Daily Archives: May 30, 2022
Why Is It Moody?
Jan and I drove down to Decatur about 11:30 to the Moody Crab to meet up with another old friend, Anne. And as I said in a previous blog, we once dated, once.
The Moody Crab turned out to be really good, with an extensive menu.
Jan and I both started out with a bowl of their Clam Chowder.
Very good and perfectly seasoned.
Jan then got the Fried Catfish Basket with Sweet Potato Fries,
while I got the Fried Oyster Po’boy with Cajun Fries.
Anne and Alan both got Boil Bags, Anne’s with Crab Legs,
while Alan got one with Crawfish and Shrimp.
I’ve actually known Anne since she was 12 or so, but back in 1967, I was dating her older sister, Jane, and she got grounded due to flunking a test, I think. So since I had already bought tickets to something, Jane suggested that I take Anne, who I think was about 15 then instead, and that it would be her very first date.
So as I said, I once dated Anne, once.
Now Anne previously has said she has no memory of this, so maybe I just imagined it. But I don’t think so.
I actually tracked Anne down a couple of years ago after my Aunt Virginia told me that Jane had died back in 2019, and I was really surprised, and wanted to find out more.
Getting our hugs and saying our goodbyes, Jan and I headed back up to Athens, with a quick detour by the new Buc-ee’s going up right outside town.
Those poles lined up in front from one side to the other are where the 120 gas pumps will be located.
Tomorrow we’re heading over to Huntsville for lunch and some shopping. Then on Wednesday we’ll be on our way down to Birmingham for one night.
American Coach Association Rally
May 30, 2010
ACA Rally – Day 4 . . .
Today, the last day of the rally, was a repeat of yesterday’s breakfast buffet, but this time with the addition of some very good cinnamon rolls that forced Jan and I to split one.
It twisted our arms, honest!
Outside the Energy Hall where everything happens, we’ve enjoyed seeing these beautiful cherry trees in bloom.
After breakfast we came back to the coach and we just gelled. The only real thing going on was a golf tournament, so it was time for a nap.
About 5:15 pm we headed back over to the Energy Hall for the final dinner of the rally, prime rib, no less.
And the prime rib meal was just as good as our other meals, and once again there was wine on our tables.
And here’s our table companions for the night, The Ernhardts, the Desimoes, the Emberts, and of course, my beautiful wife, Jan.
Note how happy everyone is, and how empty the wine bottles are. Of course there’s no connection there.
Like last night, we had entertainment after dinner. This time it was Jack Jensen and Ted Jordan. They did everything from 50-60’s rock to country and patriotic.
We even had a bit of ventriloquism with Ted and his simian friend, M. K. Shines. (Monkey Shines, get it. Well I guess it’s monkey humor)
Everyone really enjoyed the music, especially the last song, “God Bless The USA”
About 8:30 things wrapped up and, saying our goodbyes, we headed back to the rig for the night.
Tomorrow, most rally attendees will probably be heading out, but we’re hanging around for a couple of days before we start back toward Austin for our daughter Brandi’s wedding on June 21st.
A complete change of subject here. A few weeks ago we spent several pleasant days in Klamath, CA visiting the Redwood forests in the area. Klamath is not a very big place. It’s basically just one main street with a few stores, a gas station, and a Post Office.
So it was really strange to find this story about a bizarre crime that took place there recently. Now I’m glad we didn’t stay any longer.
Likely Or Not
May 30, 2013
This is Likely the Place . . .
Really, it is.
We’re staying at the Likely Place Golf & RV Resort in Likely, CA. And a very nice place it is. Here’s the view out our front window.
We pulled out of the Tahoe Village park about 10:15 this morning, heading for Likely, CA tonight and the Bend OR Thousand Trails tomorrow.
As we passed the park office I saw a UPS truck so I stopped in to see if one of my packages had magically arrived this morning, but no such luck. Getting under way, we headed back over the mountain to meet up with US395 at Carson City. Although it’s only 27 miles over there, it takes about an hour to just get over there because of first having to drive the 10 miles of South Lake Tahoe, CA and Stateline, NV traffic. Then it’s the curvy climb up to 7100 feet to get over the mountain and back down to Carson City’s 4000 feet, and the Pac-Brake got a real workout coming back down.
Things went just fine until about 100 miles above Reno when we ran into about 20 miles of one lane road repair. They were using a machine to cut those rumble strip areas into the road on the center and edge stripes. So after we waited about 20 miles, we got to follow the pilot car for the 20 miles at about 30 miles an hour.
Whoopee!
Makes you really appreciate having your refrigerator and your bathroom with you where ever you go.
Otherwise the trip was pretty smooth, getting into the Likely Place Golf & RV Resort about 3:30, only about an hour late. And even better, our stay here at this Good Sam park was free.
When we were in Las Vegas, I bought something at Camping World and they offered me a deal to renew my Good Sam membership at a nice discount plus a coupon for a free night’s camping at a Good Sam park.
Although the park looks like it’s out in the middle of nowhere, it’s actually only about two miles off US395 on a very nice road. And if you don’t have a Good Sam coupon, it’s also a Passport America park at only $16 a night for full hookups. And of course, a very nice golf course, too.
Tomorrow we’ve got about 240 miles to get to Bend OR. And it should be a nice easy trip. Unless we hit more repair work.
The Price I Pay
May 30, 2014
Waiting for Change . . .
I spent most of this morning hobbling around and trying to stay off my feet, or specifically my right knee. Once it a while it goes out on me, and this time has been worse than most.
I’ve been banged up a lot in my life, but, between football, parachute jumps that didn’t quite go as planned, and a helicopter that decided not to fly anymore, my right knee and leg got it worse than the rest. So sometimes I pay the price of my wild and crazy youth.
Hopefully by tomorrow I’ll be on the mend.
Jan’s sister, Debbie sent over this X-Ray of her granddaughter Ella.
Ella apparently decided to be her own piggybank, and recently made her first deposit.
A quarter.
Well, you have to start somewhere, I guess
They’re still waiting for change.
I got several emails yesterday about my Photoshop (well, Paint Shop Pro) tutorial. And today I came across this illustration,
It had the heading “When you see the creepy thing, hit share.” Well, to save you the trouble, the ‘creepy thing’ is the disembodied hand on the right arm of the little girl.
I figure she was crying in the original shot, so someone took her from another shot and put her in this one. Don’t know why they left the hand. Maybe thought no one would notice, or ran out of time.
Anyway, even without the spooky hand, you can tell this has been Photoshopped by looking at the blowup of the photo below.
The vertical bar in the center of the pic is a dead giveaway. You never really have abrupt transitions like this without some sort of anti-aliasing (the gradual transition of color from one pixel to another)
Look at the pixels over the rest of the photo and you’ll see what I mean.
Still in Prescott AZ
May 30, 2015
Sausage and Crab . . .
Not much gets done around here on the weekends, so we weren’t expecting anything to happen. And it didn’t.
I worked on some web stuff while Jan mostly read. We did talk some about where we’re going next from here. Before the blowout we were supposed to be at the Horseshoe Lakes Thousand Trails in Indiana right now before heading over to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, Then it’s back to Houston via north Alabama and Gulf Shores toward the end of August. We always try to get back to Houston about then to be there for Landon’s birthday.
Later in the afternoon I checked my bank account that my $109 motel bill had morphed into a $244 bill, with 3 different charges, none of them for $109.
All 3 charges are pending, so they might be updated, But just in case I called the hotel to ask what was going. But the clerk was new and no help either. He said if I was still in town it might be quicker to come by later in the afternoon and talk to the manager. As it turned out it didn’t help either.
About 3:30 Jan and I headed out on another edition of our seeming goal to eat at every restaurant in Prescott. Or at least, every good one. And once again, relying on Yelp, we hit a real winner, The Iron Springs Café
Housed in an old train depot that was originally built in 1894, the inside is open and friendly with a lot of train memorabilia. Sheldon would certainly like it.
And the food certainly lives up to their reputation. While Jan started with a salad, I gave their Chicken and Andouille Sausage Gumbo a try.
Chock full of chicken and sausage, as well as okra and peppers, this was a really good bowl of gumbo, and could hold its own in Louisiana.
Jan just had to check out their much-recommended Blue Crab Cakes with rice, Pico de Gallo, and a creamy Chipotle sauce.
Jan’s a real Crab Cake aficionado, and she says these are as good as any she’s ever had.
Continuing on my sausage theme, I had the Sausage Bomber Sandwich.
With Andouille sausage, cheese, grilled onions and grilled peppers, it was a real meal. So much so that we couldn’t even find room to split an order of their homemade bread pudding with rum-brandy sauce.
But there’s always next time.
Then it was off to the motel to try and straighten out my charges. And with no luck as it turned out. They couldn’t explain how these different charges came about, and said it must be a problem with my bank.
Yeah, right. My bank just made up charges under the name of the motel. So getting no real answers, I decided I’ll just wait until Monday and then check with my bank.
Tomorrow, probably more of the same.
It’s Wireless!
May 30, 2017
Wings and More . . .
It went down to 36° last night, but was up in the mid-70’s today. All in all, very nice.
About 5pm we headed out to meet Dave and Jeanne at the local Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. They had been doing Deadwood today, a destination for us in the next few days.
Jan and I went with the same order as last time, traditional wings, hers with Asian Zing, and mine with Mango Habanero, as well as an order of Potato Wedges.
As we got to talking, it was almost scary how many likes we have in common besides RV’ing, like Dr. Who, murder and historical mysteries. drones, computers. and more.
As usual when RV’ers get together, we spent more time talking than we did eating, probably a good thing on my part. In fact we had been there almost 3 hours before we left. Had a really great time.
Hopefully we’ll be able to get together again before they leave on Saturday.
Jan has been nursing the remains of a migraine for a couple of days, so tomorrow is up for grabs. If she does feel better, then we’ll head out about 9am, first heading down to Bear Country USA, a drive-thru wildlife park down near Mt. Rushmore. Then it’s right next door to Reptile Gardens for a visit there.
For lunch we’ll then head back down to Hill City to get our German food fix at the Alpine Inn, Then maybe back to the Dinosaur Museum nearby, before heading back home.
Supposedly I have an Amazon order coming into the park tomorrow afternoon. I ordered a Samsung Wireless Charger for my Galaxy S8+.
You plug it into a power source and then all you have to do just lay your phone on the circular pad. No connecting it up. And even better it charges faster than the regular way. And it should also work on Jan’s S5 too.
And it’s only about $17.
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