Wind Changes Plans

It was very windy when we got up and started our day. Much too windy to play golf, so we planned to do some local stuff. The last time we were here at the Thousand Trails campground, we stopped at a fruit stand up the road a bit and bought a bag of fresh, locally grown oranges. They were so good that we went back yesterday and bought some more. The season is about over for those, so it was a good time to go.

We also needed to get a prescription for Josie for high blood pressure. She had been on medication for that but the combination of being away from her doctor for over 2 years, and not seeing another doctor in our travels, resulted in her not being able to get it refilled. When they took her blood pressure at the hospital, it was very high, and they would have given her a prescription for her medication if she had known the proper dosage. Of course, she didn't have the bottle with her from the last prescription so they couldn't do it. Yesterday, we went back to the hospital - with the empty prescription bottle - and got a new prescription for her. By the way, her thumb is also healing nicely.

While going out of the campground we came across these sandhill cranes that were doing a mating dance and we were able to capture them between steps:

 They were jumping up and down but we couldn't catch them in the air. There were 5 in this group, so we don't know which one was odd-man-out.

I also called yesterday and made an appointment to have our fifth wheel washed and scrubbed by a local mobile detailer today. For $80, they pressure wash the roof and wash the whole rig which is so dirty it is almost embarrassing. We are not allowed to wash our own since there are severe water shortages in this area and the campground forbids it. The detailer brings in his own water which is why we are able to use him. He is due to arrive at 9 AM, which is about the time I have to leave for work. I work from from 10:00 til 4:30 today, and then have off until Monday. That's it for now...

Haircuts and Local Stuff

As mentioned yesterday, Josie and I got our hair cut by a pair of fellow workampers that have hairdressing experience. Don gave me a hircut and Jan cut Josie's. It only took a short time and we are both satisfied with the cuts - and the total cost was $10. We hope they don't leave before we do.

The rest of the morning was spent driving to the Vistors Center in town to try and find a special brochure on the Bighorn Canyon that we had seen on board our trip a few days ago and then to McDonald's for a quick lunch. I have really gotten to like their new Frappe's and Josie likes the new Smoothie's, so McDonalds may become a regular stop for those.

There is another neat business that is owned by the Blairs, the owners of our Village, the Holiday Inn and the Comfort Inn, called the Dude Ranch at Ucross, which is a small town in Eastern Wyoming that takes about three hours to get to. Several of the workampers here have gone there and have raved about the place. It is a real dude ranch with ranchhouse, horse rides, swimming pool and the whole dude ranch experience. It is free to us except for a flat fee for meals and board which is a fraction of the total cost to others. We have been talking with Karen and George about the possibility of scheduling a couple days to go there in the near future.

Today is day 4 of our work week, so it will be another short day for free time. We are thinking that we probably will do a trip to Billings on Thursday to go to Costco and stock up on some things we need, and to check out the town in general. More later...