It was a bit windy when we went out for the first walk of the day but at least, it wasn’t raining. We wandered around as we usually do and managed to cover almost a mile which really got us going for the rest of the day. Mikey enjoys the walks and the myriads of smells he encounters along the way. Summer, not so much as she generally trots along behind. When she wants to take a break, she just stops which usually brings me to a stop. I know what is happening behind me so am prepared to stop so as not to pull too hard on her harness. On the other hand, there are times when she just stops and won’t move on at all. Those are the times I apply steady pressure to the leash and as I am bigger and stronger than she is, I always win.

I sat and worked on the blog bringing it up to date as I waited for James, the RV repair man come out to work on repairing the damage caused by the rats. It took him several hours and he is remarkably agile for such a big man. I helped where I could, but my role was to hand him whatever he needed at that time as he was laying on the floor which was the only way to get to where the damage was. He eventually finished and I squared up with him and thanked him profusely.

It had taken most of the day working on the rat problem and we spent what daylight was left walking around the park giving the dogs their much-needed exercise. I guess I needed it too.

Delores stopped over and we made arrangements for her to drive us to one of the Restaurants in town where we enjoyed a nice Mexican meal together. I really enjoy her company, and we get on well together. Nothing romantic, just good friends. Soon, her and I will be the only ones left from our original large group as the others move off in different directions.

When we got back, I put away the bird feeders even though it was already dark. I turn on the RV canopy lights to provide enough lighting to see what I am doing as I put the feeders away in the storage boxes.

I fed the dogs and then we watched a movie until midnight which was our signal to go to bed as another day came to an end.

Living in an RV Henly RV Park Thursday, January 8th, 2026

We got up to another overcast day with a very strong breeze. First thing was to harness up the dogs so they could take me walking around the park. We covered about a half mile on that first walk and only saw one other person walking his dog.

Back in the RV, it was the usual breakfast routine making sure the dogs got tasters to encourage them to eat their own food. After which, Sandy found her hidey hole and Mikey sat in the chair next to mine and both of them went to sleep. And they call it, a dog’s life…

I worked on the blog bringing us up to date and then looked around for something else to do. Then I remembered that the toilet was blocked and put in a call to Josh to bring his special stick over to help me unblock it. He calls the stick his “shit stick”. a very fitting name for what it gets used for, He poked the stick down the drainpipe and twirled it around a few times and the toilet let go and was no longer blocked. Thank you, Josh, and your “shit stick”!

Now, all that is left is the rat treatment and a different guy is coming out tomorrow to do that. I sat and worked on the blog until it was up to date and then wondered what to do for the rest of the day as it was only 12:00 pm. I don’t need to go shopping as we did that yesterday and I am pretty much caught up with the chores around the RV.

Basically, we did a whole lot of nothing and at one point, I almost dropped off to sleep. There was no reason to not take a nap but somehow, I felt like I was wasting time by doing that. Sitting around and doing nothing is not?

The rest of the day was filled by doing the usual things, dog walking, bringing in the bird feeders and a lot of sitting around listening to an Audiobook