Saturday morning we packed up the motorhome for our next adventure.
We left early driving both the motorhome and the Ford Explorer. We are taking the Explorer to Dad for Anthony to use to take Dad around. His 1984 Buick is about shot and it's a lot easier for him to get in and out of the Explorer, so we are leaving it with him.
We spent Saturday night with Dad and Anthony was able to take some time off for a fun weekend.
Sunday night, Anthony returned and we took the motorhome out to Walmart to spend the night so we can get an early start Monday morning heading to the mountain house. We had spent Saturday night at Dad's in one of the most uncomfortable beds ever made and we are determined to not have a repeat performance.
We head out early Monday morning headed West. We have some scheduled maintenance on the motorhome at Tom Johnson RV Service in Marion (it seems we always have some maintenance on the motorhome). We have found that their service is reliable and we have an issue we water infiltration in a corner, so we need to get it fixed.
They loaned us a car so we did not have to drive the motorhome up the mountain to pick up the CRV (which we had left at the mountain house). After some car shuttling, we have settled in on the mountain for a few days.
Tuesday is a work day. The yard is in some need of some TLC, so this week we'll spend a few hours working on it. We have scheduled delivery of some much-needed mulch for the planting beds around the house.
Wednesday is a play day. We drive over to Asheville to visit Bill and Jan. Jan had a partial knee replacement last week on both knees and we are checking up on her - and she's doing great. Up and walking around, maybe a bit slow, but she is moving well.
Thursday is a big workday. Horha and Roberto arrive around 9 am to start spreading mulch. It is something Clara and I use to do, but too many weak backs have made our brains a little stronger - we get help.
It doesn't take long to realize that we don't have enough mulch. We had 10 yards delivered and we need at least that much more. I quickly find a local place that will deliver today and sure enough, about the time we used all the first load, the second load shows up.
After we (mostly Horha and Roberto) finish that, they start to work taking some pine trees down. The pines grow fast and tend to overshadow all the hardwoods, so I'm slowly getting rid of all of them in the view and around the house.
Thank goodness we won't have to do this again for a year or two. This calls for a sundowner!!
The yard looks really good now. I just regret that we won't be here in June when the laurel and rhododendron bloom. But some of the flowers are already coming out.
After a hard day of work yesterday, on Friday we slow down on to relax and enjoy the house. This evening we had dinner at the Grassy Creek Country Club and go to a play, "Spirited Recollections, A Personal History of Burnsville", at the Parkway Playhouse in Burnsville.
Saturday we awake to rain, the first this week. It's really kind of nice sitting up on the mountain in the clouds.
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| The fog settles in for the day |
Sunday the rain let up for long enough this morning to get some grass seed put out in the bear spots in the lawn and to get some lime and phosphate spread. The grass is looking great, but we can't seem to get some of the bear spots to fill in, plus the moles keep messing up some areas. Hopefully I've got the moles taken care of and maybe this grass seed will fill in.
Keith and Diane Howell came over from Asheville for lunch and catching up on their family.
Tonight the clouds dropped into the valley and we were treated to one of those rare sunsets with the clouds below and the sun reflecting on the clouds above.
Monday we are finishing up a few chores around the house getting ready to head to Ohio/Canada/Niagara Falls on the first leg of our summer motorhome travels.
Tonight we went to Will and Bonnie's for dinner, meeting some new friends and renewing acquaintances with old ones. Bonnie always puts on a special dinner. The last time we visited them, I had mentioned that the best dessert I had ever had was a fried apple burrito at Wisdom's in Tubac, Az. Bonnie had called Wisdom's and gotten the recipe, bought a deep fat fryer, and fixed fried apple burritos that challenge (and probably beat) Wisdom's. Wow! What a treat.
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