January 23, 2005

January 23, 2005

C.A.R.E. Centre

DAY 219

 

Today was bright sunshine, but a bit cooler. Had to wear a jacket. AAAAAWWWWW ! Don't you hate having to wear a jacket when it's already the latter part of January ? HA HA HA ! Time to start heading further south < snicker >.

Did a bit of routine maintenance this morning, including repairing the computer cord with the Bo bite mark. Bad dog !

I helped Joanne all afternoon with supper preparations. She was quite imaginative in her planning today, and the participants were especially pleased. I don't think there's much creativity in the meal planning process here, on a regular basis. We started with pâté de saumon hors d'oeuvres. As the participants gathered in the dining room for supper, we walked around with serving trays. They were pleasantly shocked. The main course was chef's salad with turkey, ham, eggs, and cheese. Dessert was apricot rice pudding. The after dinner entertainment was a slide show I presented on our summer's travels. Another shock ! They usually finish eating and all shuffle back to their rigs for another lonely evening. I had a larger audience than I did last night for my Paris trip slide show. I was asked to present another slide show tomorrow evening. I guess many of the participants miss being "on the road". However, showing these people slides of our summer's travels in Canada makes me aware that most Americans, even those that travel extensively as RV'ers, will never venture beyond the borders of the United States. Canada is as foreign to them as France.

During conversations today, one told me she had no desire to ever visit Mexico ( which is immediately south of here ) because ; 1. she doesn't speak the language, and 2. she sees enough Mexicans in Houston ! Another told me he doesn't want to visit Canada because he heard that "they don't like Texans up there". HUH ? Many of them have reservations about visiting Canada because they won't be allowed to carry their guns over the border with them. Louise Schweyer was asked recently "How do you people protect yourselves ?" Easy ! We don't let Texans with guns across. HA HA HA !

DSK