Saturday 8-15-26 Trip Preparation Begins & Having Fun

Trip Preparation Begins

We had another hot humid day. The morning temperature was 79 degrees and the high was 101 degrees but felt like 110 degrees. We had wind and cloud covering all day.

We decided to get the Minnie out of storage to begin our trip preparation. Larry doesn't have any big maintenance things to do on it because he took care of them when we got home from our spring trip. We will need to wash and Larry will do some small things like fill the tires and clean the battery posts. He will also check the seam seals. These are things he does before every big trip. 

When we got home from Amy's Storage Center Larry plugged it in to our power. Larry put the Starlink, Mobley and some other electronics in the Minnie. Before putting Starlink in the Minnie he plugged it in and updated it. He did the same thing to the Mobley. He updated our phones last night. I started to put some supplies in the Minnie. We didn't work too long on the preparation.

At lunchtime we received an e-mail from the UPS Store saying we have a package. After lunch we went back to town to pick up the package. The package was from Larry's mom (Shirley). She wrote a note and said she is getting old, she's 87 so she doesn't bake like she used to. She did send snacks, which were Nature Valley Crispy Creamy Wafer Bars (Strawberry and Blueberry) and mixed nuts with cheese puffs. She also send out birthday gifts. We munched on the snacks. Thank you Shirley.

Strawberry Wafer Bars

Blueberry Wafer Bars

Mixed nuts and cheese puffs

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 15 minutes and 54 seconds to complete the event, which put me in 14th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Creature From The Black Lagoon, Godzilla, Pirate's Life and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing Godzilla I became high score #1. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Great Houdini. Indianapolis 500, Last Action Hero and Monster Bash. I had a great day of playing pinball.

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Mini)

Godzilla (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

Great Houdini (Big)

Indianapolis 500 (Big)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Monster Bash (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero, which was Thor: Ragnarök from our movies collection. After Larry went to bed I watched the second movie of Fantastic Beasts, which was Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

I continued working on my puzzle Horse of Iron. 

  

    

 

Friday 8-14-26 It's Friday, and Having Fun

 

Celebrate it's Friday and dance

We had another 100 degree day with wind and clouds. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and the high was 100 degrees and felt like 113 degrees. The clouds rolled in and out all day.

We started the day out by going to town to check out mail and pick up a few things for our birthdays celebration on Sunday. Every year we celebrate all of our birthdays  together (Louise, Larry and mine). It usually on Louise's birthday but this year we'll be celebrating the day before. Larry's birthday is later in August and mine in September, we're usually on our Fall Trip. It didn't take too long so we were back home within an hour. 

While we were eating lunch we received an e-mail from the UPS Store saying we have a package. We went back to town. We thought maybe it was from Larry's mom (Shirley) but it was from his brother Ray. It was a birthday card with a cute book on reflections of a special year, which was 1958 the year Larry was born.

1958 Reflections of a special year

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Spider and 5 Pyramid). I only did 9 of the 10 games because I couldn't solve one of the last spider game. I solved the games but not it the amount of moves I needed. I worked on the event for 1 hour, 45 minutes and 42 seconds, which put me in 23rd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked on Horse of Iron puzzle. I'm getting real close on finishing it.

I worked out with the Wii Fit Plus for 45 minutes. I did two exercises from the Aerobic menu for 10 minutes (Hula Hoop for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), I did three exercises from the Balance Games menu for 8 minutes (Ski Jump two times for 2 minutes, Ski Slalom two times for 2 minutes and Soccer Heading two times for for 4 minutes), I did three exercises from the Strength Training menu for 10 minutes (Balance Bridge 20 reps per leg for 4 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps per leg for 3 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps Horizontal and Vertical for 3 minutes), I did two exercises from Training Plus menu for 7 minutes (Obstacle Course for 4 minutes and Perfect 10 two times for 3 minutes) and I did five exercises from Yoga menu for 10 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing

Ski Jump, Ski Slalom and Soccer Heading

Balance Bridge, Single-Leg Extension and Torso Twist

Obstacle Course and Perfect 10

Chair, Palm Tree, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation and Warrior

Larry continued playing with his jukebox. He continues planning our trip.

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Dark Chaos, Jaws and Red & Ted's Road Show. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Last Action Hero and Medieval Madness. While playing Medieval Madness I became Grand Champion. While playing Last Action Hero I got a new high score, which moved up up from 54 to 24 out of 73 participants. I had a great time playing pinball.

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Red & Ted's Road Show (Mini)

Cirqus Voltaire (Big)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Big)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Medieval Madness (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie from our collection, which was Doctor Strange. It is a great movie and had super special effects. When Larry went to bed I watched the first movie of three movies of the Fantastic Beasts, which was Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. I ended up doing 4,000 steps. I had a fun day.

 

     

 

Thursday 8-13-26 Working Out, Games & Jukebox

 

Hi have a great day

We had a great relaxing Thursday. I have no virtual square dances on Thursday. I kept busy doing this and that.

It's hot and windy. The morning temperature was 77 degrees and the high was 103 degrees. We kept cool under the air conditioner.

Hot Summer Day

Larry spent the day playing with his jukebox. He continued playing with Jukecab. Jay was very excited Larry got Windows to work on the PI. He thought he wouldn't ever see it happen. Great job honey.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 2 hours, 52 minutes and 22 seconds to complete the games, which put me in 14th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2. 

I worked out for an hour and a half.

I worked out with the Wii Fit Plus for 30 minutes. I did 24 minutes with the Wii Fit Plus Routine with 12 exercises and 6 minutes with an additional two exercises (Rhythm Boxing for 4 minutes and Perfect 10 two times for 2 minutes). The exercises in the routine were one exercise from Aerobics (Basic Run), one exercise from Balance (Table Tilt), three exercises from Strength Training (Balance Bridge 6 reps, Rowing Squats 15 reps and Sideways Leg Lift), two exercises from Training Plus (Skateboard Arena and Snowball Fight) and five exercises from Yoga (Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Palm Tree and Standing Knee). I had a great workout.

Basic Run and Rhythm Boxing

Table Tilt

Balance Bridge, Rowing Squats and Sideways Leg Lift

Perfect 10, Skateboard Arena and Snowball Fight

Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Palm Tree and Standing Knee

I worked out with Just Dance 2016 for 30 minutes with nine songs. I did three songs for 10 minutes, which were Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Drop the Mambo. I did six songs for 20 minutes, which were The Choice Is Yours, Rabiosa, Circus, Lights, Born This Way and Hit The Road Jack. I had a fun workout with Just Dance 2016.

Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Drop the Mambo

The Choice Is Yours, Rabiosa, Circus, Lights, Born This Way and Hit The Road Jack

I worked out with four songs two times each on the Synth Riders for 30 minutes. The songs were Empires, I Loved You Then, Imperfection and It Ain't Right. While working with Empires and Imperfection I earned two outstanding scores. I had a good workout.

Empires

I Loved You Then

Imperfection

It Ain't Right

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini cabinet, which were JP Dead Pool, Junk Yard, Michael and No Good Goffers!. When I played Michael I became high score #3. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Guardians of the Galaxy, Last Action Hero, Queen and Star Trek the Next Generation. While playing Guardians of the Galaxy I became high score #2. I had fun playing pinball.

JP Dead Pool (Mini)

Junk Yard (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Guardians of the Galaxy (Big)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Queen (Big)

Star Trek The Next Generation (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie, which was Black Panther from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched the last X-Men movie we have, which was X-Men: Days of Future Pass. Both were good movies. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

I worked on the Horse of Iron puzzle. 

   

   

Wednesday 8-12-26 Dentist, Two Dances, Project & More

Just Having Fun

It was another 100+ day with a wind. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and the high temperature was 103 degrees and felt like 114 degrees. 

Beautiful Hot Day

We started the day off by going to the dentist. It was time for our six month cleaning. Our appointment was at 8:00 am so I had to get up earlier then normal. I got up at 7:00 am. Our appointments went very well. Larry has to go back and get a small cavity filled. We made our next cleaning appointment. On the way home we stopped by Jack 'n' Jill Donuts to buy donuts for our breakfast.

Six month cleaning

Larry spent a good part of the day working on getting Windows to work on a Raspberry Pi. There are not a lot of folks who have done this so information is sometimes outdated and not very good. By the end of the day he had it working and running JukeCab. He was really excited about getting it to work and while he had fun with the challenge the usefulness of this would be very limited. The Pi simply is not powerful enough for Windows 11.  

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 9 participants. Larry danced four of the tips with me and to help Liz dance the man's part. She thanked him. Terry danced part of the first tip with Di. Di worked shopped Spin Chain The Gears because the dancers were having problems. She also worked on a few of the new moves in Plus, which were Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Triple Trade and Partner Tag. We had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

The second was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 pm for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the dance. They were in Aspen, CO. They said the smoke was really bad but they did dance with four squares outside. They stopped when a black bear showed up with her two cubs. The format for the dance was three tips of C1 for 6 participants, three tips of A2 for 8 participants and two trivia questions in between the A2 tips. During the A2 session when it was time for Dave to call one of the dancers (David) called a couple of sequences. He did a super job. I had a great evening of dancing with friends.

Having fun dancing with friends

In between the dances I played games and worked out.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Mini of 10 games. It took me 32 minutes and 3 seconds to complete, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour. 

I did the Wii Fit Plus for 30 minutes. I used the routine the program picked for me of 12 exercises for 22 minutes. The exercises were one of Aerobic (Hula Hoop), four exercises of Strength Training (Jack Knives 10 reps, Lunge 15 reps, Rowing Squats of 15 reps and Torso Twist 3 reps), two Training Plus (Perfect 10 and Rhythm Kung-Fu) and five Yoga (Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation and Triangle). I did an additional 8 minutes using two Strength Training exercises for 4 minutes (Sideways Leg Lifts of 20 reps for 2 minutes and Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes) and one Aerobic exercise for 4 minutes (Rhythm Boxing). I had great workout.

Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing

Jack Knives, Lunge, Sideways Leg Lifts,  Rowing Squats, 

Single-Leg Twist and Torso Twist

Perfect 10 and Rhythm Kung-Fu

Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Standing Knee, 

Sun Salutation and Triangle

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs twice. The songs were Delight, Imperfection, Light Up The Night and Nightmare Cure. While playing Imperfection I earned two outstanding scores and Nightmare Cure I earned one outstanding score. I had a fun work out.

Delight

Imperfection

Light Up The Night

Nightmare Cure

I played six pinball games. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Cactus Canyon, The Goonies and Willy Wonka. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Last Action Hero, Nightmare Before Christmas and No Fear. While playing Last Action Hero I got a new high score for the challenge of 114,937,000, which put me in 50th put of 60 participants so far.

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Willy Wonka (Mini)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Big)

No Fear (Big)

After Dave's dance we watched Bling from our movies collection. It's an animated love story movie about Sam, who is a theme park mechanic and his girlfriend and childhood sweetheart Sue, who is a reporter for channel six news. It's cute and funny. When Larry went to bed I watched the third X-Men movie, which was X-Men: The Last Stand. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.