Sunday, November 25, 2012

Said good bye to Ron and Diana about 9:30 am.

The fine dust has finally gotten to me and my lungs and sinuses.  Awful cough and congestion, so I stayed in until about 2 PM and went to watch the end of the closing ceremony.  Such gorgeous regalia worn by the participants.  Here are some:

The drummers in the center of the ceremonial ring
 



The grand event begins with the eagle feather staff followed by the American Flag and POW/MIA flag.  The gentleman to the right with the red shirt was the Arena Master.
 

A WWII vet
 

Two Princesses
 

These were the "Grass Dancers" and did amazing moves.  My favorite of all the dancers

 

One of the "warriors," I think they were called speaking to the princesses.

A family affair

One of the "Shawl Dancers"

Cynthia, our hostess.  She has on the traditional Cherokee colors.

Keep in mind all the regalia is hand made and represents something meaningful to the participant.

 

The rally was over after the closing ceremonies. 

 

Monday, November 26, 2012

 

We rested in the morning.  My congestion was finally clearing up - so glad as I am tired of sleeping in the chair half-sitting so I could breathe and not cough my head off!

 

Cleaned the house in the afternoon.  Kind of nice to not have a schedule!

 

 

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

 

 

The generator quit working as it was coughing and choking (maybe it caught it from me?  LOL)  So after breakfast Jerry went out and took the carburetor apart.  The needle valve isn't working correctly so the generator is flooding.  He tried to fix it but to no avail.  (We put this carburetor in just a year ago in Dec.)  Ugh.  Will have to work on it later.  Got the rig ready to go and said goodbye to our host and hostess with the mostess.  Thanks to Cynthia and Nathan, it was a great learning experience and fun to get to know some new Skps.  Was also great to have Ron and Diana join us for a few days.

 

Got on the road about 10:30 am.  Egads - Jerry looked out his rear view mirror and saw something flapping in the wind. 

 



 Sure enough, the left rear trailer tire had lost almost all of it's tread and that had blown apart the skirting and fender! This was one of two tires left on the RV from when we purchased it.  Of course, it hadn't lost any air, so the tire sensor didn't go off.  I guess the tire angels were on vacation again! 

Luckily we could pull into a church parking lot and change the tire in safety and on level ground.  A nice Canadian couple (RVers) stopped by to see if we needed any help.  Very nice of them.

Finally got to Ormund Beach and found  Love's with a sewer dump and also filled up water and gas in the RV for the generator.  Made it to cousin John and Ruth's home about 3:30 PM! 

The well-drillers were finishing up drilling their new well.  John was glad we had emptied our tanks as they were planning on using our rig's facilities since they had been out of water since last Thursday.  LOL

Side yard

They have a chicken coop out in their back yard and Volusia county uses the two chickens in it to monitor the West Nile Virus and Encyphalitis problems in the county via testing these chickens to get a handle on what infected mosquitos have bitten them. 

We had a nice visit with Ruth and John and their daughter, Sarah, who had stopped by to meet us on her way to work. 

We went to Stavros restaurant not too far away for delicious Italian.  This is a family-run eatery that is Ruth and John's favorite.  They had spaghetti and meat balls and Jerry and I had pizza...of course, he had the meat lover's and my half was Greek!  Awesome food.  A very nice ending to a busy day.