Sharp's Travels

I think we were the only place in the state that didn’t get any rain. It is very dry here, looked like we were going to get some rain, but went around us again. Cheri and I work on our legal papers today (will, power of attorney, living will). Now we need to make a trip to South Dakota to get them signed. The rest of the day we just hung out around the 5th wheel. We did walk twice today.

It was another hot and humid day with a high of 86. After our morning walk we made a trip to the post office to get a certified check so we could send for our license plates on the truck and 5th wheel, they come due in September. Then we went and checked on a dumpster for Grandpa and Grandma. We think we will need one for what ever is left after the sale. They will pick it up the next day after the sale, that way we don’t have to worry about how to get rid of anything that is left and can leave has soon as the sale is over. Also the new owner takes procession of the house after the sale. We also went over to grandpa and Grandma’s to help pack up old clothes for Good Will. Grandma fixed lunch for us. Cheri also helped Grandma go through some of her picture albums. This evening we walked up town to go to a movie, it wasn’t the movie that I thought was on. So we skipped the movie and walked to the DQ for an ice cream treat.

When Nikki got up this morning she could hardly get her eyes open and her whole face was swelled up. On the way down here Friday night she got stun by a bee on her forehead. On Saturday she had a little bump and by Saturday night she had some swelling. She ended up going to the doctor when she got home; they gave her some antibiotics and something for infection. After Coz and Nikki left we took it easy and stayed inside out of the hot humid weather. The air conditioner ran all day. We had a high temp of 92 degrees.

After breakfast Coz, Nikki, Cheri, and I stopped at the Surplus Liquidators on the way over to Grandpa and Grandma’s. Then Grandma, Nikki and Cheri went shopping. After dinner we all played Cribbage. Once again the guys won. Late afternoon Coz, Nikki, Cheri and I headed for the casino in Marquette Iowa. We played the nickel slots I lost and Cheri won. After dinner we played some more and both Cheri and I lost. Coz and Nikki broke about even. Cheri and I came home with $2.50 more than we left with. So it was a lot of fun.

We were able to take our morning walk on the creek trail this morning. The city had to remove all the mud from the high water that we had on the 3rd. In some places the mud was over 3 inches deep. Cheri did three loads of laundry today. We have only a 30 amp service. So when Cheri runs the dryer we had to turn off the air conditioner. It got pretty warm in the trailer while the dryer was on. I washed and waxed the truck today. I took an afternoon walk up to Grandpa and Grandma’s to see if we had any mail. No mail today because of the 4th. Coz and Nikki got here around 8:15 pm. We played three games cribbage and Coz and I won all three, in fact we skunked them one game. Coz said we kicked ass!