONE OF YOU WEISENHEIMERS KNOCKED THE SHED DOOR OFF IT’S HINGES

‘WELL DON’T LOOK AT US’

Had me one of my daily dumb cluck happenings today.  Had been using paper towels for cleaning and had started on the rig’s windows.  Kelly calls me in for a coffee.  No sign of Mike yet so after a coffee I drive over to my hometown Buddy’s place to see if he needed any help put up some roof trusses on his new garage.  Gary just moved into our Park a few months ago.  He had lots of help so I came home again and resumed my Motorhome window cleaning.  Got myself into a big snit because I could not find the paper towels or remember where I had left them.  I have a bad habit of getting on myself pretty hard when I can’t remember stuff and my brain in turn won’t help by telling me where things are.  With a handful of ‘used’ paper towels I decided to climb up on the rig’s roof and clean the solar panels, which I did.  Glancing over the end of the Motorhome where the Jeep was parked I spotted the roll of paper towels…..right where I had left them of course and right on top of the Jeep’s rear spare tire.   I had driven with that whole roll of paper towels on the spare tire over to Gary’s and back.  Good thing I hadn’t headed out onto the main road or I would have left a white ribbon stream of paper down the road behind me.  Ya-ya I know…..don’t sweat the small stuff!!

WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS GARY’S GARAGE IS TAKING SHAPE

CLEANING OUR 4 SOLAR PANELS AND SUNROOF

YEP THERE’S THE ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS RIGHT WHERE I LEFT THEM

Both Kelly and I busied ourselves around the rig today.  Kelly cleaned the inside while I kept at it on the outside.  More stuff carried out…..and Pheebs knows something is up.   The time crunch is fast approaching.

KELLY WORKS AWAY AT PROGRAMNING OUR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM…..THE LAST THING I EVER PROGRAMMED WAS MY ANALOG WATCH

PHEEBS LIKES THE COOL CONCRETE FLOOR OF THE CARPORT AND KELLY ALWAYS HAS LOTS OF HELP IN THE KITCHEN

Mike rolled in about 12:30 and resumed work on the shed roof.  I stayed in the area and told him to give me a shout if he needed me.  Mike never did give me a shout, he just quietly and efficiently worked away on his own.  Maybe he figured I’d be more of a hindrance than a help.  Ya know, he might have a point there.  I’m a doer not a helper unless I don’t know how to do something then I’m more helpless than a helper.  Help:((

‘PRETTY CRAPPY HAIRCUT YA GOT THERE AMOS’

‘DON’T YOU BE CALLING MY HAIRCUT CRAPPY AND DON’T YOU BE CALLING ME AMOS’!!!!

‘SHEEESH WHAT’S HIS PROBLEM’

‘AND I DON’T GOT A PROBLEM’!!

‘AND BESIDES….WHO ARE YOU TO BE TELLING ME I GOT A CRAPPY HAIRCUT YA BLUE BELTED BUZZARD BEAK!’!'

‘DID THAT BIRD BRAIN JUST CALL ME A BLUE BELTED BUZZARD BEAK!!’

‘OKAY THAT’S IT I’M  HOPPING MAD NOW’

‘OH WHOOP-DE-DOO YA DON’T SCARE ME TWINKLTOES’

‘TWINKLE TOES EH…..NOW I’M REALLY MAD’!!!!!

‘JEEEEZZZZ YOU GUYS JUST SETTLE DOWN BEFORE SOMEBODY BLOWS A TAIL FEATHER

‘DID SOME LAME DUCK SPARROW HEAD JUST TELL ME TO SETTLE DOWN’!!

Pheebs and I did get out for an afternoon walk around the Pine Tree trail.  So nice in the forest this time of year except the Mosquitos were unexpectantly bad.  Damn miserable things.  Whoever invented Mosquitos anyway!!!!

ON THE TRAIL

I ALWAYS STOP  FOR A FEW MINUTES  TO HAVE A CHAT WITH  MY FAVORITE FOREST TREE AND PHEEBS LAYS DOWN NEARBY TO PATIENTLY WAIT FOR US TO FINISH OUR LITTLE INTROSPECIVE TALK

WORK NOISILY CONTINUES ON ONE OF OUR PARK’S NEW HOME SITES JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND DOWN THE ROAD FROM US

Looks like only 3 morning Jeep rides left for Pheebs and I until we get back from our trip out East.  As strange as this may sound I am already looking forward to getting home in a couple months so we can again resume our early a.m. country road travels.  As routine as they are I still look forward to our Jeep rides each day. And we haven’t even left home yet………….

GROANER’S CORNER:((  A guy goes into Wal-Mart to buy a rod and reel. He doesn't know which one to get, so he just grabs one and goes over to the register. There is a Wal-Mart associate standing there with dark shades on.  He says, "Excuse me Sir, can you tell me anything about this rod and reel?  "He says, "Sir, I'm blind, but if you will drop it on the counter I can tell you everything you need to know about it from the sound that it makes." The guy didn't believe him but dropped it on the counter anyway.  He said, "That’s a 6' graphite rod with a Zebco 202 reel and 10 lb. test line, it's a good all around rod and reel, and it's $20.00. "The guy says, "It is amazing that you can tell all that just by the sound of it dropping on the counter. I think it's what I'm looking for so I'll take it.  "He walks behind the counter to the register, and in the meantime the guy passes some rather noisy wind.  At first he is embarrassed but then realizes that there is no way he could tell it was him. Being blind, the salesman wouldn't know that he was the only other person around.  Back at the register the clerk rings up the sale and says, "That will be $25.50.  "The guy says, "But didn't you say it was $20.00?"  He says, "Yes sir, the rod and reel is $20.00, the duck call is $3.00, and the catfish stink bait is $2.50."

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A real estate agent was showing a woman through a beautiful room at the top of a large hotel. "Now in this wing we have the master bedroom, bath and den."The woman interrupted suspiciously, "And den what?"

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WE TOO ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON HURRICANE FLORENCE

A LONE FREIGHTER PLYS CALM LAKE HURON WATERS HEADING NORTH

Hurricanes generally sweep north after striking America's East coast and rain themselves out in the Canadian Maritime Provinces.  Chances are good the hurricane will have blown itself out long before we get there and we'll have sunny skies for our travels.  Noticed temperatures this morning in Campbelton New Brunswick was 35F.  Guess we had better pack an extra set of woollies if we decide to head up around that way.

ON OUR WAY OUT OF THE PARK THIS MORNING WE PASSED LITTLE MOLLY POPPINS ON HER WAY TO THE MAIL ROOM TO SCOOP ALL THE A&W COUPONS OUT OF THE RECYCLING BIN

Light showers in the night with a rainy drizzle for most of our day. Armed with the latest A&W coupons (compliments of Molly Poppins of course) Pheebs and I took advantage of a Bacon & Egger sandwich, hash brown, and coffee shortly after rolling into Goderich. Cruised down around the harbor and beach areas before exiting Goderich through half a dozen streets on the lake side of town and steering a course for home.  Rained all the way.

NOBODY AT THE DOGGY WALKING AREA SO PHEEBS AND I GOT US SOME BEACHCOMBER TIME IN

NOTICE THE NICE CLEAR LAKE HURON WATER

HARD TO TELL WHERE WATER MEETS SKY

LAKE LEVEL SEEMS TO BE DOWN A FEW INCHES

IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THIS PHOTO YOU CAN JUST BARELY MAKE OUT THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF A LARGE FREIGHTER PASSING BY…..TIP: GO TO THE END OF THE ROCKS AND LOOK UP

IT WAS A DRIZZLY MORNING WALK ALONG THE LAKE FOR A FEW FOLKS

It was a good day for taking care of things inside so that is basically what we did.  Lots of little things to fuss around with before we leave.  Panic has not set in yet and is probably not likely to.  For seasoned Snow Birds like ourselves who have done this over and over these past dozen + years it's kind of old hat for us plus the novelty of traveling has worn off a bit.  But from experience I also know this...…..as soon as we get the big wheels rolling Sunday morning our adventuress spirit will once again revive itself and come alive.  Always happens that way and especially for me.

GODERICH LIGHTHOUSE

THAT IS THE BEACON LIGHT YOU SEE

I’M GUESSING THE CAR ABOVE IS A STUDABAKER AND BELOW IS A MINI-MINOR STILL NEEDING A BED PAN

HEY WHAT THE HECK IS AWESOME TRAVELS GEORGE UP TO THAT HE HASN’T TOLD US ABOUT:))

Well, do I put all the summer lawn stuff away now or wait until we return later sometime in November.  Think I might split on that with maybe putting half of it away.  I don’t anticipate any hard core freezing before we return either so plan to leave the outside water on and our pond pump going.  I’ve noticed already with much cooler temperatures my 3 pond fish have already slowed down.  Only half a dozen frogs this year so I put some sand and mud in the pond for them to burrow into.  Plan to leave the pond pump going all winter to bubble and oxygenate the water for the 3 Amigo fish.

‘SOMETIMES MY DAD LETS ME WEAR HIS HAT’

‘AND I THINK I LOOK PRETTY COOL’

‘HERE'S MY BEST SIDE’

GROANER'S CORNER:((  If Yoko Ono would have married Sonny Bono, she would have been Yoko Ono Bono.

If Dolly Parton married Salvador Dali, she'd be Dolly Dali.

If Bo Derek married Don Ho, she'd be Bo Ho.

If Ella Fitzgerald married Darth Vader, she'd be Ella Vader.

If Oprah Winfrey married Depak Chopra, she'd be Oprah Chopra.

If Cat Stevens married Snoop Doggy Dogg, he'd be Cat Doggy Dogg.

If Olivia Newton-John married Wayne Newton, then divorced him to marry Elton John, she'd be Olivia Newton-John Newton John.

If Sondra Locke married Elliott Ness, then divorced him to marry Herman Munster, she'd become Sondra Locke Ness Munster.

If Bea Arthur married Sting, she'd be Bea Sting.

If Liv Ullman married Judge Lance Ito, then divorced him and married Jerry Mathers, she'd be Liv Ito Beaver.

If Snoop Doggy Dogg married Winnie the Pooh, he'd be Snoop Doggy Dogg Pooh.

If G. Gordon Liddy married Boutros-Boutros Ghali, then divorced himto marry Kenny G., he'd be G. Ghali G.

If Jack married Andy Capp, then married Jack Paar, then moved on to Stephen King, he'd be Jack Handy Capp Paar King.

If Woody Allen married Natalie Wood, divorced her and married Gregory Peck, divorced him and married Ben Hur, he'd be Woody Wood Peck Hur.

If Ivana Trump married, in succession, Orson Bean (actor), KingOscar (of Norway), Louis B. Mayer (of MGM), and Norbert Wiener (mathematician), she would then be Ivana Bean Oscar Mayer Wiener.

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WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO WE’RE GETTING THERE…….

Pheebs and I were up and out the door earlier than usual this morning.  Under cloudy skies and stiff northeast winds we had to crack us on a load of heat.  That worked out just fine as it balanced out Pheebs window being down.  Headed south out of Bayfield to Pavilion Road and turned right towards Lake Huron.  Parked the Jeep and headed down an old set of wooden steps to the beach for a walk.  

 

LAST TIME HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE SAW DRIFTWOOD BUT IT’S ALL CLEANED UP NOW PRETTY MUCH

A VERY PEBBLY BEACH AND YOU CAN SEE HOW WHEN THE WAVES ARE HIGH THEY TUG AWAY AT THE SANDY HILLSIDE

From the end of Pavilion Road we wandered our way along gravely roads to Exeter Ontario.  I had a hankering for bacon and eggs at A&W.  I still figure they put out a better breakfast than most other places around here.

ONLY PIECE OF DRIFTWOOD WE SAW WAS THIS ONE AND I SUSPECT IT’S BEEN HERE FOR QUITE AWHILE

IF YOU STARE AT THIS PHOTO LONG ENOUGH YOU WILL SEE FACES AND CREATURES

From A&W we picked up a few more country roads and meandered our way back to Bayfield arriving home 3 hours after we had left.  Still on the cool side and still windy.  For me it was simply a great weather day and how refreshing from last weeks oppressive heat.

HARD TO SEE BUT PHEEBS IS ON THOSE STEPS HEADING UP FROM THE BEACH

BLURRY PHOTO BUT INCLUDED IT ANYWAY AS PHEEBS WAITS FOR  ME ON THE STEPS LANDING…..YOU CAN SEE THE FUR GROWING BACK IN HER TAIL

SEEMS NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO EVER CATCH A SELFIE OF MYSELF SMILING:((

Fired up the Motorhome and headed off for Clinton to dump the black and gray tanks.  Pheebs came along riding shotgun.  Nice day for a drive despite the gusting wind.  Back home I added some water to the fresh water tank and puttered around with half a dozen other chores.  With less than a week now we're getting there...………

GROANER'S CORNER:((   I want to thank all of you who have taken the time and trouble to send me your stupid chain letters over the past years. Thank you for making me feel safe, secure, blessed, and wealthy. Because of your concern……..

I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains and it eats the paint off of cars.

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put “Under God” on their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

I no longer use cancer causing deodorants even though I smell like a wet dog on a hot day.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaida in disguise.

I no longer eat at KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer have any sneakers — but that will change once I receive my free replacement pair from Nike.

I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.

I no longer use my cell phone because I could spontaneously combust at a gas station while refueling my car.

Yes, I want to thank all of you soooooooo much for looking out for me! I will now return the favor.

If you DON'T send this e-mail to at least 5,000 people in the next 60 seconds, a large bird will crap on your head at 5:00 PM tomorrow afternoon. I know this will occur because it actually happened to a friend of a friend of a friend of a…etc…etc, etc,....bla bla bla bla bla!!!!!!!!!!

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