We did it!

Well, if you’ve been following our continuing saga, you will know that I chose a campground a few nights ago that turned out to be not suitable at all. Well today we had a winner. This is called AOK campground and it is definitely OK. You can see from the photo our beautiful site on the little pond. It also has a great swimming pool where we cooled off after a hot day of driving.

The little fellow you see there is a thirteen-lined ground squirrel that was eating outside our RV. He is most unusual and DARYL got such a great picture of him. What a delight that we could see him.

Being on the road on a Sunday was most unusual for DARYL and me. We have been going to church on Sundays for all our married life. But we prayed and sang songs of praise to God for the beautiful day.

We started out in Nebraska and we saw field after field of corn. It certainly was knee-high by the Fourth of July as Mickey says. However, in comparison, when we left Myrtle Beach, the corn was 6 feet tall and had tassels. We were already eating delicious corn on the cob.

We went through Iowa and are now in Missouri. The green grasses are lush and there are thick dense forests with lots of bushy trees. I don’t really know what they are and of course whizzing by at 60 miles an hour; couldn’t tell what they were. They were beautiful just the same.

I did get to see a crop duster very close up and it is astonishing how close he gets to the plants and then swooshes back up into the air!

Some folk were concerned about the tropical storm headed to Myrtle Beach and up the coast. However, today it is sunny and there is no rain at our home. My dear neighbor Christa is keeping an eye on things!!

I certainly appreciate all the comments that you have been making about my blog on FACEBOOK, email, and on the blog site. However, Diane Hosmer gets the award for the funniest response to my gecko story. Her comment was “maybe he’s selling car insurance.” I think that gal better take up comedy routines!

As some of you will remember, DARYL says he thinks I have a magnet on my forehead that says “talk to me.” Well, it happened at the pool again today. I said hello to a woman sitting on the steps and she began to tell me her story. It was very sad in many ways. Her husband had died two years ago and so she lost all his Social Security income. She had to have knee replacements and so is unable to walk very far. She lost her home so she is staying permanently at this campground. She shared that her daughter bought the camper for her and it’s the only thing she can afford. “I really like it here though” she said. “The owners are so nice to me. And my grandchildren come see me and go to swim in the pool with me.”

“You don’t ask for this kind of life,”she said, “but it happens.” I witnessed her bright smile and her great joy at being with her grandchildren. I’ll be honest with you. My dilemma is that I have so much and my blessings are overflowing. I wish there was a way I could share with her. Yet here she is celebrating the corner of life that she has eked out for herself. I think she liked my company and being able to talk with someone so perhaps that a gift in a small way.

I said to her, “it must be tough having worked all your life, and your husband working all his life and now you don’t get the benefit of that.” “Yes,” she said, “but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

As we left the pool, she bid me a lovely smile and said to have a wonderful time. She was still throwing balls with the grandchildren in the water.

So my beloved, count your treasures, and your blessings this night. Count the little tiny things that mean a lot to you. Value the special coffee cup, or the afghan made for you by the church ladies, the flowers in your yard, a very soft pillow, and your animals. Make sure you put something away for a rainy day if at all possible and learn to be thankful! I’m counting my blessings and my new friend is one of them! Luv you all, Bonnie Lee.