Sunday, July 22, 2018

Sweltering Here

We have been back home in Montgomery for 2 months.  It was warm when we returned, but it soon turned to just down-right hot and humid.  I expect that in August, but not in June. We should have summered on the Oregon coast.

Our oldest two grands unpacked Koko’s kitchen for me. It’s so much easier, and more fun, to pack than unpack. I’ve cleaned the inside which had lots of red dirt and then Don cleaned the inside again. Still lots of red dirt in the window tracks.  Don washed the rig. Bennett, our 15-year-old grandson, came over to help Don put the cover on Koko. It’s really heavy and a young person has so much more energy. So now Koko is covered up until we decide where we will go and when. Still needs waxing and several repairs. 

We have bought six fans. A tower fan for me next to my lounge chair, a replacement fan for my bedside, a new ceiling fan in the kitchenette, one that will blow your contacts out for Don when he works on the Jeep, a floor fan for the workshop and a replacement for the attic exhaust.

Montgomery has one of the top ten Shakespeare Festivals in the world! Our youngest grandson, Patrick, went to the Shakespeare Extreme Camp. At the end of five days, they do three 20 minutes skits from three different plays. This year it was: As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. They were well done and the kids did them in the original Elizabethan, which I found impressive since they only had a week to learn the skits and also how to present themselves as actors.

Don’s playing bridge every week and I am back at my volunteer job on Wednesday mornings.  If you are traveling, I hope you have a great summer and at some place where that is cool. We are trying not to be envious.