A Funny From The Past

Mama likes to see what people are reading on our blog if it isn't the current days post.  She normally knows what the post is about by the title, but the other day one came up that she didn't remember.  She read it and started laughing.  She said "Jack was so funny!"  Today, is the second anniversary of Jack's death.  Mama has been pretty sad because she still really misses him and he has been on her mind so much lately.  Since I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Jack, I thought it would be nice to re-visit the blog post that made Mama laugh last week as a small tribute to Jack, the founder of our blog.

FYI:  For those of you who didn't know Jack, he was a huge TV fan.  He couldn't watch Animal Planet or America's Funniest Home Videos alone because he would try and attack the TV.  If a greyhound was on TV, he would whine.   He loved Judge Judy.  Scout and I don't watch TV, but we know when Judge Judy goes off, it is time for us to take a walk.  BOL!

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Knows If It Wasn't For Jack, He And Scout Wouldn't Have Been Adopted Into This Home And Thus We Wouldn't Be On A HUGE Adventure.

Originally posted on October 28, 2010

GROUNDED

Jack and Scout

Jack and Scout reporting to you this morning.

Jack: We were grounded yesterday. NO TV!

Scout: Yep, grounded, no TV.

Jack: No People's Court, Judge Judy, The Talk, etc, etc.

Scout: I really don't care for TV much so it didn't bother me. There is a commercial I like though. It has a whale in it and I've been imitating his sounds which is driving Mama crazy! LOL Jack loves his TV though, so he was very upset that he couldn't watch it.

Jack: It's Scout's fault that we got in trouble.

Scout: You could have said "NO" Jack, but you didn't.

Jack: What did we do? Well, we got Mama up around 2 a.m. to go outside. That's not why we got in trouble though.

Scout: No, we do that a lot.

Jack: We got in trouble because we did zoomies around the yard. Mama told us to come in and we just ran circles around her.

Scout: It was so funny! Mama was standing out in the middle of the yard dressed in her jammies. Her arms were flapping and she kept yelling at us to get in the house. We just kept running circles around her.

Jack: Mama said it looked like she was a lion tamer in the circus.

Scout: It was a lot of fun, but Mama didn't think it was. She said "YOU'RE GROUNDED, NO TV!" I just laughed and said "whatever". It was worth loosing TV for a day.

Jack: So, yesterday, I missed all of my favorite shows. I hope I can catch up on Days Of Our Lives today because it was at a dramatic part when it ended on Tuesday.

Scout: I'm sure you didn't miss anything, Jack. That show moves slower than a turtle.

Jack: So, that's why we were grounded yesterday. We didn't get Mama up last night, so we are golden today.

Scout: Yeah, we are golden. LOL

Jack and Scout
The Ungrounded Greyhounds

The Beach

Now, don't get excited.  We didn't go to the beach, but the folks did.  Mama said no dogs were allowed and it was too crowded anyway.  They drove to Hugh Taylor Birch State Park because there is a tunnel that you walk through to get to the beach. 

The tunnel that goes under the street and to the beach.

People enjoying the beach.

Mama said that it seemed much brighter in person than in these photos.  The folks took these photos and headed down the street to find something to eat.  They decided the walk was too far and decided to head back to the park.  Mama wanted to walk the Hammock Trail.  She thought it would have huge trees covering the trail like an umbrella.  It was not.

She worried about snakes falling from the trees, so it wasn't very enjoyable.  They both felt like bugs were crawling on them after getting off the trail.  I think it would have been fun!  Scout says she was happy to stay at home in the air conditioning.

The folks took another wrong turn and the next thing they knew, they were being asked for their passports.  BOL!   They turned into the port where you board cruise ships.  Dad told the officer that he took a wrong turn and the officer said it happens all the time.  Duh!  There were no signs to say it wasn't a regular street.  They took Dad's driver's license and held it until they turned around.  I guess they wanted to make sure they didn't make a break for the cruise ship.

The folks ate some good food this weekend and we all know that makes Mama happy.  She will update her blog on that later today. 

There was a 20% chance of rain yesterday.  We had four heavy downpours.  I guess that is just the norm here.  We were out walking twice when it happened, so we ducked under a porch for a while. 

There are some ducks here that Scout really likes.  She really had them on the run the other day, but Dad said that wasn't very nice.  He is the "fun police" you know. 

The ducks that Scout likes.

Scout watching the ducks.  The ducks are near the top of the photo.

Everyone left yesterday but the guy who seems to live here permanently and then one motor home came in last night.  The count if you are keeping track is now three of us staying in our section.   Two of the cats seem to think they should live under our motor home.  I think it makes life interesting, but Mama not so much. 

Our regular mail and our bully sticks are supposed to be delivered today.  Our paws are crossed.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Memorized By Cats

....And Then The Rains Came

The rain as seen from our window.

Friday morning started out sunny, but by noon the rains came.  It rained hard and it lasted into the evening.  Our satellite was knocked out.  Mama didn't get nervous until the weather radio started going off saying there was flash flooding.  We went outside when there was a break in the rain and we noticed part of the campground was flooding.  Mama, of course, got nervous.  Our area was fine, but the entrance was flooded.  The field turned into a lake.  The ditch along the side flooded.  The people near us had a lot of standing water under their motor home.  We ended up with over six inches of rain here.  Dad worked in Miami on Friday and they ended up with 13.94"total.  Mama called him and told him to avoid the side streets and Hwy 1 because those areas were flooded.  He called and said he was going 2-3 mph, so he decided to get off the highway and onto the side streets.  Mama was not happy with him. Later, she called him and he said he was getting on Hwy 1, she was really upset with him at that point.   He ended up getting on I-95.  It took him 3.5 hours to get home.  He got home about 8:45 p.m.

Two cats hid under our motor home during the rains.  Do you think that drove me crazy?  Yes, it did!  I checked on them every time we went outside.

Scout sleeps well on rainy days.

Yesterday, the folks set out to find the Super Target.  It wasn't there.  GPS said "you have arrived", but there was no Target.  Mama decided they would just shop at Publix which is a grocery store.  The one nearest to us is old and small, but they decided to try it next week.  After they got back home, Mama looked at the Target website and found another location that was only five miles away.  They went there on their way to dinner and found it!  The street it is on has several restaurants and even a Walmart.  They decided to try the Super Target next week since the lines seem to be shorter there than Walmart.  Mama changed her Emeals to Super Target.  She has been using her Walmart plan at Target, but decided to just switch to Target and see what the menus look like.

There is a lot of road construction around here and that causes our GPS to get confused.  Mama and Dad have ended up on the toll road by accident four times.  They are basically just circling around.  The GPS is a source of a lot of arguments.  Dad thinks he knows more than her (GPS) and Mama defends her.

Our mail didn't arrive on Friday.  Well, it arrived after the office closed, so it couldn't be delivered.  They tried to deliver it yesterday, but the office was closed.  Mama rescheduled it for a Monday delivery.  We hope it makes it.

We are back to four of us living in this section of the park. We had five yesterday, but one couple left.  A camper is supposed to arrive sometime this weekend according to an envelop taped to the office window but they haven't made it yet.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is On Cat Patrol At All Times

The Sun Is Out!

This is the first day that we have seen the sun since we arrived.  We are anxious to see when the sun hits our windshield because even with our shades, it heats up some.  It seems like wherever we go, we end up with the late afternoon sun in the windshield.  We know we will not have that here because of where the sun is now.  It will be interesting to see how the motor home heats up today.  We are not totally thrilled with our air conditioning in this rig.  We are trying different things to try and keep it cooler.  The good thing here is that our electric is included in our rent, so we can run it as much as we need to without worrying about the cost.  Dad doesn't worry, but Mama does.

The storms yesterday were not bad here.  There were a few times that the wind blew hard, but we have been through that before.  That doesn't mean that Mama wasn't a little nervous.  She HATES storms and hates them more now that we are in a motor home.

We sat outside this morning.  It is quite breezy, but that just helps it feel cooler.

I'm a happy guy

Scout is just being Scout.  Mama calls here Eeyore.

 

This is our view.

What is that?

It's a CAT!

No one lives in this rig.  Do you see the Tiki Hut?  There is a blue tarp under it.

The red in the tree is our hummingbird feeder.

I see another CAT!

See him?

We do not have cable here.  We are using our satellite.  We kind of like that better because we have HBO, but if cable is available we use it because it is free.  We use Dish Network because they have a month to month program for RVers.  We just call them when we need it turned on.  We could tell yesterday when the heavy rain was approaching us because the satellite would go out before the rain arrived.

This is our satellite.  Isn't it cute?

We should be getting our mail today.  We haven't received any for a month.  Mama likes that we can have mail sent to us here.  She ordered bully sticks yesterday and her prescriptions yesterday, so all that should be here next week.  We should be set for a while.

Some of the reviews of this place said the office staff were rude.  We have not encountered that yet. We have encounter much worse at other campgrounds.  They answer the phone in French, but speak English also.  I guess we will see how they treat Mama when she picks up the mail today.  BOL!  She said even if they are rude, it is not a big deal because she has very limited contact with them.

Two people moved out yesterday and one pulled in, so there are four of us total in this area.  It just looks like the place is full because so many trailers are here all the time.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Is Happy To Sit Outside Again

Tropical Storm Andrea

When we found out we were coming to this area, Mama said "Oh, no, it will be hurricane season!"  Everyone assured her that hurricanes don't really come this early.  We are here for three days and we have a tropical storm!  LOL  Actually, the tropical storm is on the other gulf side, so we will not get the worst of it.  We are just getting some of the rain.  It hasn't been too bad yet.  It rained heavy for about five minutes and then it just showered.  It has stopped for now, but there will be more later.  There was a tornado warning issued for our county, but not our area.  Mama said we will go to the shower house if a tornado is in our area.  Dogs are not allowed in there, but since no one else is around, we will hide in there during a tornado.  She will not leave us behind.

We met a man yesterday while walking.  It is so strange to see another human walking around here since almost every home is boarded up for the summer. He said he lives here year round and has been here for 20 years.  He said there are English speaking people on both sides of him and that is it.  He confirmed with us that it gets wild here during the winter.  He enjoys the summers because it is so quiet.

The folks did their grocery shopping yesterday.  Mama said this place reminds her of Houston because she is having a hard time finding a place to shop.  Miss Becky, who she met in Houston, told her the best places to shop in Houston, but we have no one to tell us here.  She and Dad waited in the check out line for 30 minutes yesterday and that was on a Wednesday morning.  There were two people in front of them.  The checkers moved slow in the store yesterday.  She said she can't imagine going there on a Friday night.  She is going to check out the Super Target this weekend.  It is located about five miles from here.  She has found that Super Targets normally do not have long lines.  She prefers Walmart, but she can't handle waiting in line for that long.

Whenever we arrive in a new location, we have to learn the safe areas.  We haven't really felt unsafe here.  Mama gets nervous when she sees bars on windows and we stay out of those areas.  LOL   The places we felt the best were Arlington and Cleveland.  We immediately found good shopping areas and good restaurants.  We are still searching for that here.  We are in an industrial area here so there is nothing within walking distance.

Two motor homes left yesterday and two moved in.  One of the motor homes had a Great Dane.  We didn't get to met him though.  They are already gone.  There is one guy who lives near us and it looks like he will be here a while and that is about it for our neighbors.

I really miss the squirrels.  I am very interested in the cats.  There are so many cats!  However, I prefer squirrels.  I have a feeling that this place is going to be boring since there are not any people or squirrels.  I will have to focus on the cats.

Joey,
The Greyhound Who Misses His Yard In Texas