Camping Trip, Day Three

Friday, June 3: We were up fairly early this morning again. Sis arrived soon after we'd had breakfast, but was ready to enjoy a dish of mixed fruits with buttered raisin bread.

Again today, Sis stayed at camp with Mother and Shih Tzu, while Hubbie and I went shopping. Our goal was to go to a bicycle shop to look for a new bike for me as a belated Christmas gift from Hubbie. However, apparently the shop has gone out of business, because we couldn't find it, and when we called the business number, it was no longer in service.

Oh, well, since we couldn't shop for a bike, Hubbie decided to browse a home improvement store, where he used a couple of gift cards to purchase some yard tools.

We returned to camp after that, but set out again as soon as we'd had lunch and saw to Shih Tzu's needs. This time, we shopped at clothing and shoe stores. One item I was looking for was a white polo shirt for Mother, because we discovered that she had left most of her clothes hanging in her bedroom at home. So other than the clothes she wore on the trip, and one more outfit, she didn't have anything to wear for the weekend.

Luckily, I found a white petite size polo shirt (the only one on the rack) at one of the stores, and it was on sale for only $8.65. I had no luck at the shoe store, but I found a suitable three-quarter sleeve black cotton shirt, with gold and white patterns, at another clothing store. The shirt will be fine over white capris for an art gallery summer celebration later this month.

We returned to camp after that, where we found that Daughter and Niece had arrived. This niece is a daughter of my deceased brother. Niece is having some medical problems, and she is very thin, but she assured us she is on the mend now.

Before Daughter and Niece left, Niece sprayed a trail of ants that were invading the picnic table area and beginning to march up the side of the camper.

Today, Daughter packed barbecue sandwiches and salads for her supper at work later. She took enough for Great-Grandson, who would be on the college campus (where daughter works) to watch a college baseball game.

For our supper, we had rotisserie chicken, which Hubbie and I had picked up at the WDCS earlier, with microwave baked potatoes, and garden salad.

After supper, Hubbie and I went to visit my younger son and his wife. We were anxious to see how his home and the neighborhood where they live looks following a devestating April tornado.

Son and Daughter-in-Law's home and property looks wonderful after the clean-up, and their garden is beautifully thriving. In fact, they are getting so much zucchini squash that they were able to give us a big sack full of it.

They also have chickens that lay more than enough eggs for the family. So Son sent a dozen and a half of tiny banty chicken eggs to Mother.

I snapped images of the rest of the neighborhood on our way out of the housing addition. There are still many homes too damaged for repair, but much of the destruction has been cleaned up and is in huge piles designated either for brush or for household stuff. Wide expanses are now stripped of trees and houses. It's a sad sight.

We visited for about an hour and a half before returning to camp. At camp, we played several games of Skipbo before heading to bed.