Tuesday, February 14th - Happy Valentines Day

 Another slow day for us, and HOT. PTL for AC! Lat nights low was 66, which let the AC rest a little during the early morning hours. Today's high was 89. We learned that one AC unit can't keep the coach cool when its 89 degrees. It did keep it down to mid 80's inside, which isn't bad considering the sun beating on our mostly black coach.

I regened our RV water softener in the morning. The entire task takes me about an hour. Disconnect the softener, install the "brine tank" between the water source and the softener, unhook the sewer hose and run a hose from the softener to the sewer. I slowly run the brine through the softener for about 20 minutes, let it set for 20 minutes and then continue running water through the setup until the discharge water is salt free. Then I reverse the hose connections and backflush the brine out of the softener. I'm currently using a whole house water softener casing for my brine tank. I put a box of table salt in it, fill it with water and let it set at least 24 hours before the regen. The water here is HARD. I get about 4 days on a regen. In Cathedral City I could go 2 weeks between regens.

Mid-morning we went to the Post Office and mailed the afghan Kathy made. Since it went to an APO address I had to fill out a customs form. After the Post Office it was on to Walgreens for prescriptions. I almost always have to wait days in Jefferson City to get a 90 day refill for one of my diabetic meds. Before requesting a refill here I checked with Tech at the counter and he said getting a full refill would be no problem. When I told him to proceed with the refill he asked if I wanted to wait, he told me it would take about 10 minutes, it took no more than five. When we were full timing 2011-12 we learned that once your prescriptions are on file with a Walgreens store all you can get refills at any Walgreens. Back then I think they might have been one of the few pharmacies that had the capability. I expect all the national chains do now.

On our way back to the campground we stopped at a Long John Silvers and had lunch. I like their fish, mine was good. Kathy has some type of weird rice bowl thing. She only ate part of it.

The AC repairman called and said the Service Contract people want to sent out an "inspector" to make sure the AC needs to be replaced, before pre-approving the work. He said he the inspector would make arrangements with him and he would then call me. He asked if I wanted to him to go ahead and get the unit ordered. I said yes.

It was hot enough again to day that siestas were in order 😀

Kathy went out for a short walk once things cooled down a little. I waited until almost 6 before heading out for a 2 mile walk. Its 9PM and the temp is now down to 72. The overnight low is supposed to be 66 again tonight.

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