Today Susan has friends arriving here to join us for breakfast at the "LARK" restaurant!  They want to check out the area to see what Susan has been talking about, all summer.  From what I understand they to have a camper, and are up in this area for the day to check out what we have going on up here.
  After breakfast, Susan has some packing to do and then she will be off to the big city as she has to be back to work for one-thirty this afternoon.  Myself I will start packing boxes, thank God there are not many.  You know, some caned goods and things that I would not want to leave up here over winter.  After tonight Susan should have her next schedule, and I will be able to determine what type of time schedule I have to work with.  Then I can start my official count down to "Shut Down"!  This could be six days from now, or as I am hoping as long as ten days from now!  It will all depend on how Susan's day's off play out before Thanks Giving!  And I know every thing has to be done here, and I will be home when the kid's arrive.
  Later today I have another "T" time at eleven, not sure who all will be there, perhaps I will do a round by myself.  The forecast is for another gorgeous day.  At this time of year we take every moment outdoors as a blessing, especially when one is in short sleeve weather!  Perhaps this afternoon I will concentrate on some cleaning, as I pack up some boxes for the trip home.  Thanks to my neighbour Ed, I will not have to cut the grass that last time and rake leaves!  One big job checked off of my list of things to do this fall, thanks again Ed!
  You know as one slowly winds down one season putting things away, checking them off his list.  He is already mentally preparing a list, (in my case writing it down) for the next season for opening up of things that will make it easier the next year.  For example, in our case let's use the bottle jacks to level the fifth wheel, and install the new stabilizer jacks between the axles before we put out the slides.  Saves trying to work underneath the slides, and will probably save us hours of work struggling on our bellies!!!  Just some planning ahead!
  Our son Derek, his wife Michele, and oldest daughter Tiffany should arrive Wednesday night.  They have some work to do on their fifth wheel, for their annual shutdown.  So I shall spend some time with them.  They will be returning home Friday afternoon so Tiffany can catch her plane back to Kelowna BC to resume her studies there.  They will be arriving with a load on the pick up for myself and some supplies of wood for themselves.  So Thursday will all be about getting things stored away for me and them and then, friday morning Derek and I can load up their Golf cart for it's return journey home.
  Wow it sure looks like a busy week ahead as everybody tries and get ready for old man winter!  Me, I just keep plugging along, at trying to keep Building the Simple life......................