Velvet Elvis

Elkmont, Alabama

Weather: low 50 degrees, high 70 degrees, partly cloudy skies

One of the things we like to do in a new area is check out the flea markets. The closest one to where we are parked is about 15 miles away, about halfway between Athens and Madison. We went over there this morning to check it out.

Remember in yesterday's post that Carolyn stayed home all day? She felt better today after the last bout with vertigo, but we took care of that in a hurry.

The flea market is an indoor market, and it appeared most of the stalls are rented by people who make their livings doing this kind of work. That's not really our favorite kind of flea market, but we still went through the different vendors to see if there was anything we wanted or needed. In one work, no. Except for a picture that I thought would be an excellent addition to the home base we're buying. Carolyn had moved on up an aisle as I was looking at some pictures, so I asked her to come back and let me know if this particular piece of art would work in the living room. For some reason, she became indignant, and said under no circumstances was I to buy any pictures for the house unless she was there to give the okay. Now, what brought that on? Doesn't everyone have a velvet Elvis in their house?

I wonder if she would notice if I put it in the work shop?

I said that Carolyn felt better today. Well, she did, until we were about halfway through our walk in the market. Then, the sounds, motions, and colors seemed to catch up with her. Or could it be seeing the picture that I want to buy that made her sick?

By the time we got back to Athens, Carolyn had recovered enough from her sickness with the vertigo that she was able to go into the WalMart Mall. We needed to buy a larger vacuum cleaner for the new home base, as well as some cleaning supplies. Keeping in mind that we're still trying to keep everything lean and mean in the RV as well as the home base, it took us close to an hour to find what we were looking for. Some of the time was spent looking at kitchen gadgets.

The home base closing is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Once we have the keys in our hands, we'll take stuff to the home base that we won't need to go to Texas with us. We expect the base to be cleaned when we take it over, but we will still go through it with a fine tooth comb as Carolyn cleans it to her standards. I think tomorrow is going to be a tiring one.

More later, be safe.

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