Day 200 – Rained most of the night and all day today until around 3 p.m. Then the sun came out. It was 62 degrees when we got up & it stayed there. Wondering if the outdoor thermometer is broken, too.
Month: March 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Day 199 – Woke up this morning to rain, 60 degrees. Sent a text to Pam, she is still very sick, but her symptoms are different than ours. I think she has the flu and should go to the doctor. It rained on and off all day and stayed warm, reaching 71 degrees. No need yet to try out the new furnace controller board.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Day 198 – Rob has THE COLD. It’s not bad yet, but I know what’s coming. It’s finally stopped raining and warmed up. This morning there were 3 horses eating grass right outside our RV. There’s usually a bunch of horses in the field nearby but somehow there was an inventive horse that let his friends out through the gate. Worried that they might scatter farther and get hurt, Rob called the campground owner & told him. Eventually the owner meandered out and tried to lead the stubborn animals back to their own grassy fields. They wanted no part of it. He shrugged his shoulders and gave up.
Horses snuck into the campground, Site 37, Singing Hills RV Par, Cave City, KY
Horses snuck into the campground, Site 37, Singing Hills RV Par, Cave City, KY
Monday, March 26, 2018
Day 197 – Beginning of Week 29. Feeling just a little more energetic today, finally. Pam was still quite sick, confined to bed, cancelling work. We drove to Bowling Green and visited the Half Price Bookstore Outlet, picking up some more inexpensive books. Bowling Green is a large city, but nice, with rolling hills. Because it’s farther south again, the trees and bushes were greening & getting their flowers. The grass is green. Pretty. Plenty of farmland. Horse country, too, with the picket fences. We like Kentucky.
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Day 196 – I slept in and meanwhile Mr. Fix It had been busy. I got up to find furnace parts all over the kitchen floor. Yep, the original thermostat that had been misbehaving was still not working properly and it was cold inside. Rob replaced it with the new part we had bought in Louisville. Unfortunately that didn’t solve the problem, so we were on to Plan B. He’d done a lot of research on the internet followed by opening up the furnace to see if he would be able to troubleshoot the problem further. Turned out to be very difficult to access the components without completely removing the furnace from the RV. But the symptoms seemed to indicate that the controller board was not working properly. Rob found one on Amazon that could be delivered to an Amazon Locker in Nashville, TN the next day, so he went ahead and ordered it.
Saturday, March 24, 2018
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES. Part 3, Really?
Day 195 – THE COLD is not getting better. I feel awful today, have lost my voice & have a dry hacking cough. Woke up this morning to lousy weather, heavy rain and wind. A storm front was moving in and snow, sleet, and freezing rain were expected throughout today and tomorrow, beginning near us & becoming particularly bad southeast of us right over the Red River Gorge area of Kentucky, where we were travelling to today. Somewhere I’ve heard that “plans are made for changing” and evidently that’s true. We’ve changed our plans yet again and have decided to head south beyond the icy weather pattern to Bowling Green, KY. There was a Half Price Bookstore Outlet there after all.
107 miles
Friday, March 23, 2018
Day 194 – A rainy day ahead, all the snow will be gone. I got up early enough but went back to bed & slept until 11 a.m. Called Pam and cancelled lunch plans; she’d figured it might be what would happen and was painting. We said we’d be over later if she wanted to join us for Whole Foods grocery shopping. Whoa, exciting!
Thursday, March 22, 2018
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES. Part 2.
Day 193 – I thought THE COLD wasn’t much worse this morning, so maybe it wouldn’t be a big deal afterall. Nope, I was feeling really bad after doing basically nothing, so I went back to bed. We don’t get to see Pam often. I didn’t want to spend my time here sick. Oops, I woke up at noon! Surprise. I called her right away & told her I just got up, was not hungry, and could we change our afternoon plans of a drive & lunch at a place out in the country until Friday? She had already thought of that idea.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES.
Day 192 – It’s a winter wonderland! We woke up this morning with 8 inches of wet snow on the ground and it was still coming down, though just flurries at this point. The trees were bent over from the weight of the heavy snow. Pristine and beautiful. I also woke up with the beginnings of a head cold. Goody.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING?
Day 191 – NY is getting another snowstorm along with NJ and DC. We’re even going to have snow here. 32 degrees & cloudy this morning, rained a lot last night, snow to start later today. That’s fine with us, but we bet some of you in NY are getting tired of it.