A Do-Nothing Day

It has rained for nearly two days straight. We've been cozy and warm in the RV. We stayed in yesterday, but we're still planning to go out this morning to see the last two gold rush towns. Hopefully, we won't run into flooding anywhere. The area we are in is akin to Texas's "hill country." It reminds us a lot of that area. There is a reservoir nearby, and the level is down significantly. I know the folks who depend on drinking and irrigation water from the reservoir are going to be happy about this rain. It isn't cold enough for snow, but some is falling in big fat flakes anyway. It isn't sticking, but it is always concerning to see snow when we're towing a big RV.

So we hung out yesterday. I did quite a bit of work on my embroidery. I had to back up and do a little more beading on the 7th snowflake. As I was searching out instructions for the eighth, I realized I'd missed some of the beads on the one just finished. That was my first task yesterday. It's a little hard to see in this image, but I added beads at the tips of all the darkest floss "lobes" and the center star.

This is my project for March's

and so I'm glad I noticed that before the month was up. I wouldn't want to be cheating when I link up to the party at the end of the month...if we live that long...these days, nothing is certain.

With that finished, I went back to work on Snowflake #8. Quite a bit is accomplished, but there's still plenty to go. 

The sparkle floss is difficult to thread on the needle, and it wants to shred as I'm working with it. Still, I love the look.

And that's about it for the day. We've been considering our options for the remainder of our trip, and I think we've both tired of this journey through Crazy Town. We've decided to head for home tomorrow. We can be there in two days, traveling at a leisurely pace. Things have become too uncertain to be out and about, and there is security at home. Our freezer and pantry are well stocked, and so it seems a good time to end our travels for this Rainbird trip. We had several spaces reserved for the road ahead, and I've canceled all but one. The remaining one will be canceled as soon as the office starts answering the phone. Heading home, we can stay at a free spot along the way, and then we'll spend our last night at Valley of the Rogue State Park, where we spent the first night of this trip.

Today we're determined to get out and see Sonora and Columbia, and we might make one more run at the grocery store. I'll probably blog about today's sight-seeing, but then I'll probably hang up my blogging hat until we get home.

In closing, this little message came up on my Facebook memories this morning. It seems especially fitting, and I enjoyed reading it again. I hope you enjoy it too.

Be well, and stay safe, my friends.