August 14th,Tuesday – Hallmark Day; Finish up Wishy Washy; Packing Up

To begin with, thanks to all who expressed concern as to whether we were treading water or not.  We’re fine right now.  We’re up on a hillside, no streams around us and the lake is a good distance away.  Though the rain has been heavy at times, we’re still water tight and in good shape.

OK, why mess up the kitchen when we’re going out anyway.  So being the great guy I am, I offered to take my sweetheart out to breakfast.  So, McDonalds it was.  After all they do have some great items on the breakfast menu.  Me?  I can’t pass up the steak, egg and cheese bagel with a hash brown on the side.  Throw in a specialty coffee and I’m one happy camper.

Breakfast over we headed back to my sister’s house to finish up our laundry and take our showers.  Thank you again sis for opening up your house to us, it made life so much easier.

Barbara even got a bonus today – she was able to find and watch a couple of shows on

The Hallmark Channel.  I have to admit, as funny as it sounds, I also miss our TV.  When you can’t even get the local news, and you can’t – oh perish the thought – get Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, you are hurting.  Thus we’ve made the decision that when we land back in Florida we’re going to have a Satellite system installed.  Right now we are leaning toward Dish with its pay as you go programming.  If any one has any words of wisdom to offer regarding satellite, please let us know.

I continue to investigate possible places to go and stay in 2019.  This, of course, will be an ongoing process for the next several months.  As of now the tentative plan is to stay in Florida for the month of April.  We’ll visit the Kennedy Space Center and St. Augustine that

month.  After that, I believe, we’re going to make our way somehow over to the Natchez Trace and up to Nashville and the Grand Old Opry.   Then, well just don’t know yet.  Of course, all of this is pending review by our in house navigator and sight seeing coordinator.

That was our day.  Nice and relaxing once again.  Thanks for joining us on the road of retirement.  It’s time to begin packing for our journey tomorrow.  We’re moving south to another Harvest Host location, the AACA Museum in Hershey PA.  We’ll tour the museum and spend the night in their parking lot before moving further south.

So, time to go and get busy.  Before I go, though, as always a closing though for each of us to ponder:

As always,  if you are coming to the end of your day with concerns and worries, let me suggest that you turn them over to God.  After all, He is going to be up all night so why not let him handle them for you.

Time now for our evening prayers and eventually some shut-eye.  Till tomorrow.

These are the voyages of  Graybeard and it’s occupants, four paws and two humans.  Our continuing mission: to explore as many new states as possible, to seek out new acquaintances and make new friends, to boldly go where we have not been before