Saturday

I arose early and went to Monroe to get a new tire for the Jeep. It has been aligned and I think the replacement will stop the extreme pull to the right. Things went well and it really helped. I returned and we went for our walk. I then went to get some oil and filter for the motor home. I also went out to a salvage yard and sold the old wheel for a whopping 50 cents. The funny thing is that when they thought I was buying, not selling, they wanted 5.00! What a mark up! I started for the post office to mail a package I only thought I had brought.
I came back to shower only to find that Evelyn had made a rhubarb pie but had tried to run the convection oven and the heater at the same time, breaking the circuit. I reset it and showered in time to meet the Riders and Nancy Springer for lunch at a local Mexican restaurant, El Camino Real. It was good food and our server was from Brownsville/Matamores so we had some experiences in common. We had a good visit, reminiscing about the days when we were teaching and about what we have been doing lately. We returned home and I changed the oil and filter in the motor home. First, however, we moved the coach to dump and get fresh water. When we did, the jacks didn't retract as they should have. After changing oil, I raised the jacks again with the same result. I was discouraged. Evelyn decided she wanted to invite Ned and Orpha for dessert and cards. It is crowded inside so I dragged out the table and lawn chairs again. As I was taking the dessert out the door, one of the paper plates folded and spilled the pie and ice cream, some onto my shirt. The blessing was that we had more of both. We all enjoyed the cards and dessert. I
joked with Orpha who had earlier misremembered the name of protestant poker as prostitute poker. I told her we were playing euchere, not turning tricks. I am quite the clever dude. Which reminds me, while at the library, I sat beside three young boys playing some game on the internet. One of them kept referring to the others as "dude". I asked one of the boys why he didn't know their names. I considered saying goodbye to the "Dude" family, pretending that they all had the same last name. I don't think they would have got the joke. The Knapes left at 8:30 after arriving 1/2 hour late. Off to bed shortly thereafter.