Sun. Oct. 31st 2010 Grove Oklahoma

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      Sunday morning and a bright sunny day again. Coffee and walkabout on such a beautiful day ,we had planned on going to Darryl Starbird's National Rod and Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum  to check out the amazing custom cars that are there, but a quick phone call to check their hours told us they were closed until Nov. 5th so looks like we will miss them this year. But you can look at the pictures we took the last time we were there, March 2009.

      With that tour not possible today I switched to plan "B". Seeing it was a nice warm sunny day, I decided it would be a good time to take down our roof vent covers and clean them up. Its really amazing how dirty they can get in one year.

      Well I started just after 10:00am and took them off the roof, then cleaned under the covers before coming off the roof. Once on the ground a simple matter of washing them off and put back up in place, right? Well one neighbour beside us from Kentucky came over to chat, after that another neighbour from Missouri, then a neighbour from Michigan. Before we knew it was 12:30 and time for lunch. So a quick bite to eat and back outside to finish washing these covers, well another neighbour from Oklahoma stopped by to chat for a bit. THEN... I put the vent covers back on the roof, wrapping it up at 2:30pm. Thats how a 45 minute job can take 4 and one half hours when you are retired and rving.

      With this work done for the day, we opened our awning to shade us from the hot blaring sun, relax, cool down and read for a while. It was again about 34c (90f), not that we are complaining.

Suzie felt bad saying the sun was to hot to sit outside, so we made some shade

      With all this hard work and talking we worked up an appetite for a tasty supper. I got the BBQ out to grill a prime rib steak to perfection, with a couple of coconut shrimp, baked potato, cauliflower w/cheese sauce, a lettuce salad, and a little red wine to round it all out.

          Of course some more chit chat, read a bit then, The Battle of the Blades on TV. An interesting competition of hockey players pairing up with professional figure skaters all in the name of raising money for their favourite charities. 

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Sat. Oct. 30th 2010 Grove Oklahoma

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      Wow we are making Big money. Back in March of this year I decided to add Google Adds to our blog. I am doing the blog anyway lets see if we can make some money while doing it. Its free and the adds are reputable ones from Google and they appear to have relevance to the context of the blog. The way if works is that when visitors to our blog click on the adds (and some look interesting) we make a few pennies, (our sales commission). Now over the months there have been a few clicks, but all of a sudden there has been quite a few in September and we are soon to receive our first check of over forty dollars! So we would like to thank those for checking out the adds and helping our retirement fund grow, but don't just click on them for fun, you should be somewhat interested in the context of these adds.

      Saturday morning was a nice, warm sunny way to start the day. With coffee's and computing, a bit of local news, then a walk about the resort. Down by the fishin hole with kids in paddle boats playing. There is a fish cleaning station and quite a large area for members to dock their boats. A few campsites were decorated for Halloween and children running about playing games. I stopped to chat with Deb and Rob from Ontario for a while and we checked out their fridge. Its definitely not working, and it appears that the ammonia has all leaked out, so a major repair is in the works for them when they arrive in Albuquerque New Mexico on Monday. Debbie was busy cooking up meats from the fridge and putting other stuff in coolers.

       After this I went across the road to the Farmers Market (an IGA grocery store) for a few items. This is a very nice small town store with a great meat counter, cheese counter and pretty well anything we needed at reasonable prices. Their Saturday special is a pulled pork on a bun for only one dollar. So I stood in line and added two sandwiches to our groceries and we had a very tasty filling lunch, with a smile and heavy midwestern accent greeting from the clerks "y'all have a great saturday now!"

       Then afternoon I cleaned the many bugs off the front of our coach and windshield and we could once again sit out and read in the very hot sunshine, oh so nice! Really about (88f-30c), our thermometer was in a bit of sun and got to over (110f-45c) and no wind! It seems so long since we had a chance to do this. Then supper time was a pork loin roast, with potatoes, carrots and cauliflower with cheese, oh and of course apple sauce. This was followed by a rush of trick or treaters coming around the campground, not sure where they all came from, over 80 altogether, we ran out of candies. Then we can read a bit more and some tv before calling it a night.

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Fri. Oct. 29th 2010 Grove Oklahoma

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      Last night was quite cool overnight in Cuba Missouri, a heavy frost on the windshield of the car, but we were warm and toasty. After some coffee and a hot cross bun for breaky we were on the road about 9:00 am. We got a chuckle of the guys standing around the office at the campground as we left, typical redneck boys, long hair, long beards, plaid shirts, jeans and baseball caps, and of course their accent tops it off. On to I-44 heading west, a great day for traveling, sunshine, no rain, no wind, no snow, great roads and scenery and fantastic company. Missouri has some interesting town names and signs, as I said earlier they must have run out of names for exit roads somewhere because the alphabet was used a few times over to label these roads.

      The Ozark mountains also make for a beautiful drive, the winding roads and rolling hill, and falls colours. One thing that was really nice was the Missouri Welcome centre, with the nostalgic Route 66 theme, the decor and neon lights, even the picnic table shelters were designed and named after small businesses. Check out the pictures. While driving along I-44 near Springfield we saw the signs, and glitz of Branson Missouri calling us. We were there in 2009, even thou its an over the top tourist attraction, we did enjoy some good country music and a few shows at very reasonable prices( if you know where to buy). We resisted this time but will probably put it on our agenda again some other time.

      We arrived at our campsite at 2:00 pm, Bears Den Resort in Grove Oklahoma, a nice resort and area on Grand Lake with unlimited access to water activities. We set up camp but had to change first it was very warm (love it!!) 90f (32c). Then we got to sit outside in the sun and read for a while. As we were doing this a trailer pulled in about 4 sites down from us that looked familiar. And sure enough it was Rob and Deb from Rock Glen Resort in Ontario, they are here for a couple of nights.(small world) Even stranger than this is the fact that we ran into each other at this same campground in March 2009.

      After chatting a bit we retired with a tasty supper of chicken fried rice, then read a while, and bit of tv, nice relaxing night.

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Thurs. Oct. 28th 2010 Cuba Missouri

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      A beautiful sunny morning after a great nights sleep. Cool fall air but we are toasty warm and relaxed. After computing for a bit and coffee we hopped in the car and went for a nice leisurely drive along the Historic Route 66 into Cuba Missouri. Population 3,200. Also known as the Mural City. Now in the past few years we have travelled various sections of this Historic Route 66 that began in 1926 and was the Mother Road across America from Chicago to Los Angeles. Many towns, villages and businesses prospered until the the interstate highway system provided better, safer and faster roads to travel (thou less scenic) and many of these businesses closed down.

      We passed the Missouri Hick BBQ a newer but unique looking restaurant, then the Wagon Wheel Motel that prospered from 1934 to present day when new owners began major renovations and upgrades to the buildings in 2009. Driving thru the town all the beautiful murals were obvious depicting the heyday of days gone by. About 4 miles west of Cuba we came upon the 66 Outpost in Fanning Missouri, boasting the Worlds Largest Rocker and a very interesting and unique gift shop.

      After this we turned around and stopped at the smallest Walmart we have ever seen to pick up a few items that they did not have so,  then back to camp. To putter about and even sit in the sunshine with a book for a while. Eventually time for supper, I whipped up some of our garlic sausage in a jar, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut and peas for supper, then read bit bit more and a tv show.

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Oct. 27th 2010 Cuba Missouri

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316 miles today (524 kms)

      We are on the road from the Flying J in Indianapolis about 8:00am, sun shining and missing most of the traffic. Traveling west thru Indiana, Illinois and into Missouri we arrived at Cuba Missouri Mermac Resort. We turned off I-44 on UU road? guess they ran out of names.

      As we stopped at a rest area I noticed a strange looking School Bus on a trailer, pulled by a large coach. This was called School Time and had a huge jet engine inside. With a bit of checking I found that this (click the caps for more info and a video) School Time Jet Bus had reached a speed of 367 mph in a quarter mile run. Now thats fast!

      At our campground in near Cuba Missouri, we arrived at 3:00pm (2:00pm local time) set up  and aimed our satellite dish, enjoy the warm fall air and sunshine for a while. Then throw together a nice supper of lightly breaded turkey breast, baked potato with cheese and honey glazed carrots. Then read for a bit and a tv show before calling it a night.

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Tues.Oct 26th to Indianapolis Indiana

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Wow we had some weather today!

Another awesome experience

      After a great evening with Janice and Laurie we are up early in the morning had our coffees, chatted with our hosts again for a while and enjoyed a very tasty breakfast sandwich assembled by chef Laurie.  Once on the road we travelled some scenic Ohio country side driving into very strong winds. With listening to the weather channel on our CB radio we kept an eye on local conditions. Around 1:00 pm the skies got dark and the wind picked up, with gusts of 50 to 70 mph. We pulled over to the side of the interstate for about 30 minutes, you could not see the road and the rain was coming down horizontally.

Strong winds and heavy rain

      Once the rains and wind let up we were mobile again. The skies cleared as we left Ohio.

Thank you for visiting Ohio

Indiana

      Now with the worst of the storm behind us, it went thru Indiana and Ohio ahead and north of us, just like our weather channel told us it would. The skies cleared and sun shinning again as we pulled into the Pilot/Flying J in Indianapolis at about 4:00 pm. We fueled our coach $2.59 a gallon (.69 cents a litre) compared to $1.01 a litre in Ontario. A very significant savings today, we put a total of 272 litres of fuel in our coach today saving $111. 72. We also learned more information on the merger of the two companys.

great fuel prices

      Now with clear skies and the sun shining we relaxed for a bit with some computing, a beverage then dressed and cooked a pizza we picked up at Walmart the other day.

our campsite for the night

      Now we puttered around a bit after supper, I replaced a tail light bulb on our coach, and Suzie read a book until it got too dark. Then turn on the tv to relax and enjoy a couple of shows before bedtime. 

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Mon. Oct. 25th 2010 to Alliance Ohio

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      Monday morning and still warm and not yet raining. We are at Bill and Barb's in Clarence Centre NY and will be hitting the road after a very nice visit and some fresh toasted cinnamon bread for breakfast.

Clarence Centre NY

      On the road about 10:30 am around Buffalo and onto I-90 leaving New York and entering Pennsylvania.

      It was a pretty nice day for driving even with a bit of light rain, not too sunny and warm enough to wear shorts. A little while later we were over the State line into Ohio then headed south towards Alliance where our friends Janice and Laurie lived.

      Through some beautiful rolling hills and countryside we arrived in Alliance and parked in front of their house on the street and puttered around a bit until they got home from work.

Janice and Laurie's house

Janice and Laurie

      Well we chatted and chatted, catching up, comparing notes, (its been quite a few years) since they left Plattsville Ontario, where our kids went to school together and skated together and we belonged to the Optimist Club. 

      While doing this Laurie put together an awesome meal with a tasty fresh salad, fresh bread (homemade I think) vegetables, mouthwatering roast pork with sauerkraut, potatoes and gravy, and then we even managed to squeeze some chocolate cake in there for desert.

oh yummy!

      After all this and catching up before we knew it, was way past our bedtime, but at least they had planned on going in late for work in the morning. So call it a night after what seemed like a very short enjoyable visit. But a at least we got together!

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Sun. Ocvt. 24th 2010 Clarence Centre New York

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Good morning yes thats us!

      Well after a very wet and muddy saturday afternoon and evening, sunday morning was much warmer  and sunny, but still very muddy. The six of us were invited to breakfast with another group of rver's that we knew, so off we went at 8:45 am to Gordie Harper's Bazaar in Newfane New York, about 20 minutes away. An excellent breakfast, with homemade breads and sauces good value too. I had a monster looking breakfast of eggs benedict and Suzie bacon, eggs, homefries and toast. Attached to the restaurant was a maze of shops with a great selection of stuff! Good stuff, craft stuff, food stuff, antique stuff, old stuff, new stuff, clothing stuff, just all kinds of stuff.

      Back to the campground we all packed up in the mud and then followed Bill and Barb to their country place about 20 minutes away in Clarence Centre NY. We parked our coach in their driveway, and opened up our awnings to dry out then joined them in their very comfortable living room relaxing with the dogs, our computers, a large screen tv and of course a Buffalo Bills football game. (which they lost to Baltimore 37-34 in overtime).

      After the game they took us to Duffs Famous Wings in Amherst New york a short drive away. This is the original location that opened in 1946 and served their first batch of the soon famous wings in 1969. Always a very busy place so they put their name on the list and we waited outside about 30 minutes. The atmosphere itself is definitely original retro, with low ceilings a small room and tables with wood panelling on the walls.  Well the menu was great but we came for the wings so we ordered a wing special of 20 wings, a large fry and a large pitcher of Beer only $24.90. What a deal compared to home where we get only a dozen wings and large fry for about the same price with out the beer. The beer was cold , the celery and carrots crunchy with blue cheese dip, hot crispy fries, wings cooked to perfection and I had the hot and suicide sauce on the side, very tasty, with a sufficient amount of heat.

      With satisfied appetites we went back to their place to relax a bit with some chit chat, tv and then off to bed after a busy fun day with friends.

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Sat. Oct 23rd 2010 Lewiston New York

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Halloween Decorations

      Saturday morning started quite mild and sunny promising to be a great day, we were out chatting with the neighbours again. About 10:00 am Bill took us for a drive to this great store Adventures in Heat that has the most amazing and thorough variety of hot sauces and spices, from flavourful to some so hot that not even I would try them. From here he took us to the Clarence Centre  Volunteer Fire Company where he has been a volunteer for over 38 years. 

      Bill gave us a complete tour of this amazing modern facility with all the latest in firefighting equipment, many vehicles, offices, banquet hall, meeting rooms, exercise room, lounge and bar, outdoor pavilions, gazebos and even a baseball diamond. If Clarence Centre sounds familiar it is because on Feb. 12th 2009 there was a plane crashed into a house here (about 5 houses from the fire hall) killing 50 people.

      Back home to the resort the clouds were now in the sky but it was fairly warm. This is a big Halloween celebration weekend here and almost every one, especially the hundreds of children are dressed up in some kind of costume. Many campsites elaborately decorated, and there was a huge lineup for the hay wagon taking people for rides around the campground to see the sights. We had a nice campfire going and Bill had a huge pot of his homemade chowder for supper tonight for the bunch of us. Trick or treating was from 4:30 to 6:30 pm and right on schedule at 4:30 pm the rain began! Well everyone was prepared with umbrellas, we were all there with the candy and so were the kids with the bags and costumes. The evening progressed, with the rain not letting up, the puddles getting deeper and the mud slipperier, but we had umbrellas, a nice roaring fire, and friends to chat with, what more could we want? Well maybe dryer and warmer, but we take it as it comes.

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23-Oct-10

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Fri. Oct 22nd 2010 Lewiston New York

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      Friday morning and all is well, cool and damp fall weather, with Halloween in the air. This is the big weekend at this campground for families and children. Lots of kids and adult activities, Halloween theme is all around us with people decorating their sites and the campground filling up. Even the moon had a scary halloween feel to it.

      After our morning coffees Suzie and I went for a nice drive around the area with a stop at Walmart for a few items. Back home a walkabout the campground and a few rays of sun once in a while. Shortly after 4:pm our friends Barb and Bill arrived, and Barb started a nice fire to warm things up a bit. We chatted for a while while they waited for their son and grandson to arrive from Rochester.  It was getting late so we decided on the Country Roadhouse Inn for their friday Fish Fry. The place was busy but only a short wait was needed for us 5 adults and a high chair. With fresh buns and a beverage we ordered the special and our large portions of delicious, steaming hot n crispy fish and chips arrived.

      Now after our tummies were filled back to the resort, only one mile away. We reawakened the campfire to warm the campground when John and Wendy finally arrived to add to the mix of stories and jokes that seem to flow around so easily. Before we knew it was very late and we were getting tired so off to bed to re-energize our systems for another day.

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22-Oct-10 Lazy Lakes

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Thurs. Oct. 21st,2010 Lewiston New York

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      Well today we are on the road, pack up and depart the farm, on the road shortly after 9:00am. Twenty minutes from here we were driving by my daughter's restaurant and she was outside with our grandson chatting. So a quick stop and another goodbye was in order. Then just down the road from here we going thru another small village of Princeton. They set up a stop light to close the road while they loaded a dump truck.

      We sat here for 15 minutes while they loaded the dump truck.

  Then as soon as they opened the road for us to pass a very long freight train came along so another 5 minute wait. Small town stuff, there was no other way around this construction with out going about 10 miles out of you way. So we relaxed and watched them working, no big deal, we are at home anyway.

now the train

      From here we carried on to the border crossing at Queenston/Lewiston at about 11:50 am. Just a short wait , about 15 minutes in line, but time for lunch and relax.  No problem here they check for terrorist vegetables and meat. Our onions, carrots and lettuce were deemed safe to cross the border. All of our meats passed the test, good thing we did not have any goat or sheep meat, apparently they have been know to be a threat to the country. Our closets were checked looking for hidden stowaways, just can't sneak anybody in. 

      So from here our first stop is at Smokin Joes Gas bar to fuel up our coach $2.78 a US gallon (or .74 cents a litre). We just saved $50.00 on a fill up of 175 litres for our coach. Then on to Lazy Lakes Resort, and set up on our site. Then a quick trip to the store for some more bargains, Beer. $14.49 for 30 cans, potatoes $1.67 for 5 lbs, large eggs .79 cents a dozen, Canadian  whiskey $12.99 for 1/2 gallon. So much less taxes here the deals are fantastic for us Canadians. Its almost like getting an extra paycheck.

driving thru the campground

      Well back home, time to make supper, and its one of our favourites tonight a cornish game hen with "Swiss Chalet Sauce dipping" and a rice pilaf, so yummy, we even had leftovers!

      After supper we noticed Bill had arrived to occupy their trailer for the night, so we stopped over for a bit of a visit before turning in for the night.

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Wed.Oct.20th 2010 New Hamburg Ontario

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Wow! 25,000 visitors today, thanks everyone for enjoying our travels with us!

I started this Blog 4 years ago for family and friends to follow our travels, then to see if anyone was reading it I put the hit counter on it about 3 years ago. Now we are getting hits from all around the world. And also we have a journal of our travels that we sometimes go back and look at to see what we did in a certain area and a certain time, we can't remember all these fantastic people and places! My hard drive is getting full, so we write it down.

      This is our last day in Ontario then we are on the road Thursday morning after I post this. We have a few odds and ends to finish up and we just remembered that last year our CB radio appeared to be having issues with a travel buddy in Mexico. So we secured our coach for travel and I drove to Lazer Audio and Electronics (a CB repair shop) and had it checked out. After checking and testing the equipment and installation it appears to be working just fine, so with some chitchat and a handshake for his labour I was on my way back to the farm, to park until the morning.

      With the weather the way its been the farmers are trying to get their beans off the field. Another all day process barely stopping except to do chores and milk the cows. So Sandy threw in a couple of roast beefs, and we made a large pot of mashed potatoes and carrots. Suzie's mother made an apple and pumpkin pie, and about 7:30 pm the workers stopped to eat and 9 of us (all family) sat around the table cleaning up what we could. This was a nice get together for our last supper on Canadian soil for a while.

yummy pies for desert

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Tues. Oct.19th, 2010 New Hamburg

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the barn and silos

      Its nice bright sunny day, with a strong west wind. Morning coffee, computing and wrapping up a few loose ends. In to Plattsville to fill our water jug then to the Bright Cheese factory to pick up our winter supply of 4 year old cheddar, the best we have ever had.  Back home, walkabout the yard a bit enjoying the sunshine and fresh air.

 the coverall

 the manure pile making "fresh air"

the driving shed and our huge campsite

      Some more re organizing of our storage, scanning important paperwork and a laundry day for Suzie. (she gets to do laundry when we are at the farm), I usually do it at the campground laundries.

Suzie hanging 

       Now for supper tonight I created my version of a chinese dinner that our host Dennis can eat, wheat free and msg free. Chicken wings, Egg Foo yung, and chicken fried rice, with lotsa veggies, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, and fresh mushrooms. Then after unsuccessfully attempting to eat it all we rolled outside for a bit and played with Omer before calling it a night.

 you have treats for me?

sit, good boy! 

      Oh and checking what food we can take across the border into the USA, pretty well any meat (no goat or sheep meat) and not much fruit or vegetables. So we are good to go, just counting the minutes.

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Mon.Oct. 18th 2010, New Hamburg

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awesome sunrise at the farm

      What a nice sunrise looking out the left side of our coach across the fields. Every sunrise and sunset is unique and we are so lucky to be able to enjoy so many of them in various parts of the country, across the fields, the plains, the desert, the mountains, lakes and oceans. A bright colourful sunrise is a fresh start to a brand new day so we can experience another exciting adventure.

      So first thing this morning was chatting with mother and arranged to stop by for a visit. This being arranged I took our car to Pettigrew's Garage for an oil change and tuneup at 8:00am. Back home picked up Suzie then of to Waterloo and pick up a few more last minute things. Pick up mother then off to Harmony Lunch on King St, a Waterloo landmark now for 80 years. Its amazing to see a business especially a small family business in operation for so long. The decor is "original old" not retro, with the old counter, stools, hardwood floors, arborite and chrome tables and chairs, juke box, even an old phone booth (which now houses an ATM machine). Mother had a western sandwich and Suzie and I both had the legendary hamburger and fries. The hamburger patty is made from seasoned ground pork and portioned out of a huge bowl with an ice cream scoop onto a flattop grill and then fried with a mountain of fried onions off to the side. So tasty and brings back memories for me as I have been here frequently (but not lately) over the last 40 years. Another thing that you notice at the cash is all sales are cash only, no credit or debit cards, no written bill just go to the cash and your waitress is there to ring in your meal for you, good food and old fashioned friendly service.

      From here we returned to mothers for a bit then off to New Hamburg for a short visit and install a family tree program onto Suzie's father's computer. With this accomplished back home to wrap up a few more things and email two other couples that we have connected with to form a possible RV convoy from Tucson Arizona to Mazatlan Mexico at the end of November. One couple that we sort of met there last year and another couple that  we have shared a few emails with and have been reading our  blog. So it looks like safety in numbers it shall be, and a new experience for us, traveling with two other couples.

       Now its time for supper and we will work on cleaning up some leftovers tonight. Sandy's very tasty cabbage rolls and cabbage casserole, which is always better reheated, and some fried leftover mashed potatoes and veggies.    

2 mores sleeps!

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