Friday came and went pretty quickly, with plans to do some canning and camping. Now, I know with the whole Lupus thing, you are not supposed to run yourself ragged, but I really can't help myself. I feel so sluggish on those days I work full time that I try to cram as much into my day off as I possibly can. And I did, on Saturday. I worked to clean the kitchen early in the morning and do several loads of dishes, in prep for canning. Once S eventually woke up, we went shopping and bought 36 lbs of strawberries! We waited until D got home, since he had the recipes, before we got canning...and ended up not finishing it all until the wee hours of the next day. I was exhausted!
I bought a few more seeds while at one of the stores we shopped at.....
Sage, Spaghetti Squash and Onion. I may need a seed intervention. These ones really even weren't on clearance.
So bright and early Sunday morning I wake up and pack and get out the door at 6 a.m. after debating with myself if I really was up to camping after the long day before. But I lay there in bed, and just new I would kick myself if I did not go, especially after purchasing some new equipment to try for car camping the day before. Now the thing about campgrounds I dislike most especially at state parks, is the disrespect other campers have for each other...they don't realize people are there for peace and quiet...this is why I prefer to arrive Sunday and camp over Sunday and in the week, They are pretty much deserted for the most part. I was so glad when the woman who was constantly yelling at her kids, insulting them and stuff, eventually left that afternoon. She was irritating other campers who had been there since Friday and Saturday who had to listen to it all that time. They pretty much cheered when she left and didn't spend another night. Someone else, had tossed all their bagged doggy poop into my fire pit instead of taking it to the dumpster. Gross!! Do these people not realize how much they ruin it for others? Or do they just not care??
I so miss being able to backpack and really get away. Car camping can really suck in comparison. But, the new gear worked out OK though I did not get to test it in rain yet. It was a cheep tent, and the zippers annoyed me a bit but I do appreciate the gear loft in it. The stakes were flimsy and bent easily and didn't hold well in even the tiniest bit of wind, so those will be replaced before the next outing. My new camp stove worked like a champ, and so did the pot I cooked in. I didn't get to try the rain gear out as it was sunny there most of the time and 90! so quite warm and humid. At night, I went out to gaze at the super moon, which was pretty as it played peekaboo with the clouds.
Monday I packed up and did a little bit more exploring of the park, if I come back here again, it will be with my kayak in tow. Not much to do land wise here. Not a lot of exciting wild areas to explore by foot, even if I wasn't hurting too much to explore them. When I got home and showered, and my tent lain out to dry, and after I'd had something to eat, Mickie woke up and we went to town to pick up some gun clips from someone. A powerful storm rolled through while driving and we had to take shelter from the wind behind a CVS as tree limbs were falling into the roads all over the place. There we waited it out a good ten minutes before heading home. We stopped to eat at Long John Silvers, and continued on. S wasn't feeling good so we hurried home but everywhere there were trees down on power lines and in streets. Some streets were blocked off already with yellow tape by emergency crews. Lots of the area was without power, including our home.
And if that wasn't bad enough, the winds ripped off some of the new siding off the house. It was all the way in someone's front yard so it traveled quite a ways.
Here is one of the trees that was blocking a road, cut so its off the road now. I bet those people in that house were thrilled it fell that way and not on them. It was a HUGE tree.
Now S hasn't been doing very well and yesterday afternoon went in to see her Dr. He admitted her directly into the hospital. :( I am very sad about this because her staff infection in her knee is back, and they may have to operate a 4th time on her. She has suffered so much since I met her, I really want her to feel good and happy. She has been so miserable and sick and depressed about it all. This morning when I visited her and brought her a few items she wanted, she did look a little better, a little less in pain. They have her on 3 antibiotics and pain reliever. She also had a urinary tract infection she didn't even know she had and her sugar is going crazy because of the pain and infection. I hope soon she can become healthy again. I'd really like to get to know her when she is happy.
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