Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Day 8 - Wednesday, January 12 - Motorhome Shopping

 Kathy spent a good part of the morning at the clubhouse, working on a puzzle. I read for awhile and then did a loop around the campground while walking our trash to the dumpster. I also checked the propane tanks and found that one was empty.

Then it was off to Mama Lou's for lunch, a place we had eaten in the past. The buffet was good, just plain food. 

After a hearty lunch we headed down to Camping World to look at Class A's. Tomorrow we are going back to look at a 42'-2012 Newmar Dutch Star 4346, with only 16,000 miles on it. It was out getting new tires put on it today. It's bigger than we want, and a little above the top of our budget but.... Their price is 10% less than NADA book value (even without considering any optional equipment it might have), and it has new tires ($2,000-3,000). We also stopped at another place to look but they didn't have anything that interested us.

Then it was off to get our propane tank filled. The tank "expired" in May 2021 so I had to find a place that would requalify/recertify it. A guy at the Camping World service department told me where to take it. The place was within a block of our trip back to the campground. We dropped it off and then headed down to Publix for a little grocery shopping. On our way back to the campground we got a call telling us that the tank was ready for us to pick it up. The cost to requalify the tank was $17.50, which I thought was very reasonable. I think a new 30# cylinder is around $80. The total for recertifying and filling the tank was $46.

On the way back to the campground my truck starting making a weird noise when accelerating. The noise changes with engine rpm. Gauges all read good. Checked the oil & trans fluids when we got back to the campground. Oil was full and trans fluid still is pink. Maybe I was getting to bored without trailer axle problems, or flat tires, etc. 😀

Nolan, this is one of the campground trees that I thought you would really enjoy climbing. There are some that are much bigger than this one.

God is good! I pray that He blesses you and yours.




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