Days 24-28 - Thursday thru Monday, July 18-22 - At The Branch County Fairgrounds

David and Kathy, my brother and his wife, made it home safely on Saturday, after their two week trip out west. They had a great time.

One of my brother's dogs spent several nights down at the pond while we were there. I thought it was cute when when she found a dirty paper plate somewhere, carried it over to near where we were sitting and proceeded to lick it clean.

Mom & Kathy by the pond.

Colton, one of David's grandsons, rode his mule down from David's house. a piece on the bridle broke and they are doing a temporary fix. Colton is 14 years old, he starts the 8th grade this fall. 

Our time was pretty much take up with more Mom sitting. The weather has been spectacular the last couple of days. We had a campfire Saturday and Sunday nights, and it felt good after sunset.

Today we packed up and moved to the Branch County Fairgrounds camping area, in preparation to our heading north later this week ($30/night for a 50 amp full hook up). We still don't know when we will head north. David and I will meet with people from two different local Memory Care facilities tomorrow. Hopefully that will firm up the date we leave. I'm wondering if we, or at least David since he has Mom's Power of Attorney, will need to meet with an Elder Law Attorney before we make any decisions on moving Mom out of her house and how we handle paying for the Elder Care.

I flushed our black tank when we arrived at the Fairgrounds but probably need to flush it at least one more time before we leave. I also need to wash both the car and the coach. I'm afraid to run the Flex through an automatic car wash because I thing the "brushes" will break off the electrical plug for the braking system.

On our way to the Fairgrounds we stopped at Tractor Supply and filled our propane tank, it was almost empty. We ran out of propane once and it took 27.9 gallons to fill it. Today it only took 24.5 gallons. We were at Mom's 2 1/2 weeks using propane to run the hot water heater, the refrigerator and for cooking. The last time we filled the tank was in Harlingen, TX on February 27, 146 days ago. Tractor Supply charged $3.29/gal. That is the least we have paid for propane. We paid the guy in Harlingen $4.20/gal, but he came to the campground and filled tanks so that you didn't have to drive somewhere.

We will miss watching the deer while at Mom's. Mid morning this doe walked up  along the lane grazing. I took the photos through the coach windshield.

Clear at the back there is a swingset with shooting targets on it. The doe is by it. I think I've mentioned the old dozer, on the right, before. It was my Uncle Richards. He ran it the doing some grading the before going home and having a fatal heart attack in 1997. My Dad pulled it up to this spot and it has set there since then. The clutches were about shot back then so its only value is a reminder of Uncle Richard.

She saw me get up in the windshield to take the photo.

She continued walking a ways up towards the coach before climbing the hill on the left and disappearing into a corn field.

There are an unbelievable number of deer around here. About 8 of 10 times when you drive to town you see at least one deer. Most of them are within 50 yards of the road. 

Parked at the Fairgrounds.

I walked up to the office to tell them we had arrived. The mini ferris wheel actually rotates.

The flowers along the road to the office are lined 4H flower projects.

I wonder how long it took this young lady to collect all these smooth little stones. To me it looks like a streambed running through her flowers.

We had not managed a meal at the Buena Vista Golf Course yet, so we did this evening. This is the left overs. We had an appetizer of onion rings, they are great. I had a half rack of dry rub ribs. Kathy has a chicken breast with bacon, mushrooms and cheese. Both meals came with two sides. We both had salads. Kathy chose fries while I chose a baked potato. I had eaten a late lunch and wasn't real hungry, which is why I only order the half rack. After the onion rings I could only eat half my meal, Kathy was the same, both will make great "left over" meals tomorrow. My half rack was only $14, a full rack was $22. 

Back at the Fairgrounds we enjoyed the "entertainment". Some type of girls 4H horse program was going on. All the photos were taken from the front of coach.

The next two are blown up a little.

Thank you Lord for another good day.

God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours, He has blessed me