Our Location today is McGregor, Ontario,
Canada.
With the forecasted low temperature
of 37 F (3 C) for the night we thought that it would be a wise idea to leave
our Electric Fireplace on throughout
the night. After not having slept with any kind of heat source at night since
last December we both found it uncomfortable but when we woke this morning the
inside of the trailer was a toasty 59 F (15 C). We enjoyed our breakfast without
feeling the least bit uncomfortable.
By 8:30 we were already on
our Computers checking the News, our E-mail, Blogs we follow
and most importantly right now the Weather.
When I informed Kathy that the rain that had fallen all day Thursday would continue
to fall all day today all she could reply was “This type of weather is very Depressing”. Checking the outside
temperature at that time it was 43 F
(6 C) but with the cold north wind
blowing the light rain around it didn’t feel like it.
Once we had eaten lunch and
finished washing the dishes one last check of The Weather Network would show the outside temperature was still 43 F (6 C) with the rain continuing to fall.
Wearing raincoats over
hoodies to keep us warm we got in the truck and headed towards Windsor
in hopes of getting the errands on our list crossed off. As we drove along
farmer’s fields that had been planted and many more that had not, we could see
large pools of water changing the way the landscape would look.
Nearing Provincial Road we made a change in plans and headed to the Devonshire Mall on Howard Avenue. With our inability to access
many of our cooking utensils we were going to try checking some of the stores
that had been suggested to us for replacements. When we arrived at the Mall there was major construction going
on that wasn’t there before we headed south last fall. I dropped Kathy close to
an entrance before finding a place to park then joining her inside. She had
already checked out the one outlet by the time I got inside only to get more
business names to check out. We walked the Mall
for nearly an hour and the only thing we found was that some businesses had
moved while others had just closed up.
We headed up West Grand
Avenue to the Wholesale Club on Dougal where Kathy went in to refresh our
dwindling supply of Cough Drops.
Even if we don’t always have a cold or sore throat sometimes at night they help
us breath better when we put our CPAP
Masks on.
Leaving their parking lot
we almost got clipped by someone making a U-turn
and they were blowing their horn at me when I had the green light. Going on the
E.C. Rowe
Expressway most drivers were
being overly cautious because of the rain but then there were still the idiots
that were doing well above the speed limit weaving from lane to lane. We passed
at least 3 fender benders as well on the expressway. We could see that people
just were not driving sensibly today.
We stopped at Guardian
Storage to pick up our Mail. Carol said the yard was flooding
and she wished the rain would stop any time. We drove back to our Climate
Controlled Storage Unit where the
water was on the verge of seeping in the door. Luckily 95% of our belongings
are raised off the floor on skids we found after someone had suggested doing
so. We left through the front gate to avoid the flooding storage yard.
The next stop was Green Shield on Rhodes Drive where
we dropped off Kathy’s Benefit Claim
Form from her inhouse visit from Healthy Heals. The claim will be processed
before next weekend.
We went to the Tecumseh Mall where we went to the Tan Jay/Alia store for Kathy to get some new jeans. Since they
didn’t have the ones she wanted in stock they ordered them at 25% off the normal instore cost.
Motor City Credit Union was our
next stop where we had to do some banking.
Driving over to our old
grocery store in Tecumseh we stopped at the Zehrs store on Manning Road.
Even though it is a chain not all stores carry the same things that this store
does.
It was after 4:30 when we
headed up Manning
Road until we turned to go into McGregor.
Our destination was the Knights of Columbus Hall in McGregor for their Fish Fry. Last summer every time we drove by we saw their sign
advertising their Fish Fry on the
first Friday of every month but we were always so busy we never made it. We finally
made it. Unlike most Legions this Knights of Columbus had different choices of fish for you to choose. Since
we had Perch last night at the
restaurant we had Pickerel tonight.
It included the fish, fries, cole slaw and a roll but they didn’t start serving
until 5:00 so we had a chance to check the place out. Kathy found a table of Homemade Pastries set up at the end of
the hall. After eating our diners for a $5.00 donation to the Melanoma Research Society Kathy collected
a few pastries for us to share. Extra Calories
for a great cause.
We were Home
in time for the 6 o’clock News. Remember all the vacant stores I mentioned at
the Malls the Economists are saying that the Windsor area has the third fastest growing
economy in Canada
since the Recession. Really? They also showed there is still
more rain on the way and the present temperature was 43 F (6 C). Checking the
temperature online moments ago as I’m about to post this Blog the temperature is 43 F
(6 C) with more rain. Thanks for following along and feel free
to leave a comment. Be Safe and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Krackers
Words of Inspiration
Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very
important.
Lisa Hoffman, American Lecturer
Well for heavens sake, is it ever going to stop raining? It's beginning to sound a lot like California!!
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