Well, this vacation has gone by too darn fast. Yesterday we had tornado alerts (nearest small tornado - barn roof and tree damage I think 30 miles away), thunder storms (nothing major - sheet lightening and rolling thunder), and the most important thing for me RAIN. It's been so long since I have seen a full day of rain. Just sitting in Art and Carla's garage watching the rain coming down was a blessing. Everything is so green it's the most beatutiful sight to these eyes which have only seen brown and beige for almost two years. Needless to say, I have never seen so many fields of corn and soy beans in my life.
Frank left yesterday because he had to leave today on a business trip overseas, but he too is sure this will be his future home.
What I love the most about Bondurant is the leisure life. It's the calmest place. Even the people in the gambling casino are calm and friendly while they are either winning or losing which is completely different from either Vegas or Reno where there is always a frenzied atmosphere. We have only been to the casino twice, where I lost the the first time but won a little today on the crap table. There was just one man and me playing and once I was up $100.00, I decided to quit while I was ahead.
Yesterday, Carla and I went over to the local collectable shop. It's about the size of a football field. People pay to consign their stuff in a small 9 x 9 section. I have never seen so much stuff (also junk) in one place. Carla and I spent over an hour just walking up and down the rows of collectable stuff from bottles, old furniture, dolls, ceramic everythings, old kitchen stuff, Christmas stuff, old farm tools, old pictures. It was amazing how much stuff people had to sell. I loved the old baby carrages, old school desks (I almost forgot how small they really were), old sewing machine and clocks. Since I really didn't want to lug anything back to California, all I managed to pick up was an old silver bracelet for $2.00.
Tonight we are going to one of the closest Moose Family Centers (40 miles away) for dinner. There is talk of opening one closer (about 6 miles away) and there is a location of interest but that will take at least a couple of months of negotiation and if an agreement is reached, another 3 to 4 months of renovation before it will be fit to be a Moose Family Center.
I love this place and mentally I am ready to retire and move now but unfortunately the U.S. Government insists I put in another two years. In the meantime, I will keep thinking good thoughts and dreaming about a very happy retirement.
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4 comments:
good for you to stop while you're ahead!
have a safe trip home
It sounds to me like we will have a place to visit in two years;~)
I miss having a basement to go to during bad storms.
Myutopia, hopefully I will buy a place with a basement but I would rather have it for an extra bedroom or den than a place to hide during tornado alerts.
Lynn, of course cousins have and always be welcome wherever we live. That's the best part of having cousins.I am thinking Frank will be in a big old farmhouse. He was sure attracted to them but even though I loved the place of our youth and do love Victorian houses, I want something new. I don't know how 12 will fare but 10 will love it.
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