IT'S NOT EASY BEING OLD...ESPECIALLY IF YOUR A MAN:((

With two new prescriptions to pick up for Kelly and one refill for me, Pheebs and I headed off under cold wind-driven moody skies to Goderich's Walmart Pharmacy.  We switched things up a bit from our normal routine and made Walmart the first stop to submit the prescriptions.  Grabbed a few groceries and headed off down to the harbor.  A few icy drops of rain on the windshield which probably started out as sleet higher up in the darker clouds. The wind coming in across the lake was frigid but I did see a few surfers in wetsuits on the beach.

HEADING OUT OF OUR PARK THIS MORNING

 BEAUTIFUL SKIES OVER LAKE HURON TODAY

 LAKE WATERS WERE CHOPPY THIS MORNING

 NO MATTER HOW COLD...AWAY THEY GO

THE HELENA G WAS IN PORT THIS MORNING TAKING ON A LOAD OF GRAIN OR CORN

 THAT IS ONE MIGHTY BIG BULBOUS BOW ON THAT SHIP

From the harbor, we headed back to Walmart and picked up the 'filled' prescriptions and from there began our homeward trek with a short stop at Richard and Gayles.  Bursts of brilliant sunshine along the way mixed with a few traveling wind-blown scatters of rain.  There was probably a rainbow or two somewhere in the colorful Autumn countryside as well.

 AWESOME SKIES COULD BE SEEN IN ALL DIRECTIONS

 THOSE DARK GRAY CLOUDS ARE CARRYING RAIN

There are still outside things for me to do here but I have to be patient and wait until the right mood stirs me to get out there and get them done.  I think I've been on a low-energy lazy streak these last few days.

 A BUSY SATURDAY MORNING FOR THIS FARMER

I've noticed a few RV folks we know already have their RV wheels rolling and are heading south.  Most of these people we know are heading to the American Southwest.  Ivan and his cat Bailey Roadtrip 2025 from Alberta towing a 5th wheel are already on their way.  You might want to grab onto Ivan's coattails and follow along.  He moves around a lot from place to place.  Peter and Bea (Canadian Traveler) from Campobello Island just off the southeast coast of New Brunswick have just picked up a 'new to them' Class A Diesel Motorhome in Trinidad Colorado before swinging south to their favorite spot east of El Centro, California.  Deb and Riley (On A Long And Lonesome Highway) from Manitoulin Island in Ontario are also traveling with a 5th wheel and are already somewhere in Texas moving West.  Patsy and Bill (Chillin' With Patsy) from a place not too far north of us here in Bayfield Ontario are currently in Nashville on their way west as well.  Bill's a model plane enthusiast.  Mike and Janna (Restoration Cowboy Style) with their little black Schnauzer, Kaycee have already left their ranch in Montana and traveled to their winter home near Sunsites, Arizona.  With the exception of Deb and Riley, we have met all these folks and some of them numerous times.  Ivan, Mike and Janna come to mind.  We have known these three folks since our very early RVing days ranch sitting near McNeal Arizona and we have visited several times with Janna and Mike at their beautifully restored desert home near Sunsites.  

 AREA TREES ARE SLOWLY LOSING THEIR LEAVES

Pretty much every time one starts with a new prescription one has to go over the medication instructions with the Pharmacist.  And, so it was today at the Walmart Pharmacy when I picked up two new meds for Kelly.  Really, what are the chances of an 80-year-old man even retaining a mere tenth of what he is being told or instructed to do or remember.  The helpful Pharmacy man did all the talking and my head did all the bobbing.  I got out a few okays and a couple yes words and might have even managed an embarrassing unnatural smile to cover up my total befuddlement before turning away and asking a Walmart worker to help me to the door and then point me in the direction of the parking lot, wish me well, give me a little push, and keep your fingers crossed I can find my car before winter sets in.  Of course, when I got home, one of Kelly's first questions for me was, "well, what did the Pharmacist say"??  It's not easy being old.......especially if you're a man:((

Al's Music Box:)) Ebb Tide by Pat Boone is a popular song written in 1953 by the lyricist Carl Sigman and composer and harpist Robert Maxwell. In 1953, Frank Chacksfield and his Orchestra reached number two on the US pop chart, and number nine on the UK chart with an instrumental version of the song.

 BUSH LANE

GROANER'S CORNER:(( One day, three unemployed factory workers heard that a large food company was enlarging and needed more staff. So they went downtown to see if they could get themselves a job.  After filing out their applications, each one was interviewed and each one managed to get hired. As they were waiting to be assigned their new duties, a foreman came by and spoke to the hiring boss.  The foreman told the boss that he didn't think it was such a good idea as one of the workers had snapped for no apparent reason at his last job.  Also a second was said to have had cracked up after severe mental stress.  The third, he believed was their father who he felt was a bit odd but he couldn't put his finger on it.  The hiring boss reassured the foreman and said that they would start on something easy and after a week, the company would re-assess them to see if they would be kept on.  The foreman reluctantly agreed and asked the boss where he thought they should start.  The boss replied, "Why not take them and put them in our Cereal Division...Snap, Crackle and Pop should work out fine down there."

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My 7 year-old nephew showed me with pride the "telephone" he had just made from a string and two tin cans.  I pulled out my iPhone and said, "That's nice, but... look at the phones that kids your age are making in China!"

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After the revival had concluded, the three pastors were discussing the results with one another.  The Methodist minister said, "The revival worked out great for us! We gained 4 new families." The Baptist preacher said, "We did better than that! We gained 6 new families."The Presbyterian pastor said, "Well, we did even better than that! We got rid of our 10 biggest troublemakers!"

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{Quote} Life doesn't always get better. But you do. You get stronger. You get wiser. You get softer. With tattered wings you rise. And the world watches in wonder at the breathless beauty of a human who survived life.

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