Nov 10th AM - Cleaning Day

I need to do "housekeeping" today. I haven't run the vacuum while I have been here. I'm also going to use a camp washer and dryer to do a couple of loads of laundry. I've been doing small loads in our "onboard" washer/dryer. Today I want to wash bed sheets, and some tee shirts and socks, in one load, and a pair of bib overalls and some shorts in another load. What would take me four or five loads, and all day, in our washer/dryer shouldn't take nearly that long in one of the camp units. The one I'm planning on using is on the back porch of the dining hall, less than 100' from the motor home.

I mentioned that about 5 miles of the road to the camp is gravel. One thing that was a surprise for me was the number of curves in Taylor Road. Jack Rabbit Lane, the first road after you turn off the paved road, is wide and straight, as I expected of roads in Texas. Once you turn off onto Taylor Road this is one of the longest stretches of straight road. It is relatively flat so I don't know why it is so winding.

This is the pine board ceiling we finished Thursday. The dark corner post is an old utility pole. The ceiling boards are cut to width so that they can be butted together. The width of the wall boards is just whatever came out of the log. They are lapped as much as required to get coverage. It is not as plain as it looks in the photo. Probably not my choice, but the material cost is minimal. The logs were free. Fred sawed them on his sawmill. Also, Fred and I are volunteers, so labor cost is small. John told me that the only building on the camp that cost more than $15/sq.ft. was the dining hall, and it wasn't much over $15.

Just after sunset last night a deer walked down the road in front of the motor home. The edge of the road is less than 50' from the front of the motor home. I was slow getting my camera out so I didn't get a photo until the deer was behind these small trees. The photo is taken through the motor home windshield.

Saturday breakfast. Anyone who knows me sees that something is missing. Someone forgot to take meat out of the freezer, so no meat for breakfast. When I made pancakes earlier the batter was to fluid and the pancakes were to thin to suit me. I thickened the batter this time and went overboard the other way. My pancakes ended up being a half inch thick and I overcooked them a little to make sure the inside was done. Still, not a bad breakfast. The other thing missing is "hootch" instead of OJ. Kathy sent me some of her hootch (tomato vegetable juice that is FAR superior to V8) but I've been saving it. I need to break open a quart.

It is 8:50 and activity is picking up. I just saw Fred on his four wheeler and Gail in her golf cart. Fred is going over to the pond to feed the fish, so that John doesn't have to come in today. I'm not sure what Gail is doing.

I just saw Fred go by the other way with the power washer in the trailer behind the four wheeler. He said something about washing his motor home today. Although he wasn't sure why since he will have 5 miles of dusty, or muddy if it rains, gravel roads to travel to get to the highway when he and Gail leave on the 19th.

Hope all of you have a great day. May God bless you and yours.