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Brian called a dance for the Swingin’ Singles Square Dance Club in Waukesha, Wisconsin. There were three squares at one point but ended with only one square at the end of the night. Is that bad? Maybe Brian tired them out.

Here is a picture of our new furry friend, Grover.  He belongs to the couple in the motorhome beside us. He comes over with his owner almost every day for some treats. He still won’t let us pet him, but he will take the treats from our hands. We made lunch for the RV park…

It’s been very warm here in Yuma.  About 10-15 degrees warmer than normal.  But we haven’t turned on the air conditioning in the motorhome too much.  Debbie has been doing some sewing these past few weeks.  She has sewn another lap robe quilt top and six table runners.  The table runners are supposed to only…

On January 30th we went to the Yuma Theatre in old downtown to see a concert by the American Highwaymen. We had dinner downtown at one of the local pubs and did some people watching while waiting for the door to the theatre to open. The group is a tribute band to the Highwaymen which…

It rained during one night which was out of the ordinary for Yuma.  There were lots of puddles in parking lots and along the roads.  Brian had a Zoom meeting while I ran some errands. We had supper and then watched the replay of our church service. We went square dancing on Tuesday afternoon. We…

We decided to break up this last leg of the journey back to Yuma to avoid being too tired when we got back to Yuma.  Along the way, we again dealt with many semi-trucks.  We also saw a car from Minnesota towing a red pickup truck that was from Willmar. But we could not catch…

We saw a train derailment that looked like it had been there for quite a while. It was very windy and hard to keep the truck on the road. The wind seemed to be keeping the large windmills turning. One town along the way had a fence lined with homemade windmill decorations. We went to…

As we were leaving town, I noticed a Tic-Tac-Toe board in the airplane trails in the sky. We also noticed several older cars being transported in the car carriers going back north. We also drove through Pleasant Valley (on a Sunday no less). We also got close to the Missouri Star Quilt shop but didn’t…

Saturday: We had a meeting in White Bear Lake today. We stopped at Holiday to pick up breakfast of doughnuts before the meeting. The meeting was for our antique car club so again, we saw several old friends at the meeting.  We met Bob/Jeanine, Paul/Mary, and Mike/Mary Fay at Mi-Saint for supper.  Then time to…

Again, we slept in a little bit due to the short drive that day. Ate breakfast at the hotel lobby.  We gathered our belongings and hit the road at about 9:15. We followed Interstate 35 most of the way back to Roseville.  Along the way, going in the opposite direction I saw a car towing…

We “slept in” until about 7:30 this morning.  Ate breakfast at the hotel and packed things up again.  We left the hotel about 8:30 since we had a short six hour drive today.  Along the way, we saw a highway sign that said “Canada – 12”.  I knew we were going north, but I didn’t…

We both woke up about 6:00.  I took a quick shower while Brian got dressed and finished packing.  We ate breakfast in the lobby of the hotel.  Grabbed our things from the hotel room, checked out and on the road by 7:15. While leaving Alburquerque we saw a gorgeous Hot Air Balloon in the sky,…

We both awoke about 4:30, probably in anticipation of the trip ahead. I went back to sleep while Brian who couldn’t get back to sleep stayed up for another hour. We both woke up again at 6:30 and did some last-minute packing. We pulled out about 7:15 and were on our way back north. We…

I was up about 7:00 as usual, Brian followed me up about 7:30. He worked on his laptop. I had my last packets of oatmeal so that we could recycle the box. Brian took out Pop Tarts for his breakfast and then filled the glass measuring cup with water and put it in the microwave.…

Brian was working on his computer when I woke up. I took a shower which felt good after a couple of days on the road.  We went into town to find a place to take our bag of paper to be shredded, find the Wells Fargo Bank to stock up on some more cash and…