RVing With a Purpose

Friday, April 20, 2018

All we did today was visit banks, the courthouse and care facilities.

But if you are interested in how things are going at the Baton Rouge Disaster Rebuild project click here.

However, the irises are still blooming at our house.

(By the way, in case you are wondering, Max did the blog today.  Anne)

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Windy, chilly day today with bright sunshine. If not for the wind it would have been really nice but with the wind it required jackets all day.

Today we again got up and did our walking and then had breakfast. We worked in the house for a while waiting for it to warm up a little. Anne decided to make some phone calls to companies who do estate sales and is considering this as an option. Actually, Mama Ruby mentioned it at one time saying “you will just have to have an estate sale because I know you kids don’t want or need all my stuff.” Didn’t think that much about it at the time but now when we look around the house at all the stuff and become overwhelmed with it all it is sort of comforting to know she was okay with us doing just that. Both companies today suggested that we only remove the documents, pictures and items that we want to keep and leave everything else. The said we would be surprised at what would sell. So we may stop packing up clothes and move to the office and pack it up next. We will have to have a family discussion about all this.

After it warmed up a bit, we washed the rear end cap and passenger side of FRED. We also polished the wheels. FRED looks brand new. Of course the pollen is already making him a little yellow but that’s springtime in Alabama. We did our evening walk just before dark and now we are having a nice cup of hot tea. Not very exciting reading but another good day.

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

It was very cloudy this morning. Was not predicted but we were completely clouded in when we took our morning walk. By 11:00 the sun was out and our high today was 81. It was hot in the sun.

We started the day with our morning walk then had breakfast. There were more clothes to go through from Mama Ruby’s closets and more business to handle and letters to write. Max grilled us a wonderful ribeye steak for lunch with potatoes and salad. It was so good. We decided this afternoon to start washing FRED. Today we did the front and driver side while they were in the shade. Looks good! We plan is to get outside early in the morning and do the rear cap and passenger side while they are in the shade. We were told that we should not wash FRED for 6 months to allow the paint to completely cure. We have waited a bit more than 6 months but life just sort of got in the way of good intentions. Our usual schedule is to wash at least every 6 months and wax 1-2 times per year. We did another nice walk on the greenway this evening and got a couple of milkshakes. That was our day. We will be back on the road in another 2-3 weeks and the blog will get more interesting. However, this is life for now and it is all good. Painful and hard at times, but good.

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Another frosty morning. But not quite as cold as yesterday. It was a beautiful sunny day and temperatures went right up and it was a warm 80 degrees by early afternoon.

Since it was such a pretty day and we have been working hard we decided to take a road trip today. First Max served us up another wonderful omelet for breakfast. We had to finish up some tax business and drop some checks by the post office. We also took some donations to the mission store. Then we took a ride up to our cabin at Yellow Creek. We haven’t been there is quite some time. We usually see some wild life on that drive and today was not an exception. Today was turkey day. We checked out everything at the cabin since the river has been in flood stage with all the rain last week. Everything was fine and we enjoyed the beauty of the place. It also made us a little sad. Anne’s dad build the cabin and he and Mama Ruby loved spending time at the creek.

After some time at the creek we headed back to Tuscaloosa by a slightly different route. We received some email by way of RVillage last week when we checked in to Tuscaloosa. It was from someone that works the gate at Deerlick Creek Corps of Engineers park and campground. We decided to go by Deerlick Creek since we haven’t been there in several years. The corp has really improved this park over the years and the campground has some really nice sites. Some will not handle a motor home the size of FRED but there were certainly enough large sites. Many have great views of the water. We are thinking about spending some time there before we go back to Baton Rouge. We will have to see if we can squeeze it in. There are some nice hiking trails and some areas to ride the bikes. For our RV friends, the sites have water and electric with dump station available on site. Since it’s a Corps park, those of us with Senior Pass get half price of 13.00/night. That’s a bargain for the nice large sites with good spacing between sites.

After returning to FRED we had a late lunch, visited with our neighbor for a while and had a nice afternoon walk. Except for some bad news discussed below, we had a good day.

We would ask for prayer for two of our NOMADS friends. Jodi who was on our Baton Rouge team and was still working in Baton Rouge had emergency surgery today on her colon. They removed about 12 inches and she will be in ICU for a couple of days. We wish her a speedy and uneventful recovery. Also please pray for Carol Kuipers on the death of her husband Marty today. Marty had back surgery yesterday and was doing well post surgery with Marty expecting to be returning to projects in 6-8 weeks. He died suddenly today. Our hearts break for Carol and the family.