The Party IS OVER

September 4 - It’s a bittersweet kind of day. It’s sad to see our summer adventure coming to a close. It’s sad to say goodbye to people we’ve bonded with, laughed with, worked with. It’s nice to be going home to our family and friends. We invited our new friends to Florida and I won’t be surprised to see some of them down the road. One couple lives there so once they get to the west coast and turn around we expect to see them again for sure. Another couple lives just south of Tucson so unless we are travelling at the same time, we expect to see them in Arizona some time. The others, well, the door is open and the welcome mat is down, so we hope during the 8 months a year we are in Florida that they will come for a visit.

 

I was a bit restless last night so got up a little earlier that normal. I made omelets for the last “good” breakfast for a few days and then I took our first 2 loads of laundry up to wash. We cleaned some sites and then came back to “work” at the RV. I hung the clothes out to dry and packed all the dishes away with bubble wrap and got things organized to close up in the morning. I put a pineapple cake in the oven for the farewell dinner tonight.

I dropped Bill off to put in 3 loads of wash while I drove to the post office to turn our keys and see if our mail packet came from Kam. It did not, so I left our forwarding address. The wash wasn’t done when I got back and Bill was sitting outside just catching some breeze. Marion and Barry both came over and chatted til the laundry was done and we headed back for lunch.

 

After lunch I folded the laundry as it dried and Bill drained the tanks and he went to Durango with Manuel. They went to Wal-mart to get Bill’s prescription and so I had him fill 2 water jugs and he picked up some fruit. I cleaned the hitch, sanded it and greased it and it’s ready for tomorrow. I caught up on my journal and posted 2 blogs. I talked to Karen about NY in October and we’re a go.

 

After Bill got back we got showered and headed to Terry’s site for the Volunteer BBQ. They do a potluck dinner to thank the various volunteers, that’s the camp hosts, the shuttle drivers, the Coast Guard auxiliary and others who work in various areas of the park. After the dinner they gave us a certificate, a backpack with an insulated mug, a flashlight and a pin in it. They gave us our pass for Colorado State Parks that is good for a year and we received our letter of recommendation. We also got one via email today from Ft. Pulaski, so we’re all caught up.

 

We said our good byes to some of the people we won’t see in the morning and brought our chairs, etc home and then Bill drove the mule back to Terry’s and Newell drove him back. We watched our shows and Bill took down the satellite dish and we turned the chairs and are pretty close to ready to go in the morning. So long Navajo State Park, it’s been fun AND windy!