Detours, Thank You Gift, Storing Furniture, Lots Of Walking and Tasty Meals.

Our Location today is at McGregor, Ontario, Canada.

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While trying to post our Blog last night I somehow nodded off for a few minutes in my chair. I had been trying to just get into Blogger for over Fifteen Minutes with No Luck. When I did wake the Blogger Post Page was open and my Document uploaded easily, so easy that I was able to add Pictures as well.

Sometime through the night the Rain finally stopped but we still slept like a couple of rocks. I looked at the clock and it wasn’t quite 6:00 but my eyes blinked and it was then after 8:00. (Note: Have to stop blinking my eyes.) It didn’t take long to get breakfast ready and the Window Shades up. Even before Kathy walked into the living area I had already tried to leave a comment on a couple of Blogs with No Luck. We’ve got problems!

We were on our way out of the Park by 10:00 this morning with the intention of going to Karen’s house in Tecumseh to remove our Bed from her basement. The quickest route there is Manning Road and we were making good time until we reached the intersection at Maidstone. There was Construction Equipment all over the Road and a Big Deep Hole. The Detour took us towards another Backroad that would put us back on track but when we got there that intersection also had a Big Deep Hole in the road. They have problems!

That meant we would have to drive all the way to Walker Road to get to Windsor. We had talked earlier about getting a Thank You Gift so we headed to Remark Farms specialty grocery stores on Howard Avenue where we were able to get a beautiful Fruit Basket that also contained other Specialty Snacks as well. One thing we already knew is that they don’t put filler in their baskets. What they do is fill every little MM. of space with Fruit. You get your Monies Worth.

We also went to the nearby Shoppers Drug Mart to get a nice Thank You Card. We were shocked to find that location will soon be closing. A sign of the times.

Before heading to Tecumseh, we stopped in to the new Popeyes to have our lunch. We both ordered a Two-Piece Meal and everything was piping HOT as we tried to eat it.

After backing the Truck into the Driveway, we headed in to start bringing the small things up to the Backseat. Sanford was so happy to see us he started bringing all the Toys that we have given him over the years to play. He never brings things others have given him to us, just the gifts we gave him. It became necessary to put him in the Backyard and latch the Patio Door so he wouldn’t come back in. Once the Mattress was secured on top of the Toneau Cover we were soon on our way. We also left our Thank You Gift and Card as an expression of our appreciation.

We had forgotten our Packing Tape Machine back at Home so we stopped at Dollarama and picked up a small Packing Tape Dispenser along with a couple of Gatorades.

We went straight to Guardian Storage and our Climate Controlled Storage Unit. When we moved from our apartment to go Fulltime we had stored our Bed and other Personal Effects to use when we have to “Come off the Road”. When our Trailer had to go back to the Factory and our Daughter & Son-in-law offered us the use of their Basement to stay in, we used our own belongings. Now it all had to go back into storage and that was going to take some time.

We had to move things that had been put where the Mattress had been into the hallway. Then after using the Packing Tape Dispenser to repair holes in the Plastic Mattress Cover it was put away. We had also used our Luggage to carry and store clothes. I had to find the pieces we had already put away and put them into the larger piece. What we didn’t have before were Cardboard Boxes that we had to buy. Instead of just discarding them they were added to the Storage Unit. Kathy walked up to the Office to gather our Mail while I finished packing the rest of our belongings away.

When we were shopping yesterday we couldn’t find everything on our Shopping List so now we started looking at all the stores we thought would have them. The first store was Home Outfitters where we managed to scratch Two Items from our List. We then tried Canadian Tire, Home Sense, Bon Claire, Winners and JYSK putting in lots of walking but not finding what we wanted.

It was already past 6:00 and we were tired as well as being hungry so we went to Swiss Chalet where we had a Chicken Primavera for supper. We must have been hungry because we easily ate the entire meal and even had a refill on our Soft Drinks.

It was after 7:30 by the time we got Home. We read a number of Blogs but again our MiFi connection is too slow to be able to leave comments. Having read about the loss of Family Members on Two Blogs we wanted to express our Condolences but could not. I definitely have to fix this Problem. Thanks for following along and feel free to leave a comment. Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

Words of Inspiration

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), English Novelist