Lazy Day, Cold, and Friends.....

Our Location: Magic River Rv Resort, Long Beach, Mississippi

(pics taken with my phone)

Last night's short but heavy downpours served to cool things off here as the temps dipped overnight and this morning leaving us around the 50F/10C mark with a cold wind today. Truly it didn't seem to warm up much throughout the day with the wind seeming to take any of the sun's heat and blow it away. 

Mardi Gras Giraffe in Gulfport

Morning fire visit started around 6 a.m. this morning with Buzz, Mac and Ken, with Ron following along not much later. Then of course the others staggered along at various times. Swilly came by with a fistful of pictures to share with us all and was ever gracious in his explanations and our kidding him about his head of dark wild hair. Before long Robert showed up with Butch following shortly afterward. So a full compliment around the morning fire even though it wasn't the warmest morning. Lisa, Jeannie, Chuck, Charles, Pete, Linda and a new guy also managed to put in an appearance. 

Ken and Faye pulled out this morning heading to the area in which we recently left, Gulf Shores, Alabama while we were a few miles up the road at Foley, Alabama. That left two empty spots in the campground which were filled by 5 pm this evening. So once again all the regular spots are full but a few more folks will be leaving within the next week. It's that time of the year when folks start heading home and with the mild winter I'm willing to bet more folks go sooner than later. 

Her Royal Highness appears to be dead but isn't....~laugh~

It was a very lazy day today in which we basically did nothing but keep warm. ~laugh~ Yes I know, us being Canadians we should be used to the cold weather but it's not the same down here as it is back in Ontario. There its cold for long periods of time and not only the occasional day here and there like it is down here in the deep south. Honestly I think the occasional day here and there might be harder to take! Part of it is a mental thing I'm certain as we assume it will be much warmer here and while it is still much warmer than back home, it's not 'warm' like we expect so it seems colder. Did you follow all that? If not, go back and read it again, it'll come to you. ~laugh~ 

A surprise visit this afternoon from our good friends Ron & Sharon was very nice and quite enjoyable. We had a number of laughs and a few more serious moments as well. Ron replaced a light bulb for me in the bathroom that I just couldn't get to fit for some reason. It took two of us to get it though and I won't go into detail except to say Ron and I both ended up in the shower at the same time. A good time was had by all, I think!  ~laugh~  I always enjoy time spent with either or both of them, such nice people. 

A phone call from Linda at Bluegrass with an update on my mail situation kind of filled out the rest of the afternoon between pages in  my book.  I finished John Grisham's book The Brethren. It was a good read. I'm currently working on John Saul's novel Sleep Walking. 

Good stuff...

Dinner was cooked inside as I wasn't going outside to cook in this cold with a cold wind blowing. Honey Pecan Chicken breast with stuffing and garden rice was all very good and we enjoyed it. Cooked much faster inside than on the BBQ dinner was a very fast event this evening. ~laugh~ 

A quick clean up, some more reading and it was off to various parts of the Igloo as another day comes to an end. We already have decided our plans for tomorrow and we will be getting out doing some things for certain. So stay tuned....

Thanks for visiting, hope you enjoyed your stay, feel free to leave a comment. Until next time...be safe, take care...

A busy Monday....

Our Location: Magic River Rv Resort, Long Beach, Mississippi

(more pics of the parade at Pass Christian yesterday)

The overnight temps remained warm, leave the windows and vents open kind of warm but the day wasn't quite as warm as we'd like. Not complaining but well...a bit warmer would be nice. ~laugh~ Tonight's temps are about 67F/19.4C at 9 pm. The rain they forecast for today didn't arrive but it certainly clouded over a few times to make us believe it might start dripping. 

Interesting Police Vehicle, don't ya think?

Morning fire with the regular folks, Ron, Ken, Mac, Buzz and myself soon followed by a few other folks, even Riley came along for a while. 

Not the friendliest fellow I seen on the floats yesterday.....

Home to shower, clean the Igloo and have breakfast which we managed to do all before 10 a.m., fast aren't we? From cleaning we hopped in the Dogsled, headed out to the office to pay for another week. Butch (park owner) happened by as we were paying, we chit chatted for a bit, and we walked off with a Yeti mug cutesy of Butch for being a 'long' time regular here at Magic. 

 

He was a friendly fella though....

 

Back at the Igloo we read for a bit before climbing back into the Dogsled once again, this time bringing with us  our friends Ron & Sharon, we headed off to the Rusty Pelican for the Monday special of Red Beans and Rice, or whatever tickled your fancy. We managed to rearrange the restaurant as we had a large number from the campground all there for lunch. Chuck & Jeannie, Mac, Billy & Charlene, Ken & Faye, Buzz (Paul) & Lisa, Ron & Sharon, Riley & I. So that was 13, I don't think I forgot anyone but it's possible. Oh yes, I forgot Flat Stanley, Lisa & Buzz's school project for a granddaughter. Of course we all know Flat Stanley is a project given at school in which a flat, paper person cutout is sent to a relative, this relative is charged with taking pictures of Stanley visiting, doing, seeing, enjoying his surroundings all while it is being documented. At the end of Stanley's visit, he is returned to his home STUDENT and presented to the class. It makes for an interesting, educational lesson for both the sender and the receiver. 

 

All decked out in his finery.....

 

After the Rusty Pelican we came back to the park, dropped Sharon and Riley off at home, after which Ron and I headed out to one of my favourite stores, Harbor Freight. Ron bought a number of things while I managed to only buy 3 strings of solar powered rope lights. I'm still thinking about an Inverter, and what size I want or perhaps need would be a better way to look at it. 

Flying beads and nice hair....

Back home I dropped Ron at home, thanked Miss Sharon for letting Ron come out to play and then headed home myself. Riley was outside at the picnic table cracking some pecans that we've brought from Georgia and so I mostly picked some nut pieces out of the 'discard' bag and enjoyed a bit of a chat with her. After that it was inside to read and instead of my book I decided I should read some of the literature about the Solar set up. The book is small and the print is tiny, can't read much at a time, gives me a headache. 

Concentration.....

Before I knew it the afternoon was over and we hadn't gone for our walk today. Lazy aren't we? ~laugh~ Oh well, maybe tomorrow. Read for a bit, a book called The First Horsemen, not at all what I expected but an okay read so far. 

Cool hat....

Around 5:45 p.m. I prepped some veggies and by shortly after 6 p.m. I was BBQing dinner. Tonight we had Garden Herb Rice, Italian Veggies and JD BBQ chicken breasts. It was good stuff, even had me licking my fingers. 

The Super Hero Crowd......

After dinner a quick clean up inside and out, walk to the dumpster and a stop at the fire. Riley stayed home tonight. A big crowd around the fire included Ken & Faye, Charles & Roberta, Jeannie and eventually Chuck, Ron & Sharon, Charlene & Billy, eventually Lisa and then eventually Buzz, some new guy as well, plus myself. Oh and Pete was there as well. So a good crowd, lots of laughs, some very witty people in the crowd. 

Look at all the beads waiting to be tossed....

Home shortly before 9 p.m., Riley was already off doing her thing and I cleaned myself up a bit as I smelled like Smokey the Bear, then settled down to write my blog.

Not an exciting but I truly enjoyed my day. I look forward to more like it! Thanks for stopping by, I hope your day has been as good as mine. Until next time..be safe, take care...