It got down in the 30's last night, but we were "snug as bugs in a rug". The camper furnace will keep the camper comfortable even when outside temps are in the mid-high 20's.
Kathy went over to the clubhouse this morning to participate in some type of quilting get together. They didn't have it this morning so she hung around the clubhouse and worked on a big, partially completed puzzle that was on a table in the clubhouse library. I stayed at the camper and tried to get my new printer working. I printed a couple of test pages before leaving home but was unable to get the computer to "see" it this morning. After posting this I will give it another shot.
We are a little "crippled" here because the campground does not have wifi, which we knew before making a reservation. What we didn't know was that while AT&T claims that they have 5G service in this area, what they really have is pitiful 4G LTE service. (It is flat as a pancake here, and rural. There is nothing to interfere with a cell signal.) The signal is as bad as it is down in the "holler" at home. A guy at the office said he has T-Mobile and has a good enough signal to stream Netflix via his cell phone. He also said that Verizon service is even worse than AT&T's.
For lunch we drove down to Gulf Shores and ate at the Original Oyster House. Kathy's mouth has been watering for their fish tacos since we arrived here. I had a blackened flounder po boy sandwich. Both were very good, and reasonably priced.
After lunch we drove over to the beach. It was sunny and in the mid 50's, but rather windy. With the wind it was chilly enough that we chose not to take a walk along the beach.
We did get some exercise walking around the campground later in the afternoon. I had nice conversation with a couple of full timers who recently bought a used Newmar Mountain Aire. Their toad/dingy is a Jeep. I was curious about how they liked it. They do, because it pulls good (behind their 450hp Class A) and because they like to spend time in the sand and in the mountains. They do plan on getting a larger version in the future. They took the back seat out of this one so that they would have more room for cargo. My impression is that they have only been full timing for a couple of years.
As i was leaving to take my walk a lady was walking by with her dog. She saw our license plate and asked where we live in Missouri. I told her near Jefferson City. For the past several years she and her husband have worked for the Corp of Engineers in the Branson area, during the summer months. They work in some type of exhibit area. She wondered if they were going to be asked to work there this summer. Because of COVID part/all of the exhibit area was not open last summer. They still worked, but only did catch-up filing and finished up work that had been undone. By the end of last summer they had caught everything up. They have been full timing since retiring in 2012.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.
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