Last night a visitor in this park had a heart attack. He was rushed to the hospital at
1 AM, and it wasn't until about 1 PM that his wife advised the park that their dog was left alone in their locked motorhome. Joanne and I were asked to care for the dog. Of course, but ... are we supposed to break into the motorhome ?
With all of the concerns that the wife had at the hospital, there was some confusion and misunderstanding about getting a key to open the motorhome. She finally returned from the hospital about 5 PM. We will be taking care of the dog for at least tomorrow, and perhaps longer.
This afternoon we went to the Humane Society of Yuma for Bo's fourth agility class. It's becoming more complex ... and more tiring. Bo is the "old man" of the group, and the smallest ( by far ! ) of the nine dogs. He can't quite make it to the end of the hour long class. We "dropped out" due to his fatigue about five minutes before the end of the class. Well done, Bo, good dog. Today the new component added was a hanging tire to jump through. No problem for Bo. But ... even after many years of "amateur" agility, and now professional agility instruction, he still doesn't "get" weave poles.
We attended the regular Sunday evening ice cream social. Large crowd tonight ! We chatted with our new friends from Houston, Texas and our even newer friends from Dallas, Texas.
Monday ; Sunny and hot.
From early this morning until supper time we had a houseguest ; Maggie the four year old chocolate coloured Miniature Poodle. Very sweet girl. A bit anxious. Her male owner had a heart attack a few days ago, and her female owner is spending long days at the hospital. We also had Lucy the Miniature Dachshund intermittently throughout the day. Her owners live across the street and have been going down to Mexico frequently for long days of extensive dental work. We go across the street and take Lucy out of their motorhome every few hours for a "bathroom break".
Late this morning we took Bo and Maggie for a drivey to Bard, California for date shakes and postage. I dislike going to the Post Office in Yuma because it's always so busy, so when I need postal services we usually go for date shakes and stop at the small town Post Office in Bard, California. When we got to the Bard Post Office today ... it was closed. !)@(#*$&%^ ! ! ! President's Day ! A holiday which seems to be observed only by Federal services such as the Post Office.
We had date shakes at Imperial Date Gardens. Bo had some, but not Maggie. On the way back to Yuma we stopped beside a lettuce field that was being harvested, and I cut two oversized heads of Romaine lettuce left behind by the pickers due to their size. Back in Yuma we went shopping to Food City for some groceries and ... just because it was there ... Elvira's Panaderia to buy some pan dulce. Joanne stayed in the truck with the dogs, engine running, air conditioning on, while I ran into Elvira's to buy "some" pan dulce. HA HA HA ... my definition of "some" and Joanne's are different. HEY ... if you don't like it ... next time you go in ! HA HA HA ! I wonder how long it will take us to eat that much Mexican baking ? HA HA HA HA HA ! Our final stop before heading home was Lowe's. I was in there so long the dogs ... and Joanne ... all fell asleep. HA HA HA !
We went to the Post Office in Yuma, even though it was closed. I thought I might be able to buy the postage I needed from a machine. Even better. They now have a computerized scale linked to a computerized self service station. Put your mail on the scale, answer a series of multiple choice questions, stick in a credit card ... BBBBBRRRRRPPPPPP ... out come postage labels, you’re done !
Tuesday ; Mostly sunny and hot.
This morning was the Kofa Ko-op annual general meeting. Kofa Ko-op's AGMs flow much smoother than do the AGMs back home at Riverside RV Park Resort. However ... today's meeting wasn't without controversy, not surprising given the turmoil of the last week or so. Following the singing of the American national anthem, during the singing of the Canadian national anthem, some "ugly Americans" sat down as an intentional show of disrespect. The lady seated next to Joanne made an "ugly American" comment about "you Canadians are trying to take over our park". < sigh > That really validates my decision to cancel the pet etiquette seminar.
This afternoon we went to the Humane Society for our regular Tuesday afternoon shift of dog walking and cat cuddling. Carol Mae worked at the same time as us today, so that she and I could once again walk the Catahoula Leopard dogs. For the last time ! YIPPEEE ! They' re going to a rescue organization tomorrow.
Wednesday ; Mostly sunny, hot !
This morning we said goodbye to our new friends from Dallas, Texas, who left Kofa
Ko-op today, heading for new adventures. We hope to see them again some day, somewhere.
We did some minor maintenance and home improvements projects on Elsie today. Joanne painted my truck "Canadian tailgate", a piece of 2" x 6" lumber. I did some paint touch up work on Elsie's rear step. < sigh > Oh, yeah ... now I remember ... my spray painting skills are crap ! I replaced a window screen in the trailer that was mysteriously damaged recently. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you, Bo ?
< scowling >
Thursday ; Sunny, windy, warm.
Today we finished painting the truck camper's rear step, and the cut ends of the wire shelving I'm about to install in Elsie. Joanne baked a cake in the Sun Oven. I did not like where she had placed the Sun Oven, so I moved it. After moving it I failed to glance inside, so ... I failed to notice that I had spilled cake batter all over the side of the cake pan AND ... all over the bottom of the Sun Oven. What a mess ! But ... it all baked quite nicely. Cake baked all over the sides of the pan and the bottom of the Sun Oven !
This afternoon, as I was walking through our screened front patio area towards the back of our truck, I saw ... and heard ... our neighbour across the street. He was running towards his trailer's door, waving his arms wildly, and hollering. HUH ? ! ? I stepped around our truck, took a look, and .... HOLY SHIT ! ! ! BEES ! THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BEES ! ! ! A large cloud of bees heading towards me ! Looked like the Apocolypse was upon me ! I ran back into our trailer. And the next door neighbours ran down the street ! < BLINK BLINK >
The swarm of bees congregated around our truck and ... very slowly settled into the next door neighbour's Mesquite tree. In about five minutes ... all was calm ! The swarm of bees were hanging in a huge bunch on a branch on the tree. I came outside. As did the neighbours. Including the neighbour across the street who had sustained three bee stings on his face.
A few minutes later Joanne and I left for an evening out with the neighbours / friends whose motorhome I recently repaired. When we returned home about 8:30 PM, the swarm of bees was no longing hanging in the tree. Bonsoir la visite ! ! !
George and Betty took us out for dinner in appreciation for the body work I recently did on their motorhome. They took us to a Chinese buffet restaurant we had not been to before. Afterwards we went to another one of the Thursday evening free, outdoor, jazz concerts in the courtyard at Yuma Palms Shopping Center.
Thank you, George and Betty, for a lovely dinner and evening out.
< sigh > Joanne has just read to me ( late in the evening ) a newspaper article about a bill, ( backed by Republicans ), that has just been passed by the Arizona Senate allowing service providers / people in Arizona to assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays. < sigh > A "freedom of religion" protection !
Well ... at least it's sunny and warm down here !
Friday ; Mostly sunny, very warm.
This morning I stepped outside and ... HEY ! Why are there dead and dying bees all over our patio ? HEY ! Why are there dead and dying bees in the bed of our truck ? HEY ! Why does our neighbour across the street look like Popeye ? OH ! ! ! His eye is swollen shut from the two bee stings around his eye, and his cheek is swollen from the bee sting on his cheek ! YIKES ! ! !
We found out that last night the swarm of bees in our next door neighbour's tree were not moving on in a timely fashion, so a decision was made to exterminate them. They were sprayed, and that's why this morning there were dead and dying bees all over.
This morning we went shopping to Wally's World for some hardware items we needed. This afternoon Joanne went Wal-Martin' by herself while I installed some wire shelving in the truck camper.
BOOM ! Just experienced a sonic boom ( at 9:45 PM ). Another pilot from Yuma MCAS ( Marine Corps Air Station ) is about to get his knuckles rapped ! HA HA HA ! BOOM ! OHHHHH ! ! ! Another one ! Guess his wing man had to catch up to him. HA HA HA ! Two more Marine pilots peeling potatoes tomorrow. HA HA HA !
Saturday ; Mostly cloudy, humid, and very warm.
This morning we attended a potluck brunch in the clubhouse. It was not well attended.
This afternoon we went shopping to Lowe's and Food City. After returning home Joanne worked on a painting project, painting the barbecue shelf along the back wall of our shed. I worked on installing a new TV and swing arm mount in Elsie. I bought both the television and the swing arm mount on Thanksgiving evening, both items very heavily discounted.
In the evening we attended a performance in the clubhouse by Rainbow Station, a children's choir. They perform here every year. Some things ... like dental cleanings and children's choirs ... must just be endured.
Did I say that out loud ? HA HA HA !
DSK
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