A soup day, good friend visits and circles in the lawns here

Where are we today ?

Plattsville Ontario

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       Early to bed last night at 9 pm and had a wonderful sleep, with our windows open. But then I got up at 5:30 this morning was only 54F inside. So fired up our blue flame heater and quietly warmed us up in no time. We do really like this heater and uses so very little propane as well.

our fireplace 

nice country drive to New Hamburg

     Then I put the chicken bones from last night on to make a broth for soup. Hopped in the car stopped at Pettigrews to make an appointment with Dale for our car tomorrow, Then a quick trip to New Hamburg for some veggies for the soup and more gas for the mower here.

Love the round bales in the fields right behind us

     Back home before 9 am , finished adding to the soup and hopped on the mower to mow the front of the yard around our coach and pool, before lunch. I was almost done here and a very good friend and former employer Marc dropped by for a visit. So nice to see him again, it has been a while and they only live around the corner. Suzie had gone for mail, and picked up our 2 new tires at her Brothers, came back home and we chatted with Marc for almost 3 hours, so nice to see him again, catching up and in no rush to go anywhere.

        He headed home about 12:30 , we enjoyed some chicken noodle stoup for lunch, I forgot about it on the stove so it boiled down almost to a stew so stoup.

tasty stoup we enjoyed for lunch

        Then I about 1:30 I hopped back on the mower to finish the rest of the 5 acres mowing the lawn here. 2 of the larger areas I did circles starting in the middle, round and round right out to the edges, I timed it and much quicker, probably cut 20 minutes off the time it normally takes. I always have fun on this heavy duty Ferris mower. Done just after 3 pm right in time for a quiet happy hour. Temperatures today were in the high 70's F and mostly sunny but a cool breeze. quite comfortable.

this is a fun mower to ride,
zero turn and fast

the last field round and round nice large circles

our afternoon view freshly mowed yard
love the smell

from the last field, cannot see our coach or
 house from here a beautiful sunny day

        Soon time for supper tonight a Turkey Burger for Suzie and a chorizo burger for me perfect for a nice light meal.

english muffins in foil to warm up 

my tasty Chorizo burger I made from the Butcher
at Olsons in WHY Arizona
only 1 left , I use these sparingly

      Now that sure was a nice  relaxing day getting things done, lawn all mowed and a very nice visit with a good friend. Nice to get that taken care of supposed to rain tomorrow and have a few other things to take care of as well.
      Thanks for taking a peek and hope y'all had great day as well.

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A perfect day was supposed to rain but didn't, sunny warm and a fun Happy hour with fellow bloggers.

Where are we today ?

Wapakoneta OH

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      Very mild again over night with rain a good sleep at 5 am was 58F and the rain had stopped so got out and about for a nice long walkabout. And another couple more walkabouts then lite lunch.

they have some nice cabins here by the pond

a bit more water in the creek this morning

they have a very nice play area here for the kids

clubhouse

nicely set up in the clubhouse

they even have bicycles here for members to use

           Now after lunch I took a drive about Wapa, to the downtown area I love, and checked out the Community Market there, They have been renovating for over 2 years now and is becoming an amazing store, Picked up a couple of deals there then back to Aldies where I picked up a very nice 10 lb spiral cut ham for Easter, wow what a deal 89 cents a lb, no matter the exchange it was still an awesome deal.


   

Wapa Courthouse

nice old firehall

love the theatre

and the old buildings downtown

gotta love a drive thru Beer Cave

           Back home by noon and  checked out the pool. Hey nobody there , perfect will be nice and quiet, Yesterday (Sunday) many families lots of kids, close to 50 people there and very loud. No thanks I can wait till today when it is nice and quiet. I soaked in the hot tub for a while and swam a few laps of this lovely huge pool. Read for a while and dried off. This is this first time I went swimming all winter and likely the last  for a while.

love this pool and hot tubs here, 2 of them

         Then at 3 pm we had visitors for Happy Hour Deb and Riley fellow bloggers (On a Long Lonesome Highway) from Ontario we have followed for a few years and last saw them in the desert of Arizona, They are full-time as well making their way back home too.
        They got in touch and not far down the road and asked to join us for Happy hour. heck ya, come over. The got here at 2:30 and the conversation just flowed. Wow, where does the times go? Before we knew it was after 5 pm, so they headed on home. What a great visit we had.

Riley and Deb

Suzie, Riley and Deb
super people

heading out in the Dogsled nice to see you guys again
and catch up, safe travels

     Sad to see them go but time to whip up supper, the weather today turned out to be excellent, low 70's was perfect and the predicted rains did not happen. Bonus!

        After they headed home I fired up our Weber Q and grilled a nice small pork Tenderloin. for tonights supper, added to our salad sure hit the spot.

About 20 minutes on low and slow, turning a few times
internal temp 145F Perfect

oh my tasty, tender cut with a fork

        After supper we headed back outside to enjoy this warm day. Here it is almost 8 pm and still low 70's F. Really gotta love it. I will wrap up this posting read for a bit then head inside for the night. Almost too nice to go in, but will cool down soon. The sun is setting.

sitting right here this is what we enjoyed

yup another perfect day

    We watch a DVD movies last not "Along Came a Spider" what a fantastic move it was with Morgan Freeman as Alex Cross. One of the first movies I have stayed awake for all the way through, go I know it was good.
    A list of James Patterson 26 books featuring Alex Cross click HERE  I know I read  Along Came a spider years ago in paper back and on my KOBO I have read many more Pattersons 6 so far featuring Alex Cross always good page turners. And maybe another 20 of  his different series..
    Thanks for taking the time to enjoy the day with us , and hope yours was good one as well.

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The Biker's arrived , sunny and hot, and the baby geese are flying !

Where are we today ?

Rock Glen Resort

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        Hey we having more wonderful hot weather ! Only got to 85 F (29C) and was humid , but heck we have shade and a nice light breeze, not too shabby at all. We in shorts. t-shirts sandals and not doing anything much physical.
        The early morning walkabout the park was refreshing and noticed that the Canada Goose babies have grown up , Also noticed them flying now, (did not get a pic though) soon they be ready to fly away and leave the area and head south with us, until next year.

hard to tell the babies from the adults now 

         After puttering around for a while enjoyed our e-readers then friends of ours dropped in for a visit (Roland and Lori) and we offered them lunch.  They arrived just after 12:30. They are making a slow tour to the east coast and back on their Motorcycles, from Dryden in Northern Ontario.

heard a light rumble and yes they had come in the gate
right to our site

        Parked their bikes and settled in for a wonderful visit.We met them 2 years ago in the BLM land in Holtville California. They were camping with Oscar and Judy, (Lori's parents) who we met at the same place 10 years ago. They are from Dryden Ontario.

getting caught up with Lori

Roland

      After a bit I fired up our Weber Q to grill a gourmet meal. LOL. Hot dogs (with all the fixings), potato salad, coleslaw and Timbits. An easy quick lunch.

not long the dogs are done

     Ok a group shot with everyone eating but heck thats what we do.

sure hit the spot, give them fuel to carry on

     Then a few Timbits for desert, from Tim Hortons ( a Canadian Donut, Coffee franchise). Basically donuts holes of various flavours, very tasty. 

tasty Tim Bits

      After a couple of hours getting caught up with these guys they wanted to get back on the road again. I think from here they headed over to lake Huron and north on HWY 21 up the coast to Goderich to spend the night there before heading further east.
       Now before they go we have to take a group picture or 2 and some shots of their amazing motorcycles.

There we are

     A couple of shots of Roland's new Indian Roadmaster an amazing bike it is.

all the bells and whistles, and it sounds amazing

would I love this Bike? you betcha,
should we own none? not likely

       Ok this is a close as we will get, sit on their bikes and feel the comfort of these beautiful machines.

Ok Suzie, ready to head on out!

Lori's Nice new Victory, nice and low for short legs.
Suzie says nope I don't know how to ride one,  oh poop.....
but she looks good on it.

        Felt good for a few minutes though, but had to give them their motorcycles back so that they could hit the road again,

They all suited up and ready to go 

off, off and away they go

By for now guys travel safe and I just know you will enjoy the journey

         I just know we will see them again in the southwest agin this coming fall or winter, either in the California, at the BLM land or in Bullhead city Arizona, maybe even on the road in our travels.

         They were gone 3 pm get an hour or 2 riding and call it a night. Then we just kicked back to read in the shade for a while.
            After a bit Tucker dragged Gerry over for Happy hour. Tucker wanted a treat from Suzie and Suzie wanted a Tucker fix.

treats for Tucker

while sitting here Tucker noticed the Bunny beside the cabin
tried to catch it a few times, but not quite, good thing.
I  think if Charlie was here he could have done it and 
we would have grilled bunny!

         Then Maya dragged Walt here and wanted a Suzie fix, a treat too of course.

Hi Suzie

oh that feels good

         So now the dogs play and the people chat, another nice visit. We do solve all the problems of the world ya know, and don't even discuss politics.

jump up Maya

Tucker and Maya both get a treat, spoiled dogs ? Yup.

      Ok Happy hour over, time for a light supper. We don't need much after our tasty filling lunch, How about a couple of BLT's? Bacon, Lettuce Tomato sandwiches. We use tasty turkey bacon.

a few minutes on the Weber Q, perfect

BLT. a few chips and a couple pickles,yup that his the spot.

       We had a wonderful very warm sunny day, enjoyed some great company right here at Rock Glen Resort. Sounds pretty good to us.
       Glad that y'all dropped by and hope you enjoyed a wonderful summer day as well.

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