GUESS WHO HAD PUMPKIN PIE FOR BREAKFAST!!

PORTER HILL LINE ON MY WAY TO GODERICH THIS MORNING
All day Saturday I thought it was Sunday and when Sunday finally showed up it seemed like Saturday which now makes Monday feel like Sunday.  Now, if tomorrow is Tuesday and today is really the day after Friday, not Saturday, then how far can Wednesday really be behind Thursday.  Does anybody know where half past today is?  Oh how these long week-ends can sure mess a feller up.

ONE OF MY ‘QUIET SPOTS’ ALONG THE MORNING TRAIL

Unbeknownst to me, Kelly had baked 2 pumpkin pies on Sunday and as it turns out, it's a good thing she did.  I was only away for an hour this morning but that was long enough for you know who to reach a big paw up and over the kitchen counter and snag almost half a pumpkin pie.  The second pie was just a few inches farther back and amazingly managed to escape the big marauding paw.  When I got home the empty pie plate was sitting in the middle of the living room floor along with one of Kelly's shoes and the pie wrapper.  And, not one pie crumb was to be found anywhere.
 
THIS DOGGY IS SUFFERING FROM PUMPKIN PIE OVERLOAD  
During an early morning CNN newscast I heard a woman describe herself as a depressive realist. That rang a bell for me and I rattled that around in my head for a minute. She explained it as seeing the world in a realistic way and feeling depressed about it. Yep, right or wrong, good or bad, I thought that summed me up real good:))


After reading  JEAN AND SKIP'S post this morning I was reminded of our trip through the Page Arizona area back in 07.  We had stayed in Kanab while visiting the north rim of the Grand Canyon and then rolled through Page Arizona heading for the south rim of Grand Canyon.  The night at the south rim did not turn out to be one of our better RVing memories and was the first negative encounter with our rig's troublesome hydraulic jack system.  You can read my post about that night and following day campground mishap here at, FRUSTRATING NIGHT AT THE GRAND CANYON 

It has been a long time since I have paid any attention to my Picasa Web Albums and when I dropped in there today I found a big huge mess.  I have no idea why or where the 'Live Writer' albums came from but each one has a thousand random photos in them.  I wonder how long that nonsense has been going on.   Anyone going to my Picasa web albums would have been finding a confusing mess there for what I figure must have been a long time.  I have made an address change but I really must get in there and try to find out what has gone awry.  I did see a note from Google+ so am wondering if that has had something to do with the shenanigans.   Bugs me when things go in and make changes to my stuff.  Facebook is notorious for doing that.  I don't know enough about Google+ but why 'Live Writer' is now dumping photo albums of a thousand pics apiece into my Picasa album program I have no idea!!  This is the new address for our BAYFIELD BUNCH PHOTO ALBUMS


KELLY CHATTING WITH HER MOTHER IN SPENCERPORT NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON
GROANER'S CORNER:((  The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 
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WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE MORNING FOR A MOTORCYCLE RIDE BUT KELLY MADE ME GO SHOPPING WITH HER:((

MY DAD MADE ME POSE FOR THIS ONE (CANON POWERSHOT SX210IS)
It was the cozy warmth in our early morning Autumn air which made me take note of the quiet forest surroundings.  A quick flurry of blue wings broke the silence as a Blue Jay flittered into a Pine tree nearby.  Another sound high in a treetop along the path revealed itself as a CICADA bug.  Unusual to hear them this late in the season but our summer like temperatures have kept them active.  Other than the Cicada and the Blue Jay our forest was so quiet I could hear leaves falling as they brushed against branches on their long journey to the forest floor below.  Pheebe and I did not walk fast this morning.  It was a morning to go slow.  To stop and to listen.  To look and to peer.  Just a great morning under a canopy of orange, crimson and golden maple leaves,  fiery red Sumacs and tall rustling Poplars.   Beauty to be absorbed everywhere.  Well, I don’t know how much beauty the Pheebs absorbed but her nose was sure sucking up a lot of Autumn smells along the trail.

OUR OLD BACKYARD GATE SURROUNDED BY A SEA OF YELLOW PINE NEEDLES
Welcome aboard Teresa Wood as another Bayfield Bunch Follower.  We hope to have the big wheels rolling in a few weeks so bring along some warm mittens and a hat as we may be in for some colder weather somewhere in southern Colorado or northern Arizona soon.

WE PASS THIS POND EVERY MORNING AND LATELY I HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRING FROGS FROM OUR SMALL FRONT YARD POND TO THIS BIGGER POND….IT’S MY ANNUAL FROG ROUND UP TIME ONCE AGAIN
It was more Motor Home puttering today as we put up some new curtains, put down some new mats and managed to get the living roof ceiling fan cleaned.  The bathroom fan is a whole different monster and I'm considering having that old unreliable relic replaced with a newer and better fan.   More clothes went into the rig today but they weren't mine.  I had my 2 pairs of socks loaded up about 3 weeks ago.  Motor and Pheebs were in the coach today for the first time together and it was funny to watch them both muscling each other out of the way vying for my attention while sitting on my bed with snacks in my pocket.    They are just a couple of Clowns those two. 

HE’S MY DAD!!  NO, HE’S MY DAD!!!!
Zellers had a 2 for 1 special in their rug department today and of course my opinion was needed on matching colors so we slipped up to Goderich and took advantage of the sale.  In my world, it’s usually 3 for the price 6 whenever I go anywhere!!  Felt pretty guilty about leaving the Kids at home but we knew there would not be any room in the back of the Jeep for Pheebs once we got things loaded up.  Two sad little furry faces looking so forlorn in the window as we rolled out of the driveway.   And, if we felt guilty seeing those little faces in the window you can just imagine how we felt 20 minutes later sitting at McDonalds chowing down our Sausage McMuffin breakfasts.   We both had to pop breath mints on the way home so the guys wouldn’t know where we had been without them:((

I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THOSE FANCY PAINT JOBS ON THE HIGH END MOTOR HOMES SO THIS MORNING I TACKLED THE RIG WITH A GRAY SPRAY PAINT BOMB IN AN ATTEMPT TO COME UP WITH AN ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR OUR COACH.  WHATCHA THINK……..NOW, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL ALSO BELIEVE I HAVE THIS REALLY NEAT BRIDGE FOR SALE IN BROOKLYN TOO.   JUST SHADOWS ON THE SIDE OF THE COACH FROM NEARBY SUMACS AND MULBERRY TREES………………….
Over $71 to gas up the Jeep.  Yeouch!!   As usual there were not many people in Zellers so that made things a wee bit more tolerable for me.  As a rule I have a 20 minute attention span when I am in any store.  If I can't get in and get what I want in 20 minutes then I shouldn't even be in there.  Normally, my solo shopping expeditions go off without a hitch and I am clear of the store in my allotted time.  Not so if I am with somebody else.  Oh how a man dread's these words, "oh I just want to check on something else", "oh look....10% off for anything in the store," "I just gotta stop in housewares for a minute," "what's the rush, we don't have to be anywhere", "I should really look at some shoes while we're here", and so it goes and so it goes!!

As much as we continue to monitor Real Estate properties and prices in our area we are ever mindful of where we are and what we already have.  We may never find our perfect little place in the countryside but we'll continue to search.  In the meantime, we'll hang on to the great little place we already have:))

We are very fortunate here in Bayfield to have a Mennonite/Amish bakery and store just south of town.  Kelly had them saw a turkey in half and bought some pie shells.  Our meal tonight was none other than good old Thanksgiving turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, mashed turnip and the best home made pumpkin pie I have ever tasted.  And that pumpkin pie was still warm out of the oven when we smothered it in whipped cream.  It is rare for me to ever go back for second helpings of anything but tonight's supper was a rule breaker and I had better not get down on the floor for a game of toys with the guys tonight or I will never be able to get up again.  Good thing we have been in the habit of walking Pheebs and Motor after supper lately.  This constant battle with weight at this age sure is discouraging…………….

RESTING ON A SOFT BED OF PINE NEEDLES  AFTER CHASING A BUNCH OF ELUSIVE GRASSHOPPERS THIS MORNING AND YES, DAD MADE ME POSE FOR THIS ONE TOO
GROANER'S CORNER:(( 
"Cash, check or charge?" the clerk asked after folding items the woman wished to purchase. As she fumbled for her wallet the clerk noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"Do you always carry your TV remote?" she asked.
"No," she replied. "But my husband refused to come shopping with me, so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him."
Be afraid guys…..be very afraid!!  AL.
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ANOTHER FINE AUTUMN DAY IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

ALL TONIGHT’S PHOTOS ARE OF A BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN DAY AROUND OUR HOUSE
We reached 75F today under a warm clear blue Autumn sky.   It just does not get any better than that.  I sit here in our sunroom in late afternoon with a low western sun backlighting a clump of cedar trees and yellowing Tiger's Eye Sumacs.   The ever changing beauty before me is ethereal.
 

 

Kelly busied herself today loading the Motor Home.  I wonder why it is that women seem to have 9 things to load up to a man's one thing.  I saw basket loads of clothing going out there that would make a Thrift store envious.  I've got my blue jeans and 2 shirts I think.  Wonder if I should take some laces for my shoes.

I don't know what it is about wood that I like so much but whenever I see a nice piece of wood I have to drag it home.  No matter that I do not have any carpentry or wood carving skills.  No matter that we don't have a wood burning stove or fireplace and no matter that joining two pieces of wood together by whatever means is not an easy task for me.  I just bring pieces of wood home.  On our morning walk today I spotted a piece of wood in our Park's environmental recycling area.  It was about a foot and half long and maybe 6 inches wide.  Looked like a discarded piece of pressure treated lumber used in making a deck.  Someone had obviously thrown out some scraps.  Scraps to them maybe, but it was a great piece of wood to me.  And in good shape too except for a bit of mud.

Maybe it is patterns I see in the wood grain.  Maybe it's the smoothness or it's very shape itself.  No matter, it was a handsome piece of wood and I lovingly carried it home.  A neighbour brought over a bag of wood scraps left over from a renovation project a few years ago.  She figured the scraps would make for a nice campfire.  She was right of course but oh my, it was a very handsome bag of wood scraps indeed.   The bag is still in my workshop and every once and awhile I open the bag, peer in and think to myself, 'no, those wood scraps are too beautiful to burn.  Just look at those fine wood grains, those shapes, those textures.....Say, anybody need a nice piece of wood………I got lots:))  


Think I will take commenter Ed's suggestion and keep our 'Four Corner's travel plan open.....Ed said, "Don't give up on 4 Corners completely. The weather may not be so bad that you can not see some of the area.  I would have a Plan 'A' that would include 4 Corners and Plan 'B' that did not. Would make my final decision based on the weather after I got on the road and reached the 'Separation Point'."  I think Ed has a good point there.   Sometimes I get a little too darned discouraged for my own good!! 

Had myself a good start to the day but by noon it was like someone had opened a valve and all my energy drained out.  Ended up looking at the backside of my eyelids again for a few hours this afternoon.  Set out to take Pheebs for a spin around the trail but turned back after my legs felt like a couple of lead weights.

Having lost our two beloved Pals, Max and Checkers this past Spring my heart goes out to Grant and Kathy over at BIRDING RVERS.  Their Golden Retriever, 'Raider', suddenly passed away just a few days ago while on his morning walk.  I understand only too well the heavy hearts these folks are feeling right now and also know it is only the passage of time which will ease their grieving hearts.

I never did write a tribute to Max and Checkers and I never did write about their final days simply because I could not bring myself to do that.  The pain of their passing is still heavy in my heart even after these long 6 months.  One day I hope to write about two of the best Pals I ever had.  Just this short simple paragraph brought tears to my eyes again.

Goderich held it's OUT OF THE STORM CONCERT today in the very Square that had been devastated so badly by a recent tornado.  Noticed, The Downchild Blues Band was playing.  Anyone remember their big song years ago,  FLIP FLOP AND FLY ??  Always thought they did a great job with that bouncy tune.

I made a rather disparaging remark about China in last night's post which I edited out this morning.  An Anonymous Commenter rather bluntly pointed out my insensitivity and after going back and re-reading what I had written I had to agree with the commenter.  I hope I am never to proud to admit to my mistakes.  And my apologies to China of course……………


And this correction from KEVIN AND RUTH in regards to my statement in Saturday's post about out of country medical health coverage for Canadians....{Quote}" This is actually a misleading statement, Al. If you are covered under OHIP, and need out of country care, they will reimburse you for emergency medical up to whatever the same procedure would have cost had you had to have it done in Ontario. In Mexico, costs are cheaper than in Canada so we don't require unnecessary medical insurance. In the USA, we would end up being out of pocket for the difference."{Unquote}

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A few thoughts on Autumn.......
-Autumn is a season for big decisions -- like whether or not it's too late to start spring cleaning.
-Autumn -- time to drag out your winter clothes and see what kind of summer fun the moths had.
-This autumn we can look forward to falling leaves and rising gas prices. We'll be raking it up while the oil companies are raking it in.
-The Autumn leaves are a lot like raising kids. First they turn on you, and then they fly away. And next thing you know, you look out the window and they're back!
-I got tired of looking at all those leaves in my yard, so I got up off the couch and went into action……………..I closed the curtains!!
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OH, AND BY THE WAY……IT’S THANKSGIVING WEEKEND HERE IN CANADA:))

GREAT GOLFING WEATHER AT THE MAITLAND VALLEY GOLF COURSE IN GODERICH
Our weather has just been unbelievably nice this week and it is what perfect Autumn daydreams are made of.  The magic is in the air once again and how fortunate for we folks who live in these northern latitudes to experience this beautiful change of Seasons every year.  If I lived in the South I would schedule my vacations for the first weeks of October just to be a part of Autumns majestic days here in the great Province of Ontario.

Had a question about our personal travel insurance.  Our Canadian Health Insurance does not cover Canadians when traveling out of country so it is necessary for Canadian travelers to purchase additional and extended medical coverage for the length of time we travel.  Due to age and medical problems I would venture to say that it is high insurance costs that eventually end the travels of many aging RV'ers.

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Here's something that really bugs me....'Giggle Girls'.  I am in the habit of turning on CNN news for a bit early each morning to see what ongoing messes the world has got itself into overnight.  CNN has decided to go with a couple women anchors for the newscasts and I'm sure they have been infused with the 'Happy Gang' approach to anchoring the morning news.  Nothing personally against the ladies but that giggling, flouncing, and animated over the top laughing banter is annoying.  Yes, I know, just change the channel.  I like a news format, either radio or television, with a single announcer delivering a straight forward, factual and giggleless newscast.  NBC's Brian Williams comes to mind as the right way of doing things.
 
Tonight the Bayfield Bunch welcomes CAROLYN AND GERALD aboard our Blog Followers list. Read your two recent posts folks and am hoping everything turns out well for you. All the best.

We normally receive about two dozen Spam emails a day in our Hotmail account. There was a time when all these Spams were in English. It is now a rarity to see an English speaking spam email come in and I would almost welcome one I could understand. Probably 98% of the Spams are in those oriental characters so am assuming they are all coming from China.
 
Managed to get my travel Mojo working again today as I busied myself cleaning Motor Home windows.  Took a few pics of our caulking and undercoating jobs as well.  And, it is now official….we will not be leaving October 15th for the 4 Corners area of Colorado as previously planned.  Best guess for getting out of here is now sometime late October or early November and we will probably just head straight for southern Arizona and California.  Maybe next year for the Four Corners…………………..

  
WE DEFINITELY NEED OUR VEHICLES UNDERCOATED HERE IN ‘ROAD SALT’ COUNTRY

  
THE CAULKING LOOKS LIKE YUMMY VANILLA ICING
'Never leave home without it'.  I remember that credit card commercial years ago but for me it means something different.  Just as Roman soldiers strapped on their swords in the morning and Cowboys strapped on their guns, I too strap on something each morning, but it isn't a gun or sword.  It's my camera.  One of the main reasons for buying my compact Canon Powershot SX210IS digital camera this past winter was to give me easy access to a camera throughout the day.  It conveniently sits in a small holster type pouch on my belt just about where the Cowboys of yesteryear carried their shooting irons.  Convenient and out of the way.  However, I don't think there was ever a Cowboy out there who strapped on his gun and holster......upside down!!!!
 

Well, I did just that a few days ago and walked around all morning wearing my camera holster upside down with camera inside just waiting to tumble out onto the ground.  Luckily, I am in the habit of zipping up both sides of my belt's camera pouch and that is what saved the camera from a nasty fall.  Another lucky break for AL.   Say, has anyone out there ever put their underwear on backwards:))

DEER PARK LODGE BAYFIELD……………. WHERE KELLY WORKS
GROANER'S CORNER:(( Mike was driving down a lonely country road one cold winter day in Montana when it began to sleet pretty heavily. His windows were getting icy and the wiper blades on his yellow Jeep Wrangler were badly worn and quickly fell apart under the strain.
Unable to drive any further because of the ice building up on his front window he suddenly had a great idea. He stopped and began to overturn large rocks until he located two very lethargic hibernating rattle snakes. He grabbed them up, straightened them out flat and installed them on his blades and they worked just fine.
‘What!!’……. Janna said,  “You've never heard of . . . wind chilled vipers.”
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I TOOK PHEEBS OUT FOR LUNCH

 
OUR FRONT YARD’S BUSY FROG POND IS VERY QUIET THESE DAYS AS IT LIES STILL UNDER A TOPPING OF DUCK WEED AND PINE NEEDLES

Well, I am having one of my evening blank spots tonight.  Always something to write about of course but I do not always have the creative initiative in putting the words together.  As fast as my mind comes up with a subject idea my mind also quickly categorizes the topic as too boring, too controversial, too repetitive, too serious or too silly.  Sometimes I am just too analytical and find myself with a heavy case of analysis paralyses at the end of the day.  
Raked up up a bunch of pine needles and trimmed back some flower beds with the weed whacker.  Fired up the chain saw for a couple minutes to cut down a thick stand of Bamboo grass in the back yard.  Burned some garbage in the burning barrel and of course grabbed a few winks in my chair.  Lots of things to do for our upcoming trip but my travel excitement has tanked. 
Had a load of garden trimmings in the utility trailer so Pheebs and I headed for our Park's environmental dump area.  Would have taken the Motor but she was sound asleep in a warm patch of sunlight on the couch.  Pheebs helped me unload the trailer so I took her to Subway for lunch.  We split a 6" Cold Cut Combo and Pheebs got to ride in the front seat of the Jeep for a change. Happy, happy, little Dog:))
Before I forget……a solid amber engine light on your dash does not denote a serious problem and you are free to drive on.  However, a ‘flashing’ amber engine light is serious business and you had better pull over and shut it down.  
Again, IVAN has some great mountain scenery and flower photos from out around Mount Rainier way.  I always enjoy Ivan's posts because he gets himself off the main roads and usual tourist hang outs and heads himself onto the back country roads few of us would dare to go.  Instead of the standard along the highway viewpoints we so often see, Ivan gets in around behind the viewpoints in many cases and his photos give a refreshingly new  look to some old familiar sights.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  A 54 year old woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital.
While on the operating table she had a near death experience..  Seeing God she asked "Is my time up?"
God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live."  Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face-lift, liposuction, breast implants and a tummy tuck.
She even had someone come in and change her hair color and brighten her teeth! Since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well make the most of it.  After her last operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, she was run over and killed by an ambulance.  Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 43 years? Why didn't you pull me from out of the path of that ambulance?

God replied: " I didn't recognize you."
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GREAT RE-CAULKING JOB ON THE MOTOR HOME

A COUPLE OF TIRED PALS

Our morning was basically a repeat performance of the previous morning.  Again, we started the day with sunshine as we headed for Mitchell to take Uncle Harry back to the Dentist for a tooth filling.  Harry was wide awake and raring to go and everything went off like clockwork again.  Nice for Harry to get out for a cruise in his wheelchair even if it was only a block to the Dentist.  We sure lucked out weather wise for this venture.

  

LEAVING THE CARE FACILITY – CROSSING A QUIET STREET – HEADING UP THE SIDEWALK – ARRIVING AT THE DENTIST

The Motor Home was ready to be picked up this afternoon so Kelly and I headed for STORMRUNNER'S RV SALES AND SERVICE.  They sure did a great caulking job on the rig after first stripping off all the old stuff which we should have actually had done a couple years ago.  Both end caps were re-sealed as well as the side mouldings and other areas on the roof and coach that needed it.  I’ve had a loose driver’s side mirror for quite awhile and they tightened that up as well plus secured the awning’s lag bolts which unbeknownst to us were in the process of working themselves loose.  All and all we sure appreciated the extra effort and attention paid to detail.   A job well done.  Dianne and Harry generally head to Florida in the winter but this year they are heading for the great American Southwest for a welcome change.  Yahouie Louie…..   Chances are good that we may very well see them somewhere in our travels.

With the roof caulking done now, that wraps up all the maintenance on the rig and the Jeep before our trip.  Each year we try to do a bit of upkeep on the vehicles.  Last year was new tires all way round for both the Jeep and Motorhome.  Rig’s generator was also serviced.  This year was undercoating, caulking and oil change tune-ups.  This RV life sure isn’t cheap I’ll tell ya.  Just re-newed our COACH-NET roadside assistance coverage for $106 and it looks like personal travel insurance this year is going to cost us about $1,300 for half a year. 

After losing Max and Checkers back in April the thought of 'no more pets' briefly entered my mind.  The thoughts of having to go through all that sorrow and anguish of loosing a beloved pet again seemed overwhelming.  Fortunately, that thought did not stay with me.  The many years of love and happiness a best Pal can bring far outweighs the eventual sadness in the end.  Years of playful memories, endless hours of toy time, quiet talks and morning walks.   Furry snuggles and scruffles that last for years and years with big brown eyes and floppy little ears.  Ahhh, tis a dog owners life indeed.

Having a best doggy Pal or two or three gives me a purpose.  It gets me out of the house for walks, it gets me down on the living room floor for playtime and it gives me a sense of well being to have a furry little or big dog curled up on my lap sound asleep.  Also gives me a sense of caring and how nice it is to wake up in the morning with a happy doggy face full of slurpy’s looking at me raring to get another day of boundless energy started.  Sometimes it’s the other end of the doggy with a big black powerful tail smacking me in the face.  I don’t mind it….I love it.    I don't really miss being around people much anymore but I sure do miss not being around my furry Pals:)) 

<<< LIKED THIS CARVED WOODEN TREE TRUNK SCULPTURE OUTSIDE THE DENTIST OFFICE

And, speaking of furry Pals, Pheebe is doing very well at being home without us for longer periods of time.  She hasn't ruined anything but does have a habit of bringing things out of Kelly's room and placing them all on the living room floor.  A big Teddy Bear on Kelly's bed is the usual favourite along with some socks and shoes.  Nothing chewed up, ripped or destroyed.   I wonder what the little Motormouse thinks when she sees her big Pal Pheebs trotting by with Mom's socks in her mouth.   

It was nearly one year ago that fellow RV’ers and Bloggers Bruce and Margie died in a tragic accident in Pismo Beach, California.  Today, the young man who ran them down was SENTENCED.  Thanks for that link EMjay. 

Noticed some winter storms are already moving into the Sierra and Rocky Mountains of the west and for sure those early storms are going to have a bearing on our travel plans by the time we get out there.  If we have to scrap our Four Corner's plan we may end up just taking our usual route down through Indianapolis, Little Rock, Texarkana, Gainesville, Roswell, Alamogordo and Las Cruces.  It's all going to depend on last minute departure times and weather in the mountains.

We did hear from Jeannie and Ray near McNeil Arizona a couple days ago and it looks like we will be returning to the Ranch again this year for awhile.  They are in the process of putting their winter travel plans together so we don't have any dates nailed down yet.  Always nice to touch base with old familiar faces and places:))

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Fred got home from his Sunday round of golf later than normal and very tired. "Bad day at the course?" his wife asked. "Everything was going fine," he said. "Then Harry had a heart attack and died on the 10th tee."
"Oh, that's awful!"
"You're not kidding. For the whole back nine it was hit the ball, drag Harry, hit the ball, drag Harry."

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