A Very Good Mother's Day

Apex, NC
45 deg. clear, no wind.
Forecast today = high temp. 70 deg. partly sunny, SE wind @ 5 to 10 mph.

I think Linda had a very good Mother's day yesterday. She says it's always a good day when you hear from your kids, and that's what happened. The kids called and she got to talk with each of them for awhile and got caught up on what they've been doing.

The rest of the day, she read, added some recipes to her recipe database on the computer, and just enjoyed the calmness of this park.

I haven't said much about this park, other than to talk about their "reservation fee", but really, this is a very nice park. For Jim and Linda it pretty much has everything they like in a campground. The sites are large, there's lots of trees for shade, and any neighbors are quite far away with trees and bushes between sites so that unless you really look, you can't even see another RV or tent.

It would be nice if we had a view of the lake, but there are benefits of having a site away from the lake too. You see, when you have a site on the lake, most of the sites near you are occupied, so it is noisier, especially on the weekends when there are lots of people swimming, and enjoying the lake in their boats.

Where we are, a lot of the nearby sites are empty, (even on the weekends), about the only noise we hear is from a few cars / RVs driving by on the road, and a few people walking by from time to time.

About as peaceful as you can get in a public park. :-)

So, like anything else, it's a trade-off. You can have a view of the lake, or peace and quiet, but really can't have both. Some times I like a view of the lake, but this time, I'm very happy with the peace and quiet. 

Jim asked Linda what she would like for a Mother's Day dinner, and she decided that she would like him to cook a steak. So, bout 5:00 yesterday afternoon, Jim fired up his grill and cooked a nice big juicy one for them to share. While he was doing that, she prepared some peas and left-over squash to have with it, and then, when everything was done, they sat down at my table and had a very nice meal together.

Did you know that in the vast majority of the world's languages, the word for "mother", begins with the letter M?