Thursday, October 17, 2019

A COLD WET RAINY DAY AND I DON'T THINK MY PILLS ARE WORKING

Our cold wet and windy damp day was a prelude to November when we have lots of cold windy wet days.  November of course is much worse with all the colorful leaves off the trees giving way to a grey and brown bleak colorless landscape.  In my opinion November is the worst month of the year.
A COLD RAINY MORNING

Couldn't help but thinking today how busy we would normally be right now loading the last minute things into one of our Class A or Class C motorhomes years ago.  I always liked to begin our annual winter trip to the southwest on the 3rd Saturday of October.  Not every year mind you but most years.  The last couple years it was late December before we had the big wheels rolling and one time we actually left in September.  Oh the good old RVing days eh.  Our first six of thirteen years were our best years.  Whether we'll make it back to the southwest again is anybody's guess.  If there is a chance I'm hoping we can grab it.
WELL AT LEAST IT WASN'T ICE AND SNOW ON THE ROADS

It was a rainy Jeep ride from the time Pheebs and I left Bayfield until the time we got home again.  Staying on pavement this morning we cruised up to Goderch and back.  Gas, a few groceries and a swing down around the Goderich harbor where we found the road to Rotary Cove blocked off.  Turns out with recent high winds the past couple days and high lake levels waves have come ashore damaging the boardwalk and eroding the shoreline in spots with water even reaching the shoreline road.  Last week I had said I thought the lake level had dropped a bit.  I was wrong, it hasn't.
LAKE LEVELS ARE STILL OVER THE FISHING AND TUGBOAT PIER
Been over a week now since I started on the pills to help cut down on my constantly running to the washroom since my radiation treatments a few weeks ago.  The pills do not appear to be working and I'm still on the run.  Especially during the night when I am up three, four, and five times.  I guess that might help explain my daily tiredness and low energy levels.  I again fell asleep in my sunroom recliner this afternoon.  I don't normally do that.

OUR PARK IS IN THOSE TREES TO THE LEFT
TURN OFF INTO OUR PARK AHEAD
AND THAT'S OUR FRONT YARD JUNGLE ON THE LEFT
GROANER'S CORNER:((  The police recently arrested a man selling "secret formula" tablets he claimed gave eternal youth. When going through their files they noticed it was the fifth time he was caught for committing this same criminal medical fraud.  He had earlier been arrested in 1794, 1856, 1928 and 1983....
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A man walked into a hardware store and picked up a can of fly spray. "Is this good for wasps?" he asks the assistant. To which she replies "No, it kills them."
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10 comments:

  1. Contessa Thursday, October 17, 2019

    If it makes you feel better, I will admit to also getting up several times per night to visit the bathroom, usually 3 -6 times nightly. I have been doing that for years. Just my normal system. I hate it as it takes a long time to fall asleep again.

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  2. Sue MaloneThursday, October 17, 2019

    Yup, me too, but maybe only 3 or 4. Seems to be something about aging I guess, male or female. Hopefully the radiation did the trick. You could be tired from that, Al, not just the pills. Hoping you feel better soon. Will be sad to miss your southwest posts, but I am sure that you will find beauty to share no matter the season, as you always do. big hugs to you both.

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  3. Janna and MikeThursday, October 17, 2019

    Al, remember way back in 2014 when my mother had that awful accident in Yellowstone Park after falling asleep at the wheel doing 45 miles per hour? Her accident was probably caused by being so tired--she was getting up 5-6 times per night to go to the bathroom. We fixed that issue with a medication while she was still recovering at my house. Your cause is different but the result could be the same--exhaustion the next day. Take care!

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  4. JudithKThursday, October 17, 2019

    Take those naps when they come! You have as usual some beautiful photos here of your surroundings...nothing like a northern autumn, which I haven't seen in person in more than 50 years. But I remember it very well. Took my breath away. Hope as time passes you have some better nights.

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  5. Jean and SkipThursday, October 17, 2019

    I know how you feel about November, always hated it. We have been having November like weather forever it seems one Pacific storm after another.We leave at the end of the month and it can't come fast enough for us

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  6. Betty GraffisThursday, October 17, 2019

    I too am going to miss your pictures from the desert but I also am going to enjoy your Canadian winter pictures around your home. I too am a member of the 3-4 time a night bathroom club😜

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  7. Doug LaningThursday, October 17, 2019

    Those wet roads look neat. Hope you can get the washroom visits down. Maybe time to call the doc for some rubber bands😁

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  8. our awesome travelsFriday, October 18, 2019

    Like you 13 years on the road , we were supposed to leave yesterday, you we gonna miss the southwest.. But we do have so many great memories and a gazillion pictures to enjoy.

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  9. Payson48Friday, October 18, 2019

    Hi Al! I live in the Southwest and I'm really enjoying your Fall pictures. Originally from Minn. I remember all the beautiful colors of Fall. Thank You!

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  10. dennisdonna.blogspot.comFriday, October 18, 2019

    We are right there with you...missing our usual trip South...We did it for 16 years, having to come home in the middle of our trip three times for family emergencies...Getting old isn't for sissies.

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