enjoying ourselves

We went to church in the park on Sunday--the pastor grew up in the Willmar area. He delivered milk around Green Lake when he was in high school and also worked for Youth for Christ in the 50's. His name is Garland Hudson. I think he said he is 86 years old--very good preacher. We met several people from Minnesota--this is a very friendly RV park. The park has a Christmas dinner next Sunday--sounds like about 80 people are attending. The owner of the park is a singer and has a place in Brandson, MO so the usual pastor is from Brandson--he will be coming down here on January 1st.

Monday night is pot luck night--lots of good food. We learned how to serve pot luck without anyone waiting in line. Each person sets the food they brought in front of their place and when it is time to eat everyone stands and moves along the table to the left until you get to the end then you go to the other end of the table and move along until you get back to your place. Everyone is served at the same time and everyone is eating at the same time. Learn something every day.

CC got to the Dr. on Monday to get some help for her knee--walking better today. It go to 80 degrees on Monday. Kind of warm for our MN blood--needed some AC on last night. Cooler today--only about 69^. Got some laundry done today--may get to WalMart for some supplies and hope to get the truck washed.

Supper is in the crock pot--potatoes, carrots, hamburger, cheese, cream soups--should be done about 5.

I will try to post some pictures of our surroundings--we are nearly under a major highway interchange--I do mean UNDER--there three level of roads and we are about 75 feet off the frontage road. Just a nice hum except when a truck driver uses his "Jake brake". We don't hear anything at night.

nlsower

Checked out other RV Parks

We spent most of the day checking out other RV parks but didn't find any that we liked better than the one we are in. So it looks like we will stay here until we go to our project on January 6th.

We were going to have lunch at the Cracker Barrel but there was at least a 30 minute wait so we went to Subway. Can't believe all the snow birds that like to go out to eat.

It has rained most of the day but it looks like maybe some sunshine by Monday--could even get up to the 80's one day next week.

We have been invited to the Christmas day dinner at this park--sounds like fun.
nlsower

Made it to the Valley

We arrived in Pharr TX about 6pm tonight--of course it was raining but we were able to find an RV park. We are parked in the driveway since it was too dark and rainy to see to park in any of the sites. There is an electrical outlet on the swimming pool building so we have electricity. We will decide tomorrow if we want to stay here for several days. We plan to check out other RV parks.

It has been very dry here. They did not have any rain from Sept 2010 until about a month ago--so they are not complaining about the rain tonight.

We had a rough highway for part of today's trip--we both feel kinda sick tonight. Hope a nights sleep will help.

Thanks to Granddaughter Maria, I can listen to Christmas songs as I work on the computer.
nlsower

Lots of fog

We have the truck fixed and are on the road. We got going about 8 am Tuesday morning. Had to wait for the fog to lift before we started. The roads were good and not much traffic. We are staying at a campgrounds in Nebraska City. It has electricity but no water--also big pull-through sites so I didn't have to unhook. We stayed here a few years ago--that time we awoke to a new coating of snow--this year it just rained most of the night (good for sleeping). Foggy this morning. I am waiting for the fog to lift before getting going plus Carole is still sleeping--8:30 am. Time for breakfast.

Hope to get on the Road

Well maybe tomorrow morning will be the day we finally get on the road. Hope the temp stays high enough so the roads are just wet and not icy. I hope I will be organized enough this year to do better at keeping my post up to date. Your comments are most welcome.

Harvest Ministries 2

Hi everyone--Thanks for the comments

We have been very busy--only one more day to work, then Saturday we will be heading to MN. Hope to get there by next Wed.

Internet service has not been dependable so haven't posted any pictures. I hope to post pictures when I ge back to MN--must get back to the RV--morning comes quickly. nlsower.

Harvest Ministries-1

Hi, everyone. We are near Carson MS at Harvest Ministries for our April project. This a rather small facility--four bunk houses, a dorm building and a lodge/chapel. There are four SOWER couples working here--three of the four were at Dothan AL last month. The ladies are cleaning the kitchen--deep deep cleaning. Two of the men are repairing plumbing (frozen pipes), fixing a roof (tree fell on it Monday night), repairing bunks (stop the wiggling). The other man and I have been working on a one-bedroom house that the ministry recently acquired--it is on property but they didn't own the house. It is to be used for missionaries or pastors or a single family. It sits right on the edge of the reservoir--the deck even extends out over the water. The house is built on piers since the water may rise 8 feet during a heavy rain. The present deck gets flooded during high water so they would like another deck up at floor level of the house. We are replacing the flooring, extending the bedroom in to the old bathroom area and adding a bathroom. We have to stop our remodel and replace part of the roof that blew off Monday night. The setting is beautiful--60-ft pine trees, plants blooming several cardinals at the bird feeder. As I write, there is a goose sitting on the dock. Saw three deer last night. I am sitting in the lodge waiting for the clothes dryer to finish. There is one washer and one dryer so we have to share with the other SOWERS. I have some pictures but we have had trouble with the Internet so I haven't gotten them posted. We think the Internet problem is solved so will get busy and post some pictures. Bye, nlsower