Wildflowers in Texas
We left Lake O' the Pines Corp of Engineers Alley Creek Campground this morning at 8:15 and got home at 2:30. The journey was 249 miles mainly two lane highways through small towns and countryside. When we got to Corsicana we stopped at a nice park to have lunch. Leaving Corsicana we got in a traffic slowdown because there was an accident.
The drive was beautiful, we saw a lot of wildflowers. When we were near Waco we saw a lot of bluebonnets. We knew this was suppose to be a great year for bluebonnets but they bloom for such a short period of time we thought we might not get to see many of them, fortunately that was not the case.
Corsicana Park
When we got home Larry couldn't open the garage doors so we went through the front door. We have been letting the construction workers next door use our power for their tools. They had tripped the breaker in the garage. Larry reset the breaker and the power went on and we could open the garage doors. Meanwhile, our new neighbor, Jason had gone and bought a generator. He was just delivering it when Larry told him the power was on. He was very happy that he could return the generator. Larry also told him we were home for a bit and there were other electrical outlets available and told him where they were.
While Larry was talking to Jason I unloaded the Minnie. When Larry finished talking to the neighbor he helped me where he could. It took us an hour and a half.
Unloading the Minnie
About 35 years ago when we moved into our first house Larry's mother gave us a floor lamp. It was a lamp she had had for about 10 years. Over the years that lamp has moved with us multiple times and probably been used every day we have been home. We have never replaced the lamp shade, as you can probably imagine it is not in the best shape. Off and on over the years Larry has shopped for a shade and had not found a suitable replacement. Back in January he finally found one on Amazon, they showed it as out of stock but he could order it and they would ship it when it became available. Over the next few months he received a couple of emails saying they did not know when it would be available. Not long before we left on our trip they notified him it would be available in May. Well last week they said it shipped and a couple of days later it was sitting on our front porch. Larry texted our neighbor, Thomas and asked if he would be able to help, when we got home it was in our living room waiting for us. The new shade look great and fits perfectly.
Old lamp shade
While we were gone the oak trees were shedding their leaves and pollen stuff, it was a mess. When we finished unloading the Minnie Larry blew off the front porch, the walkway, driveway and the rocks. Then he got the lawn mower out to mow the frontyard. Thomas came over and started talking with him. I saw him and the lawn mower so I decided to mow the frontyard. Afterwards I moved to the backyard. I ended up doing the whole backyard. While I was mowing the backyard Larry blew off the back porch, stairs and the rocks. It took us an hour and half to do the yards.
Afterwards it was time for dinner. I made leftovers. In the evening we watched YouTube videos. I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Pyramid and 5 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 9 minutes and 37 seconds, which put me in 19th place in my group. I did 25,300 steps, which was me daily goal. This put me in 4th place in me group. When Larry went to bed I started to watch the seventh season of The Brokenwood Mysteries, which is a detective series.
We had a very busy day.
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