Entertainment in the Valley

We have had a couple days of cool rainy weather again. I think this area is already ahead of their normal rainfall totals for the entire year! It is supposed to turn very warm again tomorrow, so I will add to the blog today. Tomorrow I plan to be outside!

Our friends from Creighton, Lenny and Carol (and Carol’s brother John), came to stay in our park for a couple weeks. It was good to see them and spend a little time visiting. I just realized that we have known them for 36 years (that was when we moved to Creighton)! There were some wild times back then! Even though we thought they were nuts, they decided to return to the frozen north during a lull in the weather between here and there. Last night they called to say they had made it safely home.

Last Saturday the entire park had a not so pleasant adventure. An electric company had been trying to fix a nonworking streetlight all week. Determining that they needed to push a new wire under the driveway of the park managers, they managed to puncture the water line that was also there! This put the entire park out of water starting at 9 a.m. Those of us in RV’s who always put water in our holding tanks in case of such a situation were okay, but those in park models and mobile homes do not have such an option. Can you imagine how many sidewalk superintendents were at the site off and on throughout the day? Over 700 spaces full of retired people? After many hours of digging and scooping out water by the electric company, a plumbing company with a jackhammer arrived to put a hole in the middle of the driveway and find and repair the break by about 8 p.m. Everyone who did not have water in their holding tank before filled the next day!

We could go to the hall in our park for some activity nearly every evening of the week if we chose to do so. Potluck supper, soup supper, bingo, and some form of cards or games are played every night of the week. We usually choose to play joker at our friends house instead of the hall and usually only once or twice a week. Friday nights there is entertainment at the hall for a reasonable price (usually $5) and every Saturday night a band plays for the dance. One can go to entertainment at other parks too. Craft shows, quilt shows and park sales and flea markets abound everywhere each week.

I snapped a picture of of the workers trying to find the water main break and one of Lenny, Carol, John and Duncan (the dog) near their motor home. I will also post some pictures and links to some of the entertainers we have seen recently.

Bill Brooks:: Elvis impersonator, also does other country music and gospel.

http://www.billjbrooks.com/

The Link Family: very talented family of 5 plus two spouses of two of the children who do bluegrass and gospel.

http://linkfamilymusic.com/

Bernie and Red: a married duo of comedy and music. Very funny and the singing is good too!

http://www.bernieandred.com/index.html

Sherwin and Pam Linton Show: Mostly sing old country songs (a little old rock and roll and folk songs thrown in). Sherwin does a great Johnny Cash. He told Curt he had played the Knox County Fair, so it is possible some of you have seen his show, although I don't know how long ago that was.

http://www.sherwinlinton.com/