Awake: 6:40am Temp 52 sleep 7+27 hurricane Ernesto arrived:
rain all night, morning, afternoon. Overnight @ Nicktown.
We both have a cold cereal breakfast & then I report to Jim for volunteer
work @ the church hall & pavilion in prep for tomorrow’s Annual Homecoming
Festival here in Nicktown. Kathy reports to the church hall kitchen @
10:30.
My co-worker Mike is much younger than I…. & that’s good. Our 1st
assignment from Jim was to clean (6) 5 gallon buckets with hot water &
soap. 2nd job: move the folding rectangular tables & 2 round tables that
are not needed & hide them behind the shelving in the main hall. 3rd task:
help move stored tables & benches out of Donna K’s booth. 4th project:
clear the pavilion of benches, tables, chairs, etc so it can be swept &
cleaned. 5th venture: move the chair carts to a temporary storage area &
cover them with a tarp. 6th undertaking: string nylon cord from the church
hall to the pavilion in a zigzag manner so as to be able to drape a large
tarp cover for a sun shield.
But wait, there’s more! And do keep in mind, Ernesto arrived in the area
last night & hasn’t shown any signs of leaving soon. 7th enterprise: the
big one; heavy tables & benches to be removed from the white building &
set up for bingo & in the beer tent. Mike & I couldn’t do this alone; we
asked for more help which arrived slowly but they did arrive. After that,
basically our leader, Jim, couldn’t find any other chores to do @ the
moment. Barry gave me a ride back to our bus where Kathy had arrived
earlier & had some lunch prepared. Mike & I worked steadily for about 5.0
hrs, mostly in the rain but, tomorrow we can goof off @ the picnic with no
more chores.
Gary & Grace arrive in their Newell motorhome @ 5:20pm onto our circular
drive. Kathy & I plug his shore power cord into our Site # 2 receptacle.
In no time at all, we are in his motorhome having a glass of wine to
celebrate their visit. We have a lot to talk about…then its over to our
coach for a 7:20pm dinner: Colony mountain chili. It was excellent & I
personally gave it a 10 score. G & G loved it as well. We continue our
gabbing until 8:30 & then G & G admit they are tired & retire to their
coach. Kathy & I have no problem with that…..we are tired also. It was a
busy day.
High temp=63 Lights out: 10:10pm
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