Thursday & Friday, July 28th & 29th

 Thursday:

Mom's recovery is coming along. She took a Tylenol when she got up  and that was the last pain pill she took all day. I did nothing exciting Thursday. Went to Coldwater in the morning and bought a male 50 amp RV plug so that I could rig up an extension cord using some wire and a female 50 amp RV plug I had in the coach. Did a few small things around the house for Mom, I managed a nice nap.

Mom and I walked down to her pond and sat enjoying the day for awhile.

Kathy went to help at a garage sale at one of her nieces homes. Two of her sisters were there so she got to spend time with them. When she arrived home in the early afternoon I she had me vacuum Mom's upstairs and downstairs, good thing I had taken a nap to build up my strength 😀

After supper Mom & I drove down to my brothers to look at his travel trailer. He purchased a travel trailer than had experienced a roof leak in the bedroom. After patching the leak he tore out the bedroom ceiling, replaced 3 of the rafters/trusses and redid the ceiling. 

He also tore out the interior materials forming over half of one bedroom wall and rebuilt the wall. In addition he put down laminate flooring. He did a great job.

Friday:

We left Mom's around 8;30 and headed north. 400 miles later we were back at our coach at Bay Mills, after detouring into Sault Ste Marie to stop at a Meijer's for groceries.

We stopped in Mackinac City for lunch and some sight seeing. Lunch was an experience. The hot dogs were edible but certainly not delicious, and I like hot dogs.

The Mackinac Bridge is barely visible between the tree and the left edge of the photo. The land mass straight out in the water is Mackinac Island. We spent some time in the area in the late 60's. The mainland area has become so commercialized (tourist trap) that we had no desire to take the ferry out to the island again.

Just enjoying the view.

The bridge doesn't look nearly as impressive from this vantage point as it does when you are crossing it. It is 200' from the water to the top of high point of the road surface. The towers extend up over 500' above the water.

My brother, his wife, one of his daughters and her family, plus my brother's son-in-laws brother and his family, plus....(not sure who else might show up) are "camping" at Mom's pond all week, starting tonight. 

It is good to be home, especially with the cooler temperatures. It wasn't HOT while at Mom's but the temperatures were borderline uncomfortable for Kathy and I, we like cooler weather. It was 67 degrees when we arrived at the coach at 5PM. Now, at 11PM, the temperature had dropped to 58 degrees.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.