Tuesday, December 5th, 2017…...
Today
was laundry day. I fixed breakfast and then helped Lydia get the clothes out to
sort for her loads and then went out to the shop for the morning. Just organizing and cleaning up a bit. Not
much else going on. I stayed out there
even though the shop was a bit chilly. I
do have a wood stove in there but I’ve haven’t used it yet. Maybe
tomorrow. It’s supposed to get down in
the low 30s. We’ll see….
Lydia got her
laundry done and I helped put things away and then we fixed dinner. Ok, she
fixed dinner. She made chicken fried steak with corn and baked potatoes. Very good.
I behaved myself and even saved leftovers for lunch tomorrow!
Wednesday, December 6th,
2017…... We woke up this morning to frost on the
ground! The temperature is 34º! I have a water hose laying out by the garage
and I check it each morning if there’s frost.
It was ok (and there is no water line connected to the coach) but just in
case I’ve decided to have the motorhome winterized when I take it in next week!
We went into town to have breakfast and
then went over and got signed up at the fitness center. They told us they are open 24/7 and we now
have cards to swipe whenever we want to go work out. The only thing I don’t
care for is that they don’t have locker rooms. And there are only two shower
rooms. Everybody wears their workout clothes to and from. I’m used to changing there so something to
get used to.
This afternoon
Penny (and Quincy) came over around 2:00pm.
The plan was to go to the Oregon Gardens and she would stay the
night. Tomorrow is her next round of
chemo and she and Lydia can leave from here and I will have the dog
already. We headed out and made the
40-minute drive to the gardens. The
tickets I bought online ($3. ea.) were only good for the lighted Christmas event
which starts at 5:00pm. We got there
about 3:00pm and since none of us had eaten anything since breakfast we decided
to continue on to Silverton and find a place for linner. We settled on 310 Water Restaurant. This place was terrific! I chose the halibut croissant sandwich with
avocado, Havarti cheese, tomato, and slaw.
It was excellent! Lydia had the fish and chips and Penny ordered the
blue cheese burger and all of it was very good.
After the great meal, we drove back to the park. We paid the park
admission ($5. ea) and got shuttled up to the entrance. We had to wait until 5:00pm to get in but it
wasn’t too cold yet. We walked around the entire gardens and thought it was
really well done. The weather got colder once the sun went down completely but
they had firepits where you could warm up a bit as you walked through the
lighted displays.
If you were to compare
this to some of the glamour displays folks now set up at their own homes, it
would be just so-so, but up here, it was really well received. We ended up spending about 1 ½ hours walking
through and then headed home. It was a
fun experience. But we are planning on going back sometime again in the daytime
just to see the gardens again.
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