Thom and Melodie's

Monday evening we were warmly welcomed to Boardman by Thom and Melodie Barton. We parked our rig near their's at the Marina Park. Thom was finishing up his windmill repair work at Arlington this week, so we were so glad we caught them before they headed back to Pratt. They treated us to yummy fish and burgers at the River Lodge & Grill restaurant. Then we visited back at their roomy camper; we never run out of conversation with these friendly folks!

my pan seared trout

Tuesday we did a little school and a little chatting. They showed us some beaver gnawed trees on the paved walk by the river. The younger children played on the swings. We enjoyed a deliciously rich picnic lunch prepared by Melodie. Chocolate chip fudge brownies...and they sent the leftovers with us. 

So do you eat coleslaw on your hamburgers? Or your hot dogs? Or just as a side? (One of our deep discussion topics) It seems even southern culture differs from North Carolina to Virginia and especially Ohio! AH, the variety of life!

Parked for a Week

Feb 18-23 Shannon worked near Bastrop, TX with Christian Aid Ministries rebuilding houses destroyed by wildfires. There were 24 men divided into 4 crews. Shannon went to headquarters the 1st morning, was there for introductions and went through the pack lunch line. The rest of the week he went straight to the work site as it was halfway between our RV and the CAM base. His crew mainly worked on 2 houses, painting exterior, interior, and laying floors. Thursday evening we all attended a campfire singing, popcorn munching, and slide show of past work projects.

While Shannon was away, the rest of us had normal days -with 70* weather- of school, cooking, laundry, cleaning, jump roping, and ball keep away. There was a small fishing pond at the RV park that was good motivation to get our "to dos" done!

Another diversion was a barnyard full of alpacas, miniature horses and donkeys.

Coin laundry...waiting for the dryer. No clotheslines here!