We left
Stockton United Methodist Church this morning after a warm but restful night.
We’ve had almost two weeks now of 100 degree highs since leaving West Kansas
but the weather gurus are calling for highs to drop into the low eighties by
Thursday. Maybe Jenn and Chris, our
daughters, are bringing the nice weather they’ve been experiencing lately in
Pennsylvania with them!
They are
coming west to see their son and our grandson Kaream graduate at Fort Leonard
Wood on Friday. And they’ll be spending
Wednesday and Thursday nights in a hotel only a couple of miles from our
campground. That will be a small world.
Today we
drove 60 miles closer to Fort Wood and are staying for two nights on the Army
Corps of Civil Engineers lake Pomme de Terre (French for potato, literally ‘apple
of the ground’, as opposed to the pomme de rue, which I say means road apple
but our French-eloquent daughter Jenn says means nothing in French).
At any rate
we have spent the day simply relaxing, reading, and occasionally walking into
the warm waters of the lake to soak. They are warm but small springs of
deliciously cold water spring up under your feet unexpectedly as you walk
about. No one else is with us in the
campground except the camp host since school has started here and the Labor Day
Weekend begins this coming Friday. I
posted a video of just how quiet it is here on my Facebook page. Enjoy!
The host,
Gary, drove down to greet us in his pickup when we arrived, and again as the
evening came on. He and his wife are
full timing for the first time this year as well. They are from Oklahoma and after Labor Day
will be heading for a KOA near Jacksonville, Florida for the Winter season to
host there. They pull a fifth wheel and
Gary says so far they are enjoying their retirement, even though it is a
working one, a lot.
Its just
about our supper time so Mona will be preparing a good meal for the two of us
after the coach cools down a bit. In
this hot weather we run the generator for an hour or two each evening as the
sun goes down to cool ourselves, and especially the inside of the coach, as
much as possible for the evening.
Frog has
thick insulation throughout which means that when she heats up, she HEATS
UP. We open all the closets (heavy wood,
stone and tile construction) to allow the AC’s to get to all the spaces holding
heat that we can. And that’s when Mona
will use the stove, oven, or micro.
But things
will be changing as we gradually make our way to the Smoky Mountains in Eastern
Tennessee by the end of September. We’ll get some cool evenings, and days,
again. That’s when the electric fireplace and propane heater, or roof heat
pumps, will again be appreciated!
Meanwhile
there are a few libraries to visit on the way east and before the end of
Summer!
PS: A
parting pic of a night gathering on the lake each evening here at Lake Pomme de
Terre. These friendly fliers are roosting in nearby trees. I hope they sleep
soundly. Their cries are not what you
would call attractive to go to sleep too.
-Ken
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