Just wanted to catch everyone up on some odds and ends.
Two weeks from tomorrow (Oct 26)we will be pulling out and leaving Livingston. We are heading to Urbanna, Virginia and then back to PA. We will swing through Chambersburg to visit Linda's family before returning to Williamsport.It's hard to believe that our first two months of being on the road are almost up. We've decided that two months, at a volunteer assignment, is too long. We are getting anxious to get going. The pooches are too....everytime we go out the door, they head for the truck, wanting to go for a ride. With only one day off, they haven't had many "traveling days".
My fire ant bites are finally clearing up, after over a week of dealing with them. I can't recall ever having anything so itchy. There have been many nights this past week of waking up at 3:00 a.m. and wanting to get my chainsaw out and cut my legs off...they itched so bad !! Although they are clearing up, I've read that the scars will take several months to disappear. A friend sent me a web site with "remedies" and after trying vick's vapor rub, tiger balm, rubbing alcohol, finger nail polish, baking soda, vinegar, biofreeze, zilactin and ice, the best treatment seemed to be rubbing them with alcohol (to the point of breaking them open) and keep applying that to dry them out. It makes them sting a little bit but the alcohol keeps them sterilized and helps to keep infection from setting in (a danger from breaking them open).Ice freezes and numbs them when they flare up. Taking benedryl, at bedtime, gives me a chance to fall asleep before they can get stirred up again and start driving me crazy. Not the kind of souvenir I wanted to take home from Texas.
Today there was a "jam session" at the Care Center...no, not the sweet delicacy you put on toast. This was 8 or 9 talented folks from the Care Center and Escapees park that gather every Thursday to play all types of music. They take turns at the microphone, singing whatever they want to sing...gospel, country, bluegrass and the others join in on their instruments. Most are on guitar but there are a variety of other instruments too....what great talent. Some even play music that they have written themselves.
Weather is starting to cool down...Was 83 today, down from being in the high 80's to low 90's. Was very comfortable and this evening it feels really cool outside (as was last night too) and a very comfortable night for sleeping. We turn the fantastic fans on (one in bedroom and one in living room) and it draws the cool air into the RV. The weather feels like it would be back home at this time of year. I wonder if the trees are starting to turn colors in the northeast ?
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