Gratitude

We had an easy, quiet time at the Escapade and only went to what motivated us, including an excellent workshop on shopping, cooking, and eating healthily on the road. Had our usual great time at Kevin and Sara's with each of the boys having a baseball game for us to watch under the shade of Sara's umbrella. Also it took both Harry and I to fill in for Kevin's spot as they have a baby-sitting co-op for Friday nights and it was Kevin and Sara's turn to do it. A little gal of one (who was not sure about us and clung to Sara) and six others including 3 seven year olds kept us busy. Sara even took them (we followed) to the pond where even the 7 year old girl stepped right in to gather tadpoles out of the algae. Kevin meantime was doing a pilot license which involved putting the plane down at 8 different airports. He is hoping to finish the licensing procedures within a month. Then Saturday evening we enjoyed staying with the boys while their parents finally got away for almost 24 hrs to the Napa-Santa Rosa area. They managed to get a hot air balloon in during the time.
Monday, Jim and Joan McCracken came down and we had time to chat and then to meet Pete and Doris Daniels and Diana Hill and Al Finley for lunch. It is always fun when we RVers get together. Then we brought the RV back to Bakersfield from its month at Kevin's and are now loading it for camphosting.
Talked to friend, Vera, who is in Syracuse NY and she mentioned how fortunate we are to be :together and able to volunteer at El Cap during the summer.
Yes, Harry and I are amazed to have lived this long, let alone stay married for almost 51 years. He certainly makes a difference in my life. Just to show what a day in a house for a retired husband is: he made a list before breakfast of projects for the day--and we keep adding. So far, he has carried office stuff out to the Rv, trimmed the bushes in the backyard for they were interferring with the sprinklers by burying them, replaced a sprinkler head where the grass was turning brown, repaired the head which was mostly shooting down the driveway,
chopped up the cooked chicken so I could make a stir-fry, expanded our table so we can serve 8 at our church "Dinner for 8 tomorrow" and done several other jobs I haven't noticed. Now when he irons our tablecloth for tomorrow and our walking shorts (Sunday is supposed to hit 90 degrees as we drive to SBarb--a good time to head to the coast) maybe he can sit and watch the news!
Our phone number will be 805-968-3830 at the campground starting Monday and we will not have an answering machine on the home phone. Our first class mail will be forwarded to our temporary address--7 El Capitan Beach Rd, Goleta CA 93117.--by Anita