Well apparently today is the first day of summer, it’s hard to believe looking out of the window, where’s the sun? Mike certainly picked a lovely place to spend the longest day, not! I guess I should be thankful we didn’t arrive a few days early as this campsite is right on the Old Man River and it burst its banks last Friday and the whole site was underwater and everyone was evacuated. Mike spoke to a woman this morning who spent the last three days in her trailer in a casino parking lot with no water or electricity; she said she hasn’t showered in three days, I didn’t get close enough to see if she was telling the truth. The only thing we are having to do is boil our water before drinking it, just in case – we have it easy compared to some here.
We haven’t left the trailer today other than to walk the dog. We have spent most of the day catching up with things that needed to be done like toe nail cutting and eye brow plucking. Not the most exciting day but all things that are necessary. It’s weird having to do mundane things like we have today as I feel like I should be going places and seeing things before the vacation is over. Then I remember that we have all the time in the world and we don’t have to be on the go 24/7; it’s very strange and takes some getting used to. I guess I’m not really in the swing of things with this retirement lark yet, I’ll just have to keep at it.

Mike: I always meet the nicest people! I wonder if she made any money at the casino?