Sept 23rd to 25th - Big Rapids

Sept 23rd - Tues - Big Rapids
Jo had to take her Mom to a doctor’s appointment this afternoon. I made some jelly biscuits for all of us to have with coffee this morning and we talked until Jo had to leave. I put a bean casserole in the crock pot, caught up my blog and used Jo’s computer and slow dial-up connection to check email and post the blog. Terry washed the 5th wheel and the truck with some help from me on drying the windows and 5th wheel. Hard water here so don’t want to let the spots dry. Then Terry, Harold & I went to town to get some cleaner to get bugs off the rigs. Harold lent some cleaner to Terry and it is easier than the Mr. Clean erasers that he has been using. Back to the rig for some sandwiches enjoyed outside in the sunshine. Put some baby backs on for dinner and had dinner all ready when Jo got back from her errand. After dinner, we sat out on lawn chairs in the driveway and lit a buddy burner. Now Harold & Jo have to make some.
We moved inside the rig and played “65” again. It is a fun card game and again we stayed up later than usual for old fogies.

Sept 24th - Wed - Big Rapids
Beautiful sunny day. Coffee and turnovers at Harold & Jo’s today. We waited while Jo’s granddaughter (accompanied by her husband, daughter & mom) came over and tried on the wedding dress that Jo is making for her wedding on Oct 11th. Jo & I went shopping today, mainly to find the makings for buddy burners (talked about previously in our blog) and to check out Big Lots. Jo gave me the “cook’s tour” of town - it is a nice place. Terry & Harold ended up going shopping as well and tracked us down in Big Lots. Georgia will appreciate that I finally found a fireplace poker in a thrift store to use on campfires.
About 3:30 we headed to the Soaring Eagle casino in Mt. Pleasant, about 50 miles away. Harold won a couple hundred dollars and Jo about $25 before we went into town for dinner. Then we decided that Harold needed to double his winnings so we went back to the casino. Jo won another $45 and Harold didn’t lose any - Terry & I spent some each but had some good streaks to keep us going and have fun.We earned some comp dollars on our player cards so had to figure out what to buy in the gift shop. Poor Jo didn’t get us home until after 11.

Sept 25th - Thurs - Big Rapids
Coffee & yakking this morning before the guys took off on a shopping expedition and Jo & I settled down at her computer. First I found a recipe booklet online for Jo’s Mom and then we worked on getting Jo set up with a blog. She started setting one up in January and had problems so we had to deal with partially set up users & passwords. The cookie and pop-up settings on her laptop caused all kinds of delays but we eventually figured it all out. Then we wanted to load Picasa for her pictures but she has a dial-up connection and we decided 4+ hours to download the program was a little much.
Jo & Harold made plans this morning to have a fish fry with 2 other couples. One guy had a bunch of fish in his freezer that he wanted to use up. After a late lunch, Jo & I prepped for dinner and the guys worked on Harold’s motorcycle (trike). Also took advantage of Jo’s offer and fit in doing 3 loads of laundryWe (the guys!!) fried up a huge amount of small fish fillets that we had skinned and breaded - and we ate them all. Great dinner and super people to top off another wonderful day.