Awake: 5:03am Temp 65 sleep 6+08 high thin clouds Overnight @
Nicktown
K & I walk to 8:00am Mass. Afterward, Kathy goes to the church hall and
volunteers to help make noodles which will be served @ the famous Nicktown
Homecoming Picnic September 3rd. According to Kathy, once a week for the
next (9) weeks, the ladies will continue to make these noodles. 275 lbs of
noodles are required for the soup that is served that day and another 200
lbs to be bagged in one pound bags to sell at the Fancy Booth.
I talk with cousins Bernie & Florentz before picking up our forwarded mail
from Alaska & then join the busy coffee club members for only 15 min.
After breakfast, I see our neighbor Chuck outside mowing grass so I walk
over & ask him if I might use his saw to cut some of those low hanging
limbs. He disappeared for about (5) min, came back empty handed & said:
“come on; let’s go for a ride in my truck.”
1.5 hrs later I have a hand saw but, more important, Chuck had given me a
tour of his tree farm, all 180 acres of it + his hide-a-way cabin. He has
talked about his special place for when his sons are visiting & where he
takes his dogs so they can run free, so finally I get to see it.
The next hr wasn’t near as interesting or fun; using Chuck’s step ladder &
my telescoping ladder, I was able to get most of those low limbs cut from
the trees that line Saint Paul Street & live to tell about it. Kathy came
sauntering down the road just as I was finishing up. She helped to drag
the limbs down to our field out of sight for burning later.
Its 12:45pm now; next project: rinse off the motorhome starting with the
roof, the slide tops & sides, front & rear cap. There was a lot of pollen
on the outside of our bus.
@ 2:15 Melissa, Matthew & Andrew arrive. Matthew thinks our motorhome is
too wide to drive on the highway so they are here to watch us make it
smaller. 1st though, we spend time inside where Matthew has a special
cookie from grandma, & I get to use the Flair vacuum cleaner with beater
bar that Melissa brought over for my use. After spending a little time
outside, its time to shrink the motorhome. We retract (3) out of (4)
slides while Matthew watches from inside, then outside. He seemed a little
nervous watching it from the inside; definitely preferred to watch from
outside. He seemed content now knowing that our bus will be ok to drive on
the highway. We say our goodbyes as we won’t be seeing them for about (3)
months….they leave @4:30.
5:40 dinner: Honey Dijon chicken, broccoli, tomato rice pilaf & toast.
Kathy watches some of the movie: “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” while
I talk to Katrina in Denver for an hr about a story she is using for her
Masters Program.
High temp=85 Lights out: 11:19pm
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