Oregon Living 2022 – Blog #27 – Fireworks, a Mini Road Trip & Moving Cherrelyn!

 

Sunday, July 3^rd., 2022……  There were some fireworks going on last night but for the most part, Jama did well. Tomorrow will be the test.  I took the pups again and headed back down for a while and visited. It was pretty quiet. Cathye says that the rowdies around their camp area don’t quiet down until after 1-2:00am! So, I brought her a couple of melatonin to take for the next couple of nights. She said that it worked well and she actually slept pretty good last night! After a bit, I left and got back home and fed the dogs and then went and got some chicken from KFC and spent the rest of the evening catching up on the Tour de France (and Nascar, and Indy Car, and Motocross, and…).  

Monday, July 4^th., 2022…… HAPPY 4^TH OF JULY  !!  More fireworks here last night. Jama just shivers and shakes but having her in my lap helps calm her so we got through it ok. Rylee seems to be doing well this year. I had them out for the walk and then fed them and made my bacon and eggs and relaxed for the morning. I installed that battery but nothing seems to have changed. I need to check it out but also needed to head back for the potluck at the campground. It was very nice and everyone got their fill. We left shortly after that and I came back to prep for the evening. I ate leftover chicken and made sure all of the windows were closed so the noise would be minimal. That worked for the most part. We got some smaller bursts from the neighbors before dark (10:00pm) and then it started. The big show here in town is at Cheadle Lake Park, about 3 miles from here. They shoot off some BIG fireworks!  I went out to close up the garages and watched about 5 minutes of it before coming back in and going to bed. Rylee had a few moments when something startled her. She came in and got up on the bed and was ok after that. We made it.  Cathye said that her show, which is probably about 100 yards from their spot, was really nice. 

But the rowdy group decided to break camp and leave after the fireworks. They didn’t get out until 3:00am and they were just right outside her bedroom and were unconcerned about their neighbors and were super loud. So, it took some time for her to fall asleep!     

Tuesday, July 5^th., 2022…… I went over early this morning with my truck to load up her camping gear. We got her trailer hooked up to her truck and we both headed home. Once we parked the trailer and unloaded the trucks, we relaxed and rested. Cathye was so tired she took a nice nap during the day!  We went out to dinner and watched tv until she couldn’t stay awake any longer. I think it was 9:15pm or so when we went to bed!     

Wednesday, July 6^th., 2022……   We had an assignment today. Josh, who has settled in to his new Portland apartment nicely, will be starting a new job (still a NH based company, and still the same type of work (some kind of tech work) and still working from home. He needed verification from a relative and she needed to complete an online form and digitally sign, so we decided to make a day of it. We asked Misty to come let the dogs out mid-day, and left about 9:00am and drove over to Dallas for breakfast. I had been to this place before so I knew we’d like it. I was right! It was very good and will be on our list for places in this area. Once we finished and headed out, I drove us through The Vintages. This is a trailer park set up with 36 vintage trailers. It is really interesting!  You can rent one of these for as many nights as you want, given availability. BUT, they are pricey. Cathye looked up prices on the website. They range from $150-200 a night!  They are closed for covid at this time but I’m sure they do ok and are full when open.

They even had several that were exactly like hers!

We continued on to Portland and I managed to squeeze into a tiny space out in front of his place. The signature process took only a few minutes and we had a chance to go up to his rooftop patio and look around and visit for a bit. Cool views!  

We then left and headed off to FedEx to mail a package. We dropped Josh off and headed home. We had asked Misty and Lona to come let the dogs out so we weren’t in a big hurry. We got back home and rested for the day.               

Thursday, July 7^th., 2022……  Cathye had a doctor’s appointment (wellness checkup) and I had acupuncture scheduled for today. I headed out first and got back while Cathye spent some time working on her paperwork. She does not have a 90-day prescription program set up yet with her doctors so she needed to take care of that today. But these days pretty much all of her meds and supplements are in the database so it should be easy to figure out. She also got her 3^rd covid booster. They said I could drop-in anytime for mine.  

Friday, July 8^th., 2022…… Today was a crazy day! We had plans for our two massage appointments. We also had an appointment with our second contractor, who wanted to bring his engineer and talk about our needs and take more measurements so they could engineer the roof system. When we walked the dogs this morning, we also talked with the guy working on brush hogging Rich and Linda’s field grass. He also was doing Lou’s today. I asked him to look at ours and give me a price. We also wanted to mow plus get the trailer washed and ready for our outing next Wednesday. Well, all of that got changed quickly and went offtrack when we got a text from our friend, Mark. Seems we had forgotten about working for him at his estate sale today!  Cathye grabbed her breakfast and coffee and headed over. I called my sister who took my place. They were covered. The contractor and his team showed up and I stayed with them until I had to go to my appointment. Once I was done with that, Cathye and I swapped places – she went for her massage and I went over to work the estate sale. So, all in all, we managed to get everything taken care of. But it was a very hectic day! Tomorrow will be the same so read on!   

Saturday, July 9^th., 2022……  As I said, another busy day!  We needed to go back to the estate sale to pick up a prepaid firepit and a patio table and two chairs, but we told Mark we’d wait until later in the day when the crowds died down. Today was Cherrelyn’s moving day!  She got her keys to her new place and was almost ready to go!  I had previously loaded up all of the items I had stored for her in our rv garage. They all fit on my flatbed trailer and we were just waiting for the ok to go meet them at her new place to unload. That was set for 11:30am and we made it with no problem. We got unloaded and the girls drove their cars back to the house and we followed with the trailer. We stopped to get the Acadia so we could move her 65” tv. We made another run and got everything moved except her bed and dresser, which would need more muscle to move. We were waiting for Jeremiah, her neighbor, to get back to help. He met us at the house and we got the last of her things loaded. She is leaving her computer station at Penny’s for the meantime until she can get internet set up at the new place. But she is now moved in!  She sent me these pics later after she got most everything put away. Looks good!

The one shot is from her front door looking out across Hwy 228. The other is her section of the main house, which was set up as a rental suite.  She now just has to make a run to Kingman AZ to empty out furniture there in her storage unit. Not sure the timeframe for that but I have volunteered to fly there to help and drive the u-haul back. We'll see... 

Meanwhile, Cathye needed to go get those items from Mark, so she took her truck. This is what it looked like after she had help tying things up.

She had two cane chairs in the back seat and a firepit in there in addition to the table you see in the pic. Plus, there was the glass tabletop riding up with her in the front seat. Good thing it was only a few miles back to the house.  After we got unloaded, I came back to the house and stored the trailer and we unloaded the truck and were done for the day!