Oconto, WI

Wednesday, July 25.  We left Manistique, MI and drove to Oconto, WI today.  It was a good day for a drive since it was rainy and cloudy in Michigan but by the time we got to Joyce's house in Oconto the weather had cleared.  Oconto is a small town (Pop. 4,500ish) about 30 minutes north of Green Bay.  Joyces' place is on the Oconto river in the middle of town, a beautiful location!  Since she has two large lots there was room for us to park the motor home with a great view of the river.

This is our view out the front window of the motor home.  Not bad, eh?

Joyce's sister Janice flew in today from Deming, NM so we rode with Joyce and her mom, LaVonne, to pick Janice up at the airport in Green Bay.  On the way back to Oconto we stopped at Sam's Club where Mike and I bought iPhones, yep, we're hooked on iPhones now.  We also stopped at one of the many  cheese stores in Wisconsin.  Mike is now an official cheesehead, I have proof!

Thursday, July 26 & Friday, July 27.  We just hung out and relaxed and played several games of dominoes and prepared for the cookout on Saturday at Joyce's house.  We went to the store to pickup a few things and left Jenny in Joyce's house.  Jenny had become quite comfortable in Joyce's house by this time so we thought it would be fine.  When we got back Jenny was excited to see us and had only knocked over a plant in the front window, or so we thought.  I walked down the hall and noticed LaVonne's bed was messed up and I knew she had made it that morning.  I looked at Joyce's bed and Janice's bed and both of them were messed up as well.  We figured out that because of a storm that came through while we were gone Jenny had gone from bed to bed to try and find a "safe zone."  She started with Joyce's and didn't like it then moved to Janice's and liked it a little better then settled on LaVonne's bed which she liked a lot.  Notice the gradual increase of disarray from bed to bed from left to right:

Jenny's new nickname is "Goldilock's."

Another storm came through Thursday night after we had gone to bed.  It wasn't a bad storm but there was plenty of lightening which upset Jenny our dog.  She paced, whined and tried to get under anything she could in the motor home.  It was a rough night.  I finally had to put her collar and leash on and wrap the leash around my arm to keep her by the bed.  Needless to say, none of us got a lot of sleep that night.  On Friday we contacted our vet in Dolores and she called in a Rx to a pharmacy in Oconto for Jenny.  The Rx was for Xanax and a sedative (Acepromazine) for animals.  It was supposed to rain that evening so around 6:00 we gave Jenny the Xanax (2 @ 1mg each) and then when we went to bed we gave her the sedative (25mg), both were full doses.  Everyone slept well that night!  The next morning Jenny was slow to wake up and when she did she couldn't stand up very well, her legs kept sliding out from under her.  She was stoned out of her poor mind!  Mike had to help her down the steps of the motor home.  It was late afternoon before she recovered.  Now we know the meds work and to give her only half the dosage.

Saturday, July 28.  The weather could not have been any better today!  We woke to a cool morning with bright blue sky and a slight breeze, a perfect day for a cookout!  Janice prepared her famous brats on the grill then put them in a crock pot with onions.  She also grilled "natural cased" hot dogs which I had never heard of but they were yummy!  Joyce's other sister Nancy and their brother Frank came over for the cookout along with other family and friends.  That's me playing with my iPhone.

That's also me taking care of pests in the yard.  Ha!  That's Jacob, Joyce's great nephew.  He was having a great time playing in the yard and with Jenny.

That evening we had a fire so Joyce could get rid of a lot of brush that had been gathered on her property.  Joyce was happy to get rid of the brush as you can see...

We had a great day with lots of fun and food.  By the time we went to bed Jenny was back to her old self which made us feel much better.  We leave for Minnesota on Sunday, July 29.