Up until three a.m. I
think the adrenaline from the excitement stayed in me for too long and I couldn’t
get to sleep, so I hung out on Face Book and munched on Fritos. We used to give our sheep Daisy Fritos. We got her as a little lamb (we had Tanya the
lion at the same time) and I remember nursing Daisy with the green glass 7-Up
bottles with a black rubber nipple attached.
It is only recently that I’ve begun to associate Fritos with chili rather
than Daisy. Time moves on….
I awoke after four hours but absolutely refused to get up, managing another couple of hours sleep. I had another interesting dream (the night
before last it was about still owning La Bodega, having a board meeting and The
Brother Comatose). Once I did wake up
for good, I made some nice strong coffee and lounged. I felt a little guilty, having explained to
my kids the night before that it is almost impossible to “vacation” at home because there is
always something that must be done.
Naturally, there were things that needed to be done here after our six
hour camping trip, namely clean everything up.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it- the rush from the night before
came back and I was so excited for our next adventure.
Sweet Maggie kept the camping trip going, too, by making us
a lavish breakfast on cast iron: homemade pancakes <so good – thank you,
Sabol, for the recipe!>, bacon and eggs.
We watched a Nature special about the Snow Monkeys in the Japanese Alps. I was deciding on whether or not to head to
Kombi Haus (VW shop) in Sac, but first needed to drop Maggie off at her friend’s
house. Just after I dropped her off, my
neighbor let me know he was heading home, so Ethan and I made a quick trip to
REI to use my dividend check for fuel and a few other things. Somehow I “made” money by buying the stuff
and received money back – I saw later he didn’t charge me for the fuel, so
tomorrow we will go back so I can pay for them.
I’m wondering about getting the Yeti ice packs – no way I’d get a
cooler, but the ice packs I could use in the bus’s ice books.
SHE WAS SMILING AT ME AGAIN!!! She looked so nice sitting there…Mike told me
to just come on by whenever and they would show me various things about
her. The motor sounds stronger than
ever, the battery is strong. I’m still
not sure why there is no charge from the auxiliary battery, but my manuals will
be here in a few days, so I’m happy. Ethan
wanted to go to the river, so we grabbed the food we never cooked this morning
and headed out with the dogs. I made my
very first meal in Lizzie Mae today – though it wasn’t super terrific(breakfast
burritos) it sure was a grand feeling to pop the top up and cook. Annie is hilarious in that bus. She climbs up on the counter where the sink
and stove are and keeps flies off every time I hit a curve or brake. You’d think she would have learned the time
she flew out of the window when I was on my way hiking, but nope. She keeps on.
The boy and I took it very easy tonight – I made us lots of
honey lemon tea (we need to head to Independence for more honey soon and will
stop off in Bodie, too). We watched more
Nature on Netflix and enjoyed each others company.
Pictures: Pollen, pollen, everywhere. I can't imagine what it's like to suffer allergies; Mabi watches with concern as her young pup<sorts> is out frolicking with Ethan. Maybe she understands me better now..it's tough to be Mama; <Ethan shot the next two>An old farm house in Gold Hill; A perfect ending to the day.
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*I would like to honor the birthday of a man I once knew. He died about 16 years ago (yesterday) and his birthday is today. He struggled from bipolar disorder and alcoholism, never sober for long periods of time and was only 7 months older than I . Happy birthday, C.M.M. <3
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