Oct 7th - Tomorrow is Moving Day

It was another beautiful day here. I took these photos yesterday morning. I was standing by the side of Tom & Mary Lou's house looking out over their lake.

This morning Kathy was sitting outside, I was just getting out of bed, and she heard some rustling down the drive towards T & ML's. She walked out into the drive and just  a short way down the drive a deer was standing. She stood still and watched four deer cross the driveway. They had probably been down at the lake getting a drink.

This morning I went to Crossville with Tom to pick up a riding mower that he is to repair. Later, while he was bush hogging the garden I cut down a couple of small pear trees (5" trunks). Before I got back down there after lunch he had already pulled up the stumps and hauled the trees out into the woods. The pear trees were supposed to be real pear trees but after a several years of fruit the size of the end of your thumb, and nasty thorns, they figured it was time to get rid of them.

Later while Tom tilled the garden, he has a tiller on his tractor, I ran through a tank and a half of gas doing some weed eating.

In the evening Tom built a fire and we roasted hot dogs tonight. The moon was about three quarters full and it was beautiful out. As you can see, Tom doesn't fool around when he builds a fire to roast hot dogs.

We have had a really good time here but it is time to move on. Tomorrow morning we are heading toward southeast Missouri. We will take our time and take two days to get there. We will be volunteering at Logan Valley Christian Retreat in Ellington, MO. http://www.loganvalley.org/

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.

Oct 6 - Good Test Run

Tom, Dennis (a friend of Tom's) and I worked cleaning up Tom & Mary Lou's garden this morning. We have it almost ready to be tilled for the fall. Working with these guys is just a lot of fun.

This afternoon we (Kathy) drove in to Crossville and filled up with fuel and propane. Everything went well.

It was another beautiful day here. I think the high may have hit 80 but the humidity is low and it doesn't feel hot. Tonights low will be in the high 40's again, great sleeping weather.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.

Oct 5th - Repairs Complete

The mechanic installed the sensor this afternoon and things appear to be OK. Tomorrow afternoon we will make a test run into Crossville and fill up our propane tank.

We have decided to give up on volunteering at Deer Run Retreat, we just wouldn't be there long enough to get set up, tear down, and still do significant work. We think we will go directly to a camp in southeast Missouri but aren't sure when we will leave.

It was another beautiful day here again today. Tom and I loaded about half a pickup load of wood that I previously cut and then I split it. This afternoon Kathy and I dug potatoes for awhile. Haven't done that for a long time.

The past few nights as we walk back up the driveway from Tom & Mary Lou's house to the RV, the moonlight has been just fantastic. Even thought the moon is not nearly full it is so bright that our shadows are pronounced. Actually it is also very pretty when we walk down for dinner/supper. The sun is going down, although we can't see it because of all the trees, and in one area where there is a little bay in the lake, we can't see the lake either, the sun lights up the trees brilliantly.

Tomorrow is supposed to be another beautiful day.

Good night to all. May God bless you and yours.

Oct 4th - Still in Crossville

The mechanic did not make it out today so we will be here again tomorrow.

Being here is certainly not a sacrifice. It was another beautiful day here today. I cut some wood this morning and this afternoon I washed the car and the motorhome.

We had a nice dinner/supper at Tom & Mary Lou's, along with two other couples.

We know the Lord has a plan and that there is a reason why we are still here. We don't know the reason, but that is OK.

Time to get to bed. Good night to all. May God bless you and yours.

Oct 3rd - Still in Crossville

It took some searching, but with Tom's help we finally tracked down someone who would come out and run diagnostics on our motorhome. The guy thinks it is a sensor, but there is a possibility that it is the injection pump.

They ordered a sensor. It is supposed to arrive in Crossville tomorrow before noon and the mechanic is supposed to bring it out and install it in the afternoon. If that turns out not to be the problem we will have to have the motorhome towed into Crossville so that the injection pump can be repaired.

It was a beautiful day to be here today. I did not see one cloud in the sky. It was cool enough that a jacket felt good most of the time.

Kathy went to Crossville with Mary Lou, Wendy & Dean. This evening we again had supper with the Tower's clan. Kathy made "gooey buns" (warm ham salad), I had warmed up meatloaf. Tomorrow night two other couples are coming out to have dinner with us and Tom and Mary Lou. I like the guys but have not met there wives. I don't think Kathy has met any of them.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.

Oct 2nd - Still in Crossville

We finished packing up and were ready to leave about 11:30. The motorhome didn't want to start and when it did it wouldn't run correctly. Tom & I changed the fuel filter and it didn't help. Tomorrow I am going to call around and try and find someone local who can come out and plug in a laptop to the diagnostic connector. I called the Freightliner help line and for the first time ever they disappointed me. The guy just didn't seem like he cared, or maybe he wasn't that knowledgeable. I plan on calling back tomorrow. Hopefully I will get a different guy.

It was beautiful here today. This is a great place to be "stuck." The weather is supposed to be great all week. I may get a chance to run my chain saw some more tomorrow. Tuesday Tom & Mary Lou are having the guys, and their wives, who helped cut up the BIG tree in Crossville, out to dinner. If we are still here it will be good to get to spend some time with them and meet their wives.

Dean & Morissa made supper tonight. Some type of soup. It was good. I overate and just took an Alka-Seltzer.

There is a sliver of moon out tonight but it is so clear that we cast very plain shadows as we walked back to the RV. The stars were great to look at.

Good night to all and may God bless you and yours.

Oct 1st - Ready to Move Tomorrow

We are packed up and almost ready to move tomorrow. The plumbing is winterized at our building. It was kind of sad closing and locking the door. We aren't sure when we might be back.

This morning we went to the Farmers Market and then to the Flea Market. We bought sweet corn at the Farmers Market, from the same people we bought some from two weeks ago. We had some for lunch and it was very good.

Kathy made meatloaf for supper and we ate with the Tower's clan again.

It hit 40 this morning but didn't make it into the 30's. There are frost warnings out for tonight. Next week it is forecast to hit 80 at Thompson's Station.

Time to watch a little TV and then hit the bed.

Good night to all and may God bless you and  yours.