Happy Mountain Monday

Happy Mountain Monday 

Monday June 12, 2023

It's so nice to sleep in our own bed here and enjoy our coffee first. Then we go over to the house.  I made everyone breakfast. After that I make coleslaw for later. Drew put chicken on the smoker for lunch, we gave him our old one since we have the Ninja. Now he has quite the collection of them,  I think I saw four. Was nice the rain stopped for awhile.

Along with the chicken and coleslaw I had mashed potatoes with spinach bacon and onion, and mini zucchini pie. 

 Later I made my cabbage casserole for dinner. Didn't go anywhere today it was a beautiful day, after the rain stopped 

Tuesday June 13,

After our new morning routine of coffee in our home. We go next door and after breakfast. we decided to go to Tunkhannock. A town about a good half hour away. We stopped at Ace Hardware looking for wire to do a 30 amp outlet. You had to buy a 25 ft roll for $75, when he only needs 8 ft. Then we went to Walmart, we got quite a huge grocery order. Then as we were leaving I saw Aldi's, which I totally forgot was there,  and I wanted to go to First. Felt like I would have saved a lot of money. Plus I forgot chicken. Geez

We went to Burger King for lunch, woohoo. fyi that was a sarcastic woohoo. LOL  I eat an impossible Burger there. After we ate lunch we went into Aldi's, Jim waited for me in the truck. I really wished I would have went here first. I got my chicken in there that I forgot. 

After we left we went to the beer store. It's hard to see but Jim's face says it all, he hates waiting for me to take a picture when he wants beer. lol

The Ford sign was cool they were taking it down as they moved to a new location.

After we got home we put some things went in the camper and some things we took in the house.

 David had worked on the Class C a little bit today for us. Jim was helping Drew with the Gator. The part came in on Monday but with a little bit of rain he decided to wait. They were putting the part in together while I was cooking dinner later.

That's Drew working on the Gator.

Not much else going on, David worked on the MH one day after lunch till dinner was ready. Earlier he took it to get washed, filled up with propane and I think change the oil. He has an appointment to get an inspected next week.

I  started packing in our FW, trying to figure out what we would need.

Our adventure starts tomorrow.

Getting settled in

Getting settled in 

Thursday June 8, 2023

Home sweet home. 

So now we have to establish a new routine here. Thought we would take the coffee pot over to the house, but we have enough power for it, so we enjoyed our coffee in our home. Then we go to the house and I make breakfast for everyone. David's not here yet, but should be soon. 

So fun cooking here, I made a taco salad for the three of us for lunch. I made quinoa and cauliflower, that Jim hates. But I knew my brothers would like it.

So cold here, I've been cold all day. Still need heat at night.

Later Jim and Drew went outside to work on the Gator. The fan hasn't been running and it's been getting hot.

Jim got out a 45 gal water bladder we had for a long time. But never used.

Filled it and put in the bed of the truck. It takes forever to pump it in. Don't know why you can't just gravity fill it.

Friday June 9, 

This morning Jim was up earlier then I was.

 While we chatted and enjoyed our coffee, we looked out the back window and when I saw a doe with a fawn nursing out back. Later two other deer, they were watching us too.

They know that something is different.

Today I made lasagna soup with moose Burger. 

I also made a huge broccoli salad, and a chocolate chip zucchini cake. 

Finally got warm in here with the oven on.

David arrives here today. When we were in the house he said there was a another deer and a fawn out back. I got some good pictures of them, even though it's through the screen.

Drew was talking about going out to the bar. We decided to do it tomorrow night, maybe. Nobody wanted more lasagna soup, although Drew did have some. David had went away but I made Jim and Drew quesadillas. 

 When David arrived later he made Margaritas for us all. I had a little bit went home to bed about 11:00. But Jim and David stayed up till 3:00 a.m. chatting and talking and drinking, LOL. Jim told David that he knew him longer than he's known me. Funny

Saturday June 10, 

This morning after coffee Jim drove the golf cart over with a few things in it.

 I made pancakes and eggs for breakfast. 

Drew picked flowers that look beautiful on the table and smells fantastic. 

Jim and I walked down by the creek,  it's really low. I don't know what these flowers, are but the butterflies love them. 

Water is really shallow 

Above, our rig, the point of the house, and Drew's barn.

Jim and David went to Walmart and got a few things, Jim wanted to replace the shower head in the bathroom downstairs were using, it wasn't the best. He installed this one. 

He also tried to get a Wi-Fi extender. Long story short, it hasn't worked.

Later I made us big dinner salad and we had the rest of the lasagna soup for dinner.

Drew left, David on the right not really into me taking pictures for my blog, this might be it, lol

The new shower head, the little old one is in the little niche.

Ended the day with the shower.

Sunday June 11, 

This morning I made bacon, egg and 

cheese sandwich on bagels for them.

When we got up we saw another doe with a fawn, it was running around all over the place, so fun to watch. I underlined it, was hard to see in all the greenery.

What a beautiful day Jim sat outside across the road under the little porch on Drew's building and listen to music. Drew is outside working and I vacuumed the upstairs of the house. Did a little walk fit for a mile. A few days ago Jim hooked up our Roku and we have TV in here. We just can't get it in our RV. I did the picture on the mantel a long time ago. 

 This is a teddy bear Drew made that is a real bear. 

Almost a week in,  getting settled. Want to work on the Class C soon.

Moving Day upstate

Moving Day Upstate 

Wednesday June 8, 2023

This morning we got up a little late for a Moving Day. We did our thing and we left TTH at 10 am. We drove out to the truck wash and arrived at 10:35 am. It made me so nervous pulling under under the roof. Really depends on the angle you are looking at.

Only the one side worked. We had to pull half way in wash that. Then move front more and finish. It took an hour to finish. 

We used some of our water to fill scrub bucket.

I used the squeeze when he finished.

We left about 11:30 and got on 81 N. in Lickdale. Drove about an hour and went into a rest area for lunch, I made before we left.

It is amazing how much haze there is up here from the smoke.

We arrived at our spot upstate with my brother's about 2:30 in the afternoon.

We pulled over and looked at our spot made a plan. Drew was already there to help. The RV looked really good after washing it. 

Drew watched and talked with Jim outside while he set up. I worked on the inside.

He came in for a visit then.

Can't believe how much colder it is up here. We definitely need the heat overnight. We are only plugged into a 20 amp outlet. But it's working out OK.

Jim will work on installing a 30 amp later.

We went in the house and later I made dinner salads and chicken Condon Bleu on our Ninja for dinner. 

We all went to bed 9:30, was a busy day. Nice to have our home here and our own bed. 

Last Minute Running

Last Minute Running 

The final count down to our next chapter.

I call the cabinhouse

Tuesday June 6, 2023

This morning I was up super early again. Got ready went up for walk fit at 10 am, my last day walking with Sandie. I got there early and did 2 line dances before she arrived. Then we did our 3 miles. 

 I walked home and Jim wasn't there he had taken the 40 lb LP bottle to fill in the golf cart. I texted him and he returned shortly after. 

When he got back, I jumped in the truck all by myself, and went up to Country View store. I needed a few more things, again always super fun for me.

 On the way out I saw Neil and Nancy got to say hi and bye to them. Told him we'd see him in a week in our little Class C. Hopefully unless our RV PLANS turn to jello. 

I got home put everything away,  and Jim was still putting thing away.

 Then I made us a green smoothie and lunch for us, as Jim finished up outside putting away the golf cart etc. 

Jim took a shower then we went to do last minute stuff. 

First we went to the jewelry store for my rings. 

My rings

As we drove there we mentioned how dark the sky was. On the news in the morning they talked about the smoke creating a haze from Canada. Or it almost looked like it would rain. 

 The rain won, bottom right, and we had to make a Mad Dash and wait under a little overhanging roof till it's slowed down. Went to the jewelry store. He resized my rings to be left  

6 1/2 and my right is a 7 1/4. So excited to get them finished. He's lovely gentleman Mr. Hollowell, and we had a nice chat. I brought him a switch it up card, because he has an interest in RVING full-time maybe in retirement. I said check them out. 

After we left there we went to Bell & Evans Chicken store in Fredericksburg.

bottom right above pic, is for tomorrow. Geez

Cute chicken door stops

It was a lovely drive there. I suggested yesterday, or today that we should wash the RV before we leave, leave. Jim wasn't a big fan of it, but it really needs washed. There's a big truck wash right here and we drove past just to look at it again to see about making a plan for tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers we can go upstate with a clean rig. Hopefully it'll stay that way a while, but the pollen and dust are brutal. 

 This is everything I purchased on the bench before I put it in our counter height freezer. 

 I spent $75 on 6 packs of boneless skinless chicken thighs, two boxes of chicken patties, they're the healthy ones I actually found in Florida at a Whole Foods. I told the lady in the store that she said wow. I bought two bags of chicken pieces for Soups in quesadillas Etc, and a pack of green chicken sausage that has broccoli and cheese I think. Well I was in there Jim called his mom, we had planned to make a quick visit on the way home. But it didn't work for her because of their dogs and he was sleeping. That wouldn't have kept me from seeing my kid but okay. Saved us time, we tried, it was even my idea,  

Then we got diesel fuel. And ran into Giants Market for milk,  I'm guessing it will be harder to find what I like  upstate. 

Once we got home and put everything in the freezer, a few things inside.

 Started making dinner and I was outside and saw this rig go by. I told Dennis, the ranger here, the truck I want and just pulled in, he said Here Comes his twin.

 There's two Riverstone fifth wheels that are towed by hdt's. I told Jim I hope I get to talk to them, he said oh great, there she goes again, basically. 

 So after dinner he was going to make a fire but someone told him there was a fire ban so he called Dennis, he said it was officially starting tomorrow, so he could have a small fire tonight. He wanted to get rid of his firewood because there's a ton of it upstate, 90 Acres of Mountain Land. 

So after dinner about 7:30 I started watching this show about crack. I started watching it, a chiropractor in Florida and the sounds she gets out of people, and before and after results were amazing I know some people swear by chiropractors and, she made you a believer. 

Anyway, so I put it on pause and grab my stuff and walked up to where the two hdts went. They were parked fairly close together although the trucks were in the parking lot. ( pic above trucks circled in RED.)

But they both have their smart cars and I knew they were Riverstone. So the door was open on the first one and I can hear people talking. Walked around the front and the two guys were sitting outside. So I went and said hi to them, we had a lovely chat about hdt's. We exchanged cards. He said he saw the video of us on the Kahanamoku's channel Big Truck Big Travels, when they brought his truck over for a playdate with our fifth wheel. We talked about some of the other RV YouTube channels that have big trucks. 

After I went home Jim was extinguishing the fire, we went in for the night I put a few more things away and took a shower was hoping to go to bed a little early. That didn't work out too well. What a great day, we got a lot accomplished. Excited for tomorrow's Moving Day upstate.

Another Happy Monday

Another Happy Monday 

Monday June 5, 2023

This morning I got up ready for my day at 5:50 a.m.. sounds crazy, but it's awesome when you don't have to leave for work. 

Once I was ready to go up to do walk fit with Pam for the last time, as she leaves tomorrow. Sandie will be joining us I got a phone call from our insurance lady. I had to take the call, when I was finished it was almost 10:00. They called to make sure I was coming, as I was on my way walking there. 

We did our 3 Mile Walk fit as we chatted, mainly Pam and I talked about No bs. Then we line danced for a while till almost noon, it's great practicing and learning more from Pam she's a great line dance teacher. 

Once we said goodbye to Sandie. Pam and I stayed and talked till after 1:30 about anything and everything. It has been such a pleasure getting to know her. We did hugs and goodbyes, with I will see you in Florida.

 I went home and Jim was on a golf cart ride. I texted him I was back. He was starving, I was ready too, we had planned to go eat at a restaurant up the road and then go to Hilltop Acres Amish market. 

It was so close to us going to dinner with Dennis and Linda we decided to eat here. Glad we did. Then we got ready and went to Hilltop acres. Jim waited in the truck for me, I spend $110. I feel like you get so much more for your money in there. I feel like a squirrel stocking up on food to hoard in the mountain. When we go upstate getting anywhere good, takes over an hour. That's how I justified it, I sat in the truck a few minutes after I finish shopping and did the blog. 

Then we went home put everything away. I washed the lettuce and rewrapped the ham slices I bought for sandwiches for the freezer. All that took over an hour and I'm still not finished.

 We got ready and Dennis and Linda picked us up st 6:30 in their truck and

 we went to the Hershey Bistro. 

Dessert bottom left, 

First time there, I had blackened salmon with saffron rice and mango salsa. Jim had a medium meat sampler with brisket, pulled pork, and sausage. Linda had what they called chicken pot pie with rivals, the waitress kept saying soup. After I saw it I told the waitress that's not Rivals they're super tiny and this was big normal Pennsylvania Dutch Pop pie noodles. Dennis's portion looked the largest with Cod,and what looked like potatoes and asparagus. Jim and I were going to share a Boston cream pie for dessert,  but they were out. The food was really good, but pricier, we probably will never go again.

 Unless they want to go they were super fun to chat with. I guess they don't have a liquor license cuz it's BYOB.

 We took the drive home, saw a lot of deer on the way as it was dusk. They dropped us off. By now it was way after 8:00, we settled in for the night and decided to watch a movie with Sandra Bullock called The Lost City.

NoBS weekend

NoBS weekend 

Saturday June 3, 2023

This morning I got up we had breakfast together and at 10:00 am I got on a Zoom call for our NoBS Summer Reset. Pam was  also going to be joining the call. After Jim made sure I had good internet he left to go take his mom out to lunch and spend the afternoon with her. 

The call went until 2:00. When it was over I chatted with Pam. Later in the day she joined NoBS. So excited for her new Journey. Hope it does for her what it's done for me. 

After Jim returned we took a golf cart ride. This one site has such beautiful flowers, picture doesn't do it justice.

 After we got back Jim got out the Ninja and we put on a rack of baby back ribs to smoke. We rubbed it with mustard and then added Emeril Lagasse bamm seasoning. We left it on for good two and a half hours. 

I made a very small amount of macaroni and cheese, had a small can of baked beans. We topped it with barbecue sauce in the end, it wasn't fall off the bone but it was pretty close to perfect.

Jim told me a little of how he spend the day with his mom, they went to Moore's LZ, a few pictures.

We took a golf cart ride, but there was a threat of rain in the air. We were going to go to a community fire with Pam but it started to rain and we never made it. We went back home and put the awnings in and we were in for the night. It is so dry here and we need rain there's a 5-in deficit. But the rain we do get is very short-lived. Again we should have waited it out.

Sunday June 4, 2023

This morning we got up and had our breakfast. Late morning I remembered we wanted to take his mom to church. We never got to do it once. About 10:30 we went for a big walk. Stopping and talking with people is so fun but it does slow you down. Linda and Dennis were out we chatted with them for a minute, she suggested we go out to dinner tonight together. It was a place we never went to before, Hershey Bistro. I said we would check out the menu but it sounded like fun. 

We continued our walk. We also ran into Rockin  Russ, he said he was playing guitar at the poolside today, and wanted Jim to join him on the drums. 

Jim was being shy but I encouraged him to join Russ. Long story short in the end I think he's happy he did. Here's a few pictures of the pool area where they played. 

I walked down at 2:45 and he practice outside for a while and I told him I was going to start cleaning. I had made a list of things I want to do before we leave Lebanon County. This was one of them, so I got out the Rainbow used our new Wheels and vacuumed the RV. Then I wax the wood floor. Did the bathroom floor, few other things, blah blah boring. Then he texted me it was almost over, lol. I told him I had to wait till the cleaning lady left, lol. So I grabbed my iced coffee we just made, and went up to listen. 

Dennis and Linda showed up to listen also we had a nice chat while they played. I had told her that I looked at the menu, but the restaurant closes at 2:00 on Sundays. So we decided to go tomorrow night.

 After they finished playing they packed up everything and put it in a wagon and pulled it back to our RVs. 

We are right across from Russ so it was nice and convenient. Then we went for a golf cart ride. 

Came back and had dinner later.