Catch up of the last week, Can Am ride, Bryan and Cheryl are officially Arkansas residents! :)

 Last Thursday we left home and headed for Carson City and a visit to Ken's lung doctor, Dr. Foster. It was a good visit and he'll go back in 3 months. After that we headed for Total wine for a pick up order. 

Friday was a visit to the cardiologist's office to get a heart monitor put on for the next 14 days. We see the cardiologist on the 20th of September. 

The weekend is a blur, other than Champagne Sunday.  Ken cooked yummy burgers on the griddle and I did steak fries. Yes, we were bad, but they were so good! Later in the day we took a much needed CanAm drive out to the BLM. 

Ken had to drain and clean the stock tank once we returned
from Arkansas as there was dirt all over. There was a wind
event or two while we were gone and pulled our cover inside.
Hopefully it'll warm enough to use it before Fall. 

Champagne Sunday 😋

Cute little bomb fire starters. Thanks Russell!

My burger on a low carb tortilla

Ken's 

Made a trip to Gardnerville to pick up prescriptions. Other than being around the house, nothing exciting to report LOL. 

Yesterday after breakfast Ken asked my plans. I told him and then he said he wanted to go for a drive. OK, out the door went my baking plans LOL. We didn't go far, but nice to just be out without a specific purpose in mind. 

On the way home, we stopped at El Ateno, our favorite Mexican Restaurant in town. Haven't been there in forever so it was nice to go there. Leftover fajitas for dinner tonight. 😋

It was a nice cool morning today. Woke up to 50 degrees two days in a row. The afternoons are still in the 90's but supposed to change this weekend. 

I did the baking I didn't do yesterday. Ken went to Karen's and unloaded the wood with the tractor that he picked up for them on Tuesday. Then he got the CanAm loaded on our trailer as we're supposed to be going on a ride with friends on Saturday 💙

Bryan and Cheryl are official Arkansasonians (if that's a word LOL). They were able to get their driver licenses, registered their vehicles and are awaiting new titles. Happy campers they are. 

Plates in hand as they left the DMV (not called that there, but
I forget what it is called). A lot less to register their 2 vehicles
than California! 

Bryan had a visitor just before bedtime. An armadillo, 
didn't seem fazed by the flashlight. 

You don't see many smiling faces on CA driver's licenses,
but this guy is happy!! 💙😁

Stole this one off FB. Russell and Lori enjoying! 💙💙

Well, here we are looking at September already tomorrow. Hoping in the next week or two to hear the cargo trailer is ready for pick up. Then we can get over to Lincoln to pick up the rest of Bryan and Cheryl's things. Because of appointments for Ken we won't be able to leave for Arkansas until the end of September. Again, this will be a mission. Hoping to make it there for their first Thanksgiving and that will be trip with the Mansion. Not trying to hurry September though. Holidays will be here quick enough. 

It's coming upon Happy Hour so I'll close this out 🍺🍸 Have a great evening! 💙

Another catch up...

 Saturday morning we had plans to head next door in the afternoon. John was home for the weekend to pick up Karen for a few weeks so they were having a family barbecue.  

I made up some spinach dip and baked some cookies.  I used some of the almond flour I ordered and baked up a couple of things for Ken and me using new recipes. Now when I bake for him we can eat the same things as I'm getting him use to almond flour instead of regular flour. I made some banana bread which turned out excellent. The apple muffins...well I won't be making them again. haha. 

We headed over in the afternoon and of course had a great time with them all.  Too much food, but it sure was good! 

Because our idiot governor cancelled Street Vibrations (one of the biggest money makers Reno has) people got together and held their own rally from Reno to Carson City and on to Virginia City.  Wish we could have gone but we had plans. Turnout was awesome! Even Reno PD showed support with their BMW motorcycles, closing streets and holding traffic.  

Sunday morning found us doing things around the house when Ken said, "Let's go for a ride in the Can Am" ok! We headed out to the BLM and saw some new uncharted territory for us.  It was a good two hours and 19 miles we were gone. On the way out we saw a jeep. Stopped and talked a few minutes with Walt and Diana. 

Ken's favorite mountain...

Gotta love these back roads so close to home..

Even a tunnel...too bad about the graffiti 

Just miles and miles of roads....

Later in the afternoon they stopped by for a visit. Very nice couple. 

I made up some low carb "hamburger buns" for Ken to use with his delicious barbecued burgers. Zucchini fries on the side and we were set. Great night outside with our campfire in a can. 

Karen called earlier to let us know John got called to a different job so she wasn't going with him at this point. 

Monday morning we left here about 0700 heading towards Discount Tire in Carson City. We left the spare tire and rim we bought for the Can Am to be mounted.  Started heading towards Reno when I get a text saying the tire was done! What?!! We only left it a few minutes before, so we turned around and picked it up. No charge..nice!

We got to Ken's opthomologist appointment about 0945.  They are only letting patients in so after using their facilities I went back to the car and waited and waited. After two and a half hours out he comes.  He said there were a lot of unhappy people inside with the wait.  Kind of like Toyota, way overbooked. From there we went by and made an appointment with Western Skies RV for next Tuesday to get the hot water heater fixed on the Mansion.  I had a 1340 appointment back in Carson City for them to look at my computer. 

We got there, looked at and supposedly hooked up to the external hard drive so we left with quick instructions on what to do when we got home to delete stuff..any way we will be cancelling the 200 a year Geek Squad plan and looking for a computer person in a near by town.  UHHH...

We then headed for Betsy's Big Kitchen because we were starving and it was almost 2:30 pm.  Had our delicious meal and then headed back to Reno as we had an order at Total Wine that had to be picked up. We thought we would have had time before the geek squad appointment, but didn't. 

On the way home Karen called so after a long day of frustration we headed over for a nice happy hour. 

Tuesday morning we had a phone appointment with our Medi gap insurance girl, Teresa.  Got me all set up with a supplemental and drug plan. I'm a happy camper! 

We decided to work on our old fifth wheel.  Things become a catch all and that's happened to this.  Because of our freezing temps during the winters and age, (18) it needs a new toilet, bathroom sink and kitchen faucet. I ordered those later in the day.  Ken took them all out and I started the mess of emptying cabinets etc.  It is hooked up to the septic system so it really makes a nice place for guests to stay. 

Ordered this little cutie the other day. Can't wait to try it out! 

A mini waffle maker...

It got hot in the afternoon so worked ended for the day.  We attempted to watch the debate, but after about 3 minutes we gave it up! We decided to head outside and have a fire! Much more worth our time.  

This morning (Wednesday) I woke up at 0545 and started the coffee.  Remembering back to 11 years ago today.  One of the best (we learned we could afford to retire right then) and one of the worst as later that afternoon my mom passed away :( Still missing you mom!! 

Back to the fifth wheel this morning while temps are cooler. Have a great day!