Hallo all. It's been a busy week getting organized for family, due here if not tomorrow late afternoon then early Monday morning. Granddaughter had rented an RV for the trip so she could bring some of daughter's things she'll need for her new place here; went to pick it up this morning, spent all morning doing a walk-through with the owner only to have the generator for the a/c fail before she even drove it away. Lots of frustration at that end of the freeway, so now they're supposed to pick one up tomorrow (at least that's the last I heard). Anyway, I've been sorting through the fridge and doing a lot of laundry and house-cleaning plus tidying up the garden as best I could. Am getting take-out tonight and have a nice Pinot Grigio chilling in the fridge.
Meanwhile, my sister seems to be on a fairly steady decline now with the hospice team giving us a two-week prognosis..... I so wish I could be back there with my BiL and niece. The Arizona trio put off their trip for 2 weeks because I was gone, and now it seems everything will be happening at the same time anyway...
Thanks all for posts - I really have read them all. And thank you Lindybird for the flower show pix. I really liked the arrangement outside the sales office. :-)
Morning all:
AQ: That first image is of what we call a Trailer (a generic term that can also apply to anything with wheels that's pulled by a motorized vehicle). They come in all sizes. We also have something called a Fifth Wheel that is anchored to the bed of a heavy truck rather than a hitch at the rear of a truck (or large Sport Utility Vehicle or SUV). The second image is of what we also call a Camper van, but there's a whole range of similar motorized campers that range from massive, bus-like behemoths with all mod-cons to cab-over-campers that have a queen- or full-sized bed space over the driver's cab. The latter is the one the family rented for the drive here; it's currently packed with some of daughter's stuff.... My preference would be for a Camper van type that is the same width as the one in your photo but with a higher roof, so lots of stand-up space. Aren't you glad you asked?
Heather: Good that your bro's cancer is contained, but I'm curious that they're waiting until the end of the year for further investigation.
OG: Surely nothing can be left in your house to fling! :-)
Family all still asleep after their drive - um ordeal more like it. Granddaughter has to return the trailer Friday and will then head back here in daughter's SUV (packed with more stuff) for another week. Ms. D will stay here. AZ schools reopen August 8 !!; just read that UK schools just closed for summer holiday.
Take care all.
Glad you enjoyed your golf, Rusty. Shame the birds were in the wrong place at the wrong time! My OH had a better round yesterday, after a run of bad luck last week. I had a bad morning: set off to a nearby town to do various errands, I knew I'd have to run the gauntlet of two lots of roadworks to do so, but found that the 2nd one was worse than expected, and I was sent on a "diversion" which after leaving home half an hour before, sent me...... back to where I began! After queuing for nearly fifteen minutes, just to get through the final set of temporary traffic lights, I returned home nearly an hour after leaving, having been nowhere! A strong cup of tea was in order when I got in.
I told my OH that I had not taken any of the possible exits down tiny country lanes, as around here there are a lacy pattern of many of them, twisting and turning until you lose all sense of direction.