I walked over to the clubhouse this morning to have coffee. The temperature was in the low 40's but there was a strong wind. My ears and fingers were really cold by the time I arrived at the clubhouse (about 3/8 mile). There were about a dozen people having coffee this morning.
Morning discussion topics were: 1. A speakerphone call to a guy who had to leave and head back to Michigan because of his wife's health problems. They arrived at their MI home late last night. They lived in one of the houses behind the campground. It is now for sale. 2. A lady, who has been a widow for some years, showed up for coffee for the first time. I'm guessing she is in her 60's. She is new to RV living and this campground. Her RV is a 26' Jayflight travel trailer. She is from Michigan, like so many of the folks down here, and first went to AZ to visit a friend prior to heading east and ending up here. She is WORN out from travelling to far in to short a time. She would like to stay here for a month to rest but will have to move somewhere because the campground is now full. She had some interesting stories about her first days of RV living. 3. A brief discussion about guns. The guy who wears the Let's Go Brandon hat has the most, by far. One of the guys called a lady who lives in one of the houses behind the campground to check if she wanted to rent a space on her lot to this lady. She didn't. It wouldn't surprise me that if by tomorrow morning they have found someone who will rent her a space. 4. Which local place has the best sub sandwiches. I left after about an hour. I had soaked up all the wisdom possible by then.😀
After I left I walked the loop around the campground, 2.0 miles. When I got back home I started Class A shopping again. Last week I had ruled out a 40' 2009 Dutch Star because I didn't think it had enough cargo capacity left over once all the optional equipment was considered. The more I have looked the more apparent it has become that "premium" Class A's are heavy, especially after some extras are added. The GVWR of this coach, without options, is 1,400# more than our previous coach. It does have a few more options, but not 1,400# more options. I talked to the current owner some more and we plan on driving to Leesburg, FL next week to look at it, about 500 miles. One of Kathy's sisters spends the winter near Leesburg so it will give us a chance to see her while we are down here.
We ran some errands before lunch. I dropped off the 2nd of our 30# propane cylinders to get it requalified and refilled, should be able to pick it up tomorrow. Had to pick up a General Delivery letter my brother sent me, something that needed my notarized signature. I walked it over to the bank next door to the post office, had it notarized, stuffed it in a new envelope and stuck it in the mail back to him. Then we went down to Kathy's favorite Chinese restaurant for lunch.
Back at the campground excitement abounded. There was an ambulance, another first responder Fire Department truck and a helicopter in the field next to the campground entrance.
They were transporting a 92 year old lady who lives a couple of miles from the campground. They thought she had a stroke. Once before when we were here a helicopter landed in the same place to pick up a person injured in an auto accident. Look at the beautiful sunny sky.
In the afternoon we picked up a rental car. We drop my truck off in the morning to get the power steering leak fixed. I paid to rent a VW Jetta, or equivalent, Enterprise gave us a Chrysler 300M. I may have never ridden in a car as quiet as it is. If the repairs to my truck aren't completed by tomorrow afternoon I may tell Enterprise to extend my rental to a week, I think you basically pay for 6 days, so that we can drive it to FL.
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