Meyers-More Friends Visit

Yesterday we were surprised to see friends, Kelly and Diana Meyer drive into the campground.  The Meyer’s were camphosts with us last year and also came and worked at amazon.com in Kentucky last winter.

Being Cinco de Mayo we had a big Mexican fiesta.  I threw together a pico de gallo in my Ninja blender, that came out real good.  Then we had bean burritos smothered in green chili along with Rice-A-Roni’s Mexican Rice (sooo good and better than their Spanish Rice IMHO). 

The piece de resistance was a dessert I got from a vegan cookbook called The Tassajara Recipe Book (by Edward Espe Brown), for Lime Cream with Strawberries.  You make a custard with lime zest infused cream, let it set and then fold in homemade whipped cream and lay it over sweetened sliced strawberries.  Oh, my, what a taste combination.  Jim said “it’s a keeper”.

                  

Earlier in the day we picked up our company truck from storage and Jim and Rich installed the AGM batteries for the composting toilets at two sites.  This morning Jim and I will treat the wells at three campgrounds in preparation of taking samples for water quality testing.  We have to do this every month to ensure the water is good for the public to drink. 

Remember you are loved.

Meet the Meadows

Yesterday a big, beautiful Tiffin Zephyr pulled into the campground and out popped Mary Lou and Fred Meadows.  Jim was barbecuing some chicken so when Fred walked over and asked what he was cooking, Jim said “dead yard bird”.  LOL  Fred said “well, it sure smells mighty good”.  That’s all the encouragement Jim needed to invite the couple to join us for dinner.  There was only the three rigs in the campground after all, so you can’t just go eat in front of people.  And it was funny to see that all three rigs had South Dakota license plates on them.  Yes, the Meadows are fulltime RVers, but not members of Escapee RV Club….yet!!!

We had a little happy hour while we were waiting for dinner which gave us time to get to know each other.  Come to find out the Meadows are originally from Kentucky and so we shared the parts of Kentucky we had visited while we worked at amazon.com last year. Of course hearing about Kentucky Jim had to go get some “Apple Pie” to share.  It got a thumbs up.

                   

Jim provided us a wonderful dinner with corn on the cob grilled on the barbeque.  We’d never had that before and it was soooo good. Terri made up some fresh broccoli and we topped it off with the remaining carrot cake, but it was eating with friends that made it all so special.

Remember, you are loved.