November 29th

Here we go off to snow country… the sun is out and it is in the high 20’s and supposed to be pretty decent temps there.

We stopped first at Casey’s in Hutch to check the air in the tires but it wasn’t working so will have to check later.

Hwy 23 between St Cloud and Foley is finally finished.. a nice 4 lanes!

We stopped in Foley …Steve put air in the tire that was low…and went in first to get something to drink…I let Murphy out..they have a grassy

area behind the store with a creek ..he wasn’t listening very well so I did some obedience training-..“recalls” with him and that tuned him up.

I started knitting the ruffle scarf… pretty simple but hard to catch the yarn in the webby part… it was awkward and I felt like a beginner knitter… hope it gets better…I like to knit fast…get it done and on to the next project!

We stopped at Mora for a bit… Beth had gotten a mesh lumbar seat brace there and I really need one for the car…those seats are so uncomfortable…it was $2 so can’t go wrong on the price..I got a few other little things…Christmas wrap…a lighted Christmas lights necklace!

Lunch at Cassidy’s in Hinckley .. Diane was our waitress…Steve went right away to the salad bar…he was disappointed the last time but I guess he wanted to give it another try… I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich and swapped the French fries for zucchini…still got those extra pounds on from Thanksgiving…my order took forever..

But when it finally came it was well worth the wait… the chicken was so tender and the Zucchini was julienne cut instead of sauteed it was fried in bacon grease… very tasty…a bit not too healthy.

While Steve paid the bill I let Murphy out … he did his “big job” and then away we went …we decided to go through Danbury and then take Wisconsin 35, Beth had taken the other way last week and it was pretty snow packed and slow going…  Steve was driving not too attentively so I asked if he wanted me to drive… he did..he said he was falling asleep…now why he had to wait for me to notice??

He stopped in Danbury and I drove… the further we went the more snow we saw… he slept peacefully and I listened to my audio book.. it is a good one… by Sara Paretsky.

We switched places again in Superior on 13… got to Port wing and I told him to stop at the Store so I could use the bathroom.. it may take a while to get in to the trailer from the road…..I interrupted a young gentleman using the bathroom… I apologized when he came out  and said that I needed to remember to knock and he just laughed…men don’t get embarrassed about that…maybe because of my age being the same as his "Grammy”..I didn’t get embarrassed either…must be my age!

We got to our land and it really wasn’t bad…so Steve got out checked it and decided to drive in… we made it!

   

He turned on the electricity, shoveled off the steps and I started hauling things  in… I always am a little anxious turning the key and walking in the first time… wondering what I will find…but other than a few dead flies and there was no evidence of any other critters entering… Steve started bringing things in…I started unloading the cooler and I didn’t think the fridge was working…so held off on that …

I got the bucket ready … no holding tanks used in the winter.  I put the heated mattress pad on the bed and got it warming…this is going to be Sweet!

 

 We had the hammock stored inside on the couch… there was really no place to put it ..Steve said to put it on top of the couch back..I tried ..but it kept falling…so he did it… he really made an art work!

 

 

 

When there isn’t much storage you need to be creative… I may have to tap into his creativity more often!

 

I was knitting and listening to my audio book…my tea was cooled off so I put it in the microwave to warm it up and the electricity went off.

I told Steve I would go out and flip the breaker at the pedestal…trudged out there and looked at the trailer …still dark.. flipped it back and went inside.… so Steve checked the ones inside and that is were the breaker tripped …I ask myself “why didn’t he check that first before I went out?” He must have forgotten they were there..but a reminder to shut off one of the heaters before using the Mic.

I warmed up some of the soup I had brought from home ..Steve was still full from lunch …so the salad bar was back to its high standard.

I did dishes in the red plastic pan… I will throw out the water tomorrow morning.. 

I brushed my teeth and just didn’t feel like going outside to spit…so spit in the red bucket…kind of grossed me out...... it brought back memories of my friend Jean’s Uncle who had a “slop Bucket” in his farm house… as a kid I thought it was so gross…but back in the 60’s I don’t think it was that unusual… so tomorrow I will empty my “slop bucket”..maybe not let it get as full as Uncle George’s.

We made it until 8:30…we were both tired so we went to bed… oh, that heated bed was so nice to crawl into.

Pleasant dreams!