Weather Report: The overnight low was 32 degrees. Today's high was a mostly sunny, but somewhat windy, 50 degrees. The sun felt good if you were in an area where the wind was mostly blocked.
About 7:30 I walked over to the clubhouse and had breakfast: breakfast casserole, sausage patties, a biscuit, orange juice and coffee, $4.75. What a deal. It is also a good time for visiting, I had a good conversation with a couple who are down here from Gaylord, MI. I was there over an hour, before walking the long way back home.
Later in the morning I took Kathy to the campground laundry (My contribution is carrying the clothes back and forth between the camper & truck and truck and laundry.)
Back at the camper I replaced a burned out bulb in the light fixture over the table. Sounds easy, but it was not, nor was I expecting it to be. The bulbs are a rare automotive style bulb. I know this because when one burned out a few years ago, after visiting numerous stores, I found an auto parts place that would order me a box of 10. The bulbs almost seem to fuse themselves to the "plastic" holders. I can't get the bulbs out without breaking the glass and then smashing the metal base with pliers, to loosen the "connection" to the plastic base. When I changed the previous bulb I was able to do this without taking the light apart. I wasn't so lucky with this one. I had to remove the fixture from the ceiling and take it apart to get the base out of the socket. I had to wait until Kathy was back from doing the laundry so that she could hold the fixture up while I reconnected the wires.
After lunch we wandered through the countryside sightseeing and checking out new ways to get the 10 miles to Tractor Supply. This is the 3rd 30# cylinder we have had filled while down here. The first two I had filled at a local propane place after they requalified the tanks. It wasn't open today so we went up to Tractor Supply. 6.8 gallons @ $3.76/gallon. $27.60 including the 10% sales tax.
The sales tax here is 10%, even on groceries. South of the campground, in Foley, where Kathy buys groceries they even add on a 1% "user fee" on top of the 10%. Tractor Supply is north of here in Robertsdale, they didn't add the 1% user fee on my propane purchase.
I didn't sleep a lot last night so a nice, long afternoon nap felt great. Kathy did some reading and walking while I napped. After supper I took our trash to the dumpster and walked around the campground until I had a total of 3.35 miles for the day.
Another good day, only one more day down here.😞 We plan on heading north on Monday.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.
PS. No coach buying updates.
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