Last Day of Work Here

Today was the last day of volunteer work for me here at Saylorville. I couldn't have asked for a better day, the weather was perfect, most of the day was spent planting out on the prairie, and the group that I work with took me out to lunch. We have really enjoyed our stay here and hope to return next spring. The Corps of Engineers are a great outfit to work for here. A few more days with the kids and grandkids here and we head for Sioux City on Monday morning. We are looking forward to watching the fireworks again from our hilltop backyard Monday night and seeing our family members there.

Getting Ready to Move On

Time has flown since we arrived here at Saylorville on April 15. This is a very comfortable place for us to be. We have our favorite camp site here at the end of the row, so our patio looks out toward a grassy area and the woods. They leveled and paved the campsites since the last time we were here. We have the bird feeders out and are enjoying a variety of birds, squirrels, rabbits, and deer passing through our "yard". My volunteer work consists of outdoor equipment operating for the most part and keeps me busy from 7 to 3 Monday through Wednesday and the rest of the week is ours. We spend part of our off days visiting our two daughters' families that live near here and the rest of the time just relaxing. Two new grand babies were born while we were here so we get to spend some time getting to know them.

We are doing a little repair and maintenance while we are here. I cleaned out the roof units on the air conditioners which had collected a lot of cottonwood seeds. The refrigerator started leaking ammonia so we had to replace the cooling unit and now we have a nice cold refrigerator again. My grandson helped me replace a front wheel bearing on the Jeep, and one of my son-in-laws is going to help me change oil and antifreeze in the motorhome and generator this weekend.

Once again time to move approaches again. We seem to get very comfortable wherever we stay and hate to say good bys and leave, but we know that there are family, old friends, and new friends waiting at the next stop so we look forward to that. We plan to leave here on July 3 and return to Sioux City for a few weeks before we head to North Dakota.