Hiking

Saturday, November 8, 2014 - Campbellsville, KY

Today is Mike's Friday, but his Monday will come quickly, since it is Monday.  He has once again volunteered to work a 6th 10 hour day.  He figures he only has 6 more weeks to work until he gets several weeks off for the holidays. :)

It was a beautiful day, so Gracie and I went for a walk over at the state park.  We walked down Cobee's trail to Lodge Trail.

It is a 1.5 mile trail that is very nice.  It first went through the woods, then out by the lake.

Our total walk was about 4.5 miles.  It was very nice.

We did not do much else today.  We did go to Mass at Our Lady of the Hill.

It was another wonderful day!

Full Gray Tank

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - Campbellsville, KY

 Before Mike left for work this morning he told me that the gray tank was full.  Well the indicator always shows full well before it is actually full and that is where I figured it was at...  I went ahead and took a shower and during my shower the gray tank filled up.  I still had to rinse out my hair, so after my shower the gray tank was 101% full!  Oh no!  Well I thought I would just go out and drain the tanks, but last week we had to buy a new hose.  It came in 2 sections and Mike only used 1 section and left the second section in the Suburban.  When he was done emptying the tank last week he throw away the old second section.  When I went to look for the second section I remembered it was in the Suburban and the Suburban was with Mike at Amazon!  Oh no!  Guess I would have to wait until he got home from work, which meant I would not be using any water today!

Gracie and I went for our morning walk, in the rain.  It was a nice walk, but very wet.  When we got back I went to put the umbrella in the garage when I stepped in some water coming out from under the kitchen sink!  I thought "this is bad, very bad"!  Turned out part of the studor vent connection under the sink was not tight and it was leaking the water from the shower, which was at a higher elevation than the studor vent pipe.  Well I got that mess cleaned up, then I took a cup and bucket and got as much water out of the shower as I could.  I kept an eye on the pipe under the sink the rest of the day to make sure it was not going to make any more of a mess.

At lunch time I decided I would cut up an apple to eat.  My kids have never trusted me with a knife.  :)  I have cut myself several times of the years with a knife.  I have even managed to cut myself with a butter knife.  Well today is another day that just shows I need to be more careful with a knife, I cut my thumb!  Once I finally got my thumb to stop bleeding I sat down and enjoyed my apple.

Mike finally got home around 5:00pm and we got the tanks drained.  He also helped me get a bandage on my thumb since I kept banging it and getting to bleed again.  :)  The sun even came out.

It was another wonderful day!

Grocery

Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - Campbellsville, KY

This evening we went into town to go to the grocery.  We decided we would give IGA a try, but before going to grocery we stopped by the Chick-Fil-A Express at Campbellsville University.  Once again it seemed unusual to be eating on campus.  :)

We have bought pork at the Kroger's here in town twice now.  The first time it was boneless pork chops, then we bought bone-in pork chops.  Neither time did they taste right.  I looked at the package for the bone in pork chops and it listed Pork, water, salt and natural ingredients.  Hmmm.  I know processed meats like ham have water added, but we did not think pork chops should have water added.  We did not buy any pork, but I did look for ingredients.  Just pork!  :)  We will be giving the pork at IGA a try.

It was another wonderful day!

Hair Cut

Monday, November 3, 2014 - Campbellsville, KY

I have been wanting to get my hair cut for several weeks now.  So today I decided it was time to get it done.  I ran into town to and went to Fantastic Sams.  They take walk-ins only.  There were only 3 people ahead of me, so the wait time was not real bad.  The hair cut is not bad, but...  :) 

This afternoon we once again got a new neighbor.  And the clock is ticking to see how long they stay.  It seems like the last couple of neighbors have all moved out.  The site next to us is a little unlevel and no one seems to like it. 

After Mike got home from work we headed into town to pick up a new hair clipper.  We went to cut his hair last night and the blade on the hair clippers was not operating.  After dinner we did get his hair cut.  No pictures.  :)

It was another wonderful day!

Campbellsville University

Sunday, November 2, 2014 - Campbellsville, KY

This morning we went to Our Lady of Perpetual Help to the 10:00am Mass.  We still have not gotten up early enough on a Sunday morning to go to Our Lady of Fatima.  The 7:45am Mass is at Our Lady of Fatima, we like sleeping in just a little.  :)

After Mass, based on the recommendation of a couple of our neighbors here at the campground, we went to Winter Hall, the dining hall at Campbellsville University.  As we walked in Mike said "It has been a long time since I have eaten at a school dining hall."  :)  It is all you can eat buffet and it was on $8.25 per person.  The food was really good and there was a lot to choose from. We will be going back for other meals.  :)

When we got back we talked about going to the Corvette Museum, but it was getting late and it is about 1.5 hour drive to Bowling Green, so we decided we will go next weekend.  That is as long as the weather is not nice.  I still want to go for a motorcycle ride and follow the "Barn Quilt" trail in Green County, KY. 

Mike fixed the turn signal on his motorcycle and I did the laundry.  It was a very nice relaxing day.  We ate dinner.  Shortly there after Mike called it a night early.  He will be working 6 10 hour days next week. 

It was another wonderful day!

Hike and Cold Weather

Saturday, November 1, 2014 - Campbellsville, KY

Yesterday Mike did end up riding his bike to work.  I was really surprised since it was raining and cold when we left and it was raining and cold when he came home.  This morning he thought it was supposed to rain this afternoon, so he decided not to ride???  :)

This morning Gracie and I went on another trail over in the State Park.  It was a nice trail, but with the rain we had yesterday it was very muddy in spots.  When we got to the first muddy spot I was trying to decide if we could get around it, when I looked up and saw a doe standing in the middle of the trail ahead of us.  It is hard to see her in the picture, but she is there, about the center of the picture.  :)  Gracie is looking right at her.

This evening Mike and I ran into town to pick up some pipe insulation.  It is supposed to get down to 26 tonight and we don't want our fresh water hose freezing. 

It was another wonderful day!

Hose Problem

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Campbellsville, KY

Yesterday was nothing exciting.  Mike has been riding his dirt bike to work the last couple of days, which shouldn't surprise me, but it has been cold out the couple of days.  Tomorrow it is supposed to rain, so I don't think he will ride tomorrow.  :)

This evening it was time to dump the gray and black water tanks, well that did not goes as planned!  Mike always opens the black water tank first and some how the sewer hose cracked and when he opened up the valve it made a mess.  He quickly closed the valve, but there was still a mess on the ground!  He came into the trailer very mad!  He put bleach on the sewage that spilled out to keep the smell down.  After dinner we headed into town to go to Wal-Mart to pick up another sewer hose.

When we got back, Mike replaced the one hose that had cracked and started dumping the tanks again.  Well he started smelling sewage again, just to find out that the second hose had several small cracks in it.  These cracks were small enough that only liquid was getting out, but it still smelled.  :)  He finally got the tanks dumped and the mess cleaned up as well as he could clean it.

I took all of his clothes, including his shoes, and threw them all in the washing machine.  :)  Our really good sewer hose was too short to reach the sewer hook-up, so we had to use the cheap one.  Well, Mike finally ordered another length of the good sewer hose.  :)  Hopefully it will arrive before we have to dump the tanks again.

It was another wonderful day!