December 9, 2004

December 9, 2004

Rainbow Plantation

DAY 175

 

Today was a cloudy, but warm day. I spent the morning and half the afternoon installing some rain gutters on the trailer. I ordered them by mail order while we were at YMCA Of The Ozarks, but this was the first chance I've had to install them. They're adhesive backed, so must be applied on a day when the temperature is above 70 degrees. By the time I received them in Missouri, the temperatures were too cold, and we had other matters to attend to.

The balance of the afternoon I spent reading a book, and napping. I don't read quite as much as I'd like to. There always seems to be something else to do. As a matter of fact, I waffled a lot after lunch about whether to stay here and read, or go visit the nearby muscle car museum. I'm somewhat interested in seeing this museum of muscle cars from my teen years. Maybe tomorrow I'll go see the car museum.

For supper we went to the communal dinner and talent show here in the Escapees RV Park. At least every second day there is some sort of a social activity here in the park. That's typical for Escapee parks. Any excuse to socialize. The roast pork dinner was quite nice, so I'm told. Since I can't digest pork, I had to pass on the roast pork. I brought my left over liver and onions from Lambert's last night as a substitute meat for my dinner. Over dinner we chatted with the only other Canadians here at the moment. A couple from Grand Bend, Ontario, the city on Lake Huron where I celebrated my 50th birthday having Thanksgiving dinner at the Oakwood Inn Golf Resort. The talent show entertainment was pleasant. A musical group of four playing varied instruments and music. An old guy with a guitar playing and singing classic old Country And Western Music from the 40's and 50's. A woman with a keyboard playing and singing some Eagles tunes, and Christmas music. And finally, a large group of elderly women dressed comically, doing a musical spoof.

And ... the announcements. First, there will be a bus day trip to a casino in Biloxi next Monday. For $3.00, you get a bus ride to Biloxi and back, about an hour and a half away, lunch, and $10 worth of casino chips. Not a bad deal. Too bad we'll be gone by then. Then the lady in the motor home parked next to us had an announcement. She was in possession of a stray dog picked up by her nearby hairdresser. When she had her hair done this morning, her hairdresser had this stray looking for a home, so ... as I type this ... Bo the Yorkshire Terrier cross is lying at my feet.

Yes, yes ... say hello to Bo !

Adoption of Bo is not finalized yet. Tomorrow we'll take him to the nearby animal shelter, and see if he's microchipped. As well, someone else at the dinner tonight thought she had seen a notice at the local Post Office about a little lost dog that might be Bo. Sharon, in the motor home next door, will check that out tomorrow. And we'll check the lost column in the local paper tomorrow. But ... Bo might be leaving with us when we leave here in 2 days.

He is a very young adult , or older puppy, perhaps between 8 and 12 months. He has the hair and colour of a Yorkshire Terrier, but he's a little bigger and stockier than a Yorkie. Perhaps he's a Yorkie crossed with a Cairn Terrier. He looks pretty much like Disney's "Benji". He's lying on his back right now, and I'm rubbing his chest with my foot. Teddy accepts him well, although he would like to play with Teddy, and Teddy doesn't really want to romp around with a puppy. I wanted him to have a Southern name, and since he doesn't really look like a "Bubba", I chose Bo, since we got him here at RainBO Plantation.

DSK