First Week

Well, we've been here for one week. So far very interesting and we like it. We've worked about 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours each day. Sorry, no pictures yet. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday we worked with the owners. Actually Monday was more of a get acquainted time. Thursday & Friday we worked with the other workamping couple. We worked Tuesday night so we took a little drive Tuesday to find our way around. It seems like everything is within 5 - 7 miles no matter which way you go. The farm roads are very interesting to travel on. They are well paved but very narrow 2 lane roads with no shoulders. We haven't traveled the speed limit yet. The ditches don't look like too much fun. It's been a little cool here in the mornings around 55 - 60. It's been cloudy most of the week. Rain off and on during the last couple of days except for today. It started in around 10:30am and hasn't quit. Guess what was the first store we had to find on our day trips. Grocery store - Nope. Walgreens, right - Nope. You're right - Bass Pro. Very nice but didn't go inside. Sharon decided to wait. So, guess we'll be spending the day there in the next couple of weeks. I guess you can't really get lost when you have the GPS to get you home. We didn't listen to it, of course, so ended up a little out of our way. Which turned out to be a very good thing. We got the best peaches at a road side stand. Very juicy and very ripe. Picked up 2 for $1. So we got 6 peaches. Big spenders aren't we. On Friday, we didn't need to be to work until 5pm so picked up some scripts from Walgreens; found a meat market - very very good. Shouldn't let us into a meat market by ourselves. Went in for a couple of pounds of stew beef and a whole chicken. Came out with more than 10 lbs of meat. Among the items were New York strips, pork tenderloins and pork butt roast. And, yes, we did get the stew beef and chicken. Nice little grocery store and meat market. Reminds me of the one my grandmother worked when while we were growing up. We were tired so decided to come home and put the items away. We'd go to a bigger grocery store Saturday morning. We have this day off. After getting home from the meat market and putting the groceries away - decided to find a restaurant close by. Didn't get to the grocery store so still not much to eat in the camper yet. So plugged the GPS back in and went to the nearest one. It was called Alli's. Food was good; prices very reasonable. Sharon got liver & onions which covered the entire dinner plate so they brought the mashed potatoes on a separate platter. She also had a small dish of cottage cheese. She ordered coffee - but said she'd never do that again. I just got a patty melt. Our entire bill including tip was less than $20. Not bad. The people were real friendly and very helpful about where to shop and the products to buy. It's always difficult to know which dairy products are good in an area for awhile. Tomorrow, we start working by ourselves and for full shifts. A full shift is a 6 1/2 hour day. We work 5 days and then have the next 3 days off. Hope to go to the civil war battlefield near here next Friday. There's been a few more things to remember working here but so far think we're doing fine. Wish the weather would warm up. Looking forward to the drive down to Branson this fall. Heard the road is just beautiful with fall leaf color. Well, that 's pretty much it for our first week.