Weekly Happenings # 7

18 Mar to 24 Mar 2018

The whole park seems to be in "Shutdown " mode or I should say those that are left are in shutdown mode.  When you see a vehicle backed in to the  driveway you know they are loaded and ready to leave the next day.

Several Manitoba's left last week, known there were snow storms passing thru the Dakota's but they where bull headed enough ( mostly the husbands ) to challenge the weatherman and they got to pay the penalty as they were stuck in one of the Dakota's for 1 or 2 days. I certainly don't understand why you need to hurry home when you have been away for 4 or 5 months. 

Now to the week that was:  Our friends the Nahachewskys are leaving next Sunday so we invited them over Saturday for supper as we needed to empty our fridge before we leave or else we would have to give it away. Some folks actually take there frozen food home but that mean they have to drive 14 or 15 hours a  day so they can get home before it thaws and hope they don't get caught in a snow storm. We give out "leftovers " to the cleaning lady.

Our friends are " creatures of habit " and have been coming to Texas for over 23 years They normally  go to the same  few restaurant  over and over again. We, on the other hand will try anything especially if someone recommends it.  So we have been suggesting in a very quite way ( not wanting to be pushy ) to try to get them to try a different eating establishments. We have been  suggesting, since Jan that should try Willie B's and final they agreed.

I think I mentioned before, in an earlier blog,  that Willie B's ( actually name is Willie's Bar-B Q ) is very rustic , dust and all but very good food with a very extensive menu. If it has meat they can Bar-B-Q it. However, their Specialty is a huge potato, loaded with a 1/4 lb of chopped Brisket, and is loaded with all the condiments that go with a baked potato.  No one  person could possibly eat this potato meal alone and of course Carroll and I split the meal. 

Well, we finally convinced our friends to try Willie B's and we bragged about the the huge Potato so we thought they would try the potato. We failed; they ordered ribs so we tried. Some people won't change.

Carroll's dental work was feeling great so we returned to the Dentist  for a cleaning. Again we went with our friends and stayed for lunch and this is our last trip to MX this winter.

We too are getting ready  to pack up but most of our attention is in the planning mode. We have to leave the house in the condition we found it and on top of that, we have to store all the items we used in the storage shed, like the outside furniture, 2 bikes, several lawn items, clean the Bar-B-Q , install insulated panels in the windows and put the 6 or so potted cactus plants  along the carport so they will get watered when the rain comes in the summer. We have 3 fridges so they have to be cleaned along with the floors so you can see that this will takes at least 2 days. Cheers 

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