Who Says Nebraska is Boring??????

Well, let me tell you. Things here are just a hoppin! Our rig is parked at Nan's nephew's farmette about 12 miles from town. We go about 1 or 2x a week to pet her and let her know she isn't being abandoned. She did show a bit of ire a few times. We couldn't get the generator to run. Then we found that the refrigerator wasn't working. I finally got the generator running by plugging her in to the garage about
50' away. The refrigerator was just a bit of ornriness cause when I turned it off and then back on, she is working fine. She just doesn't like to be left too long alone. We also go to Nebraska City 1 or 2x a week. It is 20 miles north of town. An exciting time shopping in the big city! Another really exciting time was watching a moma cardinal have her babies. 3 of them. I was surprised when she took them to the next yard about 50' from her current nest. The little one's were a trip to watch jumping out of the nest and follow her across the yard. They didn't even have feathers on their wings yet! They beat their little wings and hopped along in the grass, which was no easy task since the grass was taller than they were! One of them came across a large bush and didn't know what to do. Momma kept trying to get him to go around, but he was so confused, he decided to go thru the middle of it. Momma had a hard time trying to get him out and go the rest of the way, but after a few hours, he finally decided to follow momma. It was quite interesting. Took him all day to get to his destination. Now we have a momma robin on the front porch with 3 eggs. We check on them every day to find out when they hatch. So far, nothing. But we are expecting little ones soon. Next week, we go to Lincoln. It's a large town in the middle of Nebraska. Said to be quite exotic! Nan is going to the dermatologist to have the skin tags removed from her eyelids. She is somewhat nervous about it, but being able to go to Lincoln makes up for the apprehension. Her mom is doing great, being the big winner in our continuing competition of Skip-Bo. So far, we are doing just fine. Her sister and brother-in-law will be back on the 12th and we will be excited to get back to our Thelma. We'll stay a few days then head to Michigan. I have registered to play in a pickleball tournament in Kalamazoo. It is only a one day tournament, but am looking forward to some activity!!! We'll visit a college friend of mine and then go to my sisters place in Pinckney for the rest of the summer. There are a number of places to play in the area, so i'm looking forward to playing a lot of pickleball. I'm also excited to play in the Michigan Senior Olympics with my brother! That should be a really fun time. He is, after all, perfect!! And a pretty awesome athlete!!
Sooo, have to go and do something. I just don't know what yet! I guess watching grass grow could be a local activity. I'll have to check to see if there is a club for that here!
Hope you all are doing well. Have a fantastic summer. We'll be back!!

Weeee're Baaaaack....or should i say We Left?

We are back on the road! After getting last minute things done to the rig and making sure Nan's eye was on it's way to healing, we left the park in AJ on the 26th of March. We headed to Las Cruces to visit our good friends SueLyn and Jayne along with Sharon and Vicky. We had a very short but great visit. We owe our life on the road to SueLyn and Jayne. They got us so envious of them, we just couldn't stand it anymore and up and followed them into the life of a fulltimer. They are no longer on the road be we maintain a great friendship and always enjoy our visits with them. We left Las Cruces and headed to Katie and Nan's in Bastrop, TX. They are always fun to see. We missed them at the park this winter, so we decided to make a stop on our way to Nebraska to see what they were up to. We were treated with Katie's special macaroni and cheese bake. It was fantastic as always. We were sorry we couldn't have stayed longer. When we left there, we stopped at Fort Worth, TX to have our exhaust brake looked at. They weren't able to do anything for us, but a serviceman told me how to try some things to see if they would work. The brake was sticking and when i used the pac brake it wouldn't release. so we had to slow all the way down and stop before it would release. He told us we could drive without any problems, just don't use it!! oh well, we got here just fine. I figured out how to release it with the brake pedal, but it will have to be fixed before we head back west.
Nan's eye is healing very well. She has had problems in the past with internal stitches and some of them are popping out. We are in the process of pulling them out with tweezers! But she is fine and doing well. Nebraska is as it always is. Green. The town nan is from is very tiny and there isn't much to do here. our rig is parked about 15 miles from town at her nephew's little farmlet. We go out there once in a while to pet our stuff!! Dang, i sure miss my stuff. I've been going to the wellness center and working out on the weights and treadmill and elliptical machine. carol, nan's sister, has an exercise bike at the house, so i use that when I'm here. nan has already made a run to the casino with her mom. Corkie, Nan's mom, loves the casino and loves it when Nan comes home so she can take her. she also loves to go to Walmart, so we've been to Nebraska city to go to the Walmart. It's about 20 miles north of here. That's the closest town. we'll be here until the 15th or 16th of may then we'll be heading to michigan. this is a family summer and we'll be spending most of the summer in Michigan with my family. I've already scheduled a bunch of pickleball tournaments. I'm hoping i can get my sister interested in playing and talking my brother into playing mixed doubles with me. it should be fun. there is also a place not far from my sisters place in Pinckney, MI where they play on outdoor courts. I'm looking forward to playing while i'm there. it will be the first time I'll have a chance to play pb during the summer. Well, I'm sorry this took so long to get started, but you know, things just get in the way sometime. Hope all of you have a great summer. be safe, and be well.
will update as something happens!!!