Monday, December 1, 2025

Day 21 - Monday, December 1 - BRRRH!

 Most of you who are reading this are experiencing much colder weather than we are, but it sure feels cold here. It damp, cloudy, and windy most of the day. The high was in the mid 50's. 

I went to bed early last night and by 4 AM I couldn't sleep any longer. I got up, came out and laid down on the couch, put in ear buds and listened to Josh's, my Pastor in MO, sermon on predestination. He preached it at the last service I attended before leaving. It was a good one but he packs a lot into the message and I wanted to listen to it again. 

We went to our first 9:30 Monday Activity Meeting of the season. Kathy was about mobbed when she walked in. The meeting is a place where we are notified of upcoming activities. Coffee and donuts, or cookies, help take the edge off. Today's 45 minute meeting seemed like about 3 hours 😀. I went today  because it was the first one since we arrived. Normally Kathy attends them and then passes along whatever I need to know. Below is the December calendar. These events are by no means all that is happening. Several other weekly activities were noted during the meeting.


I took my notebook computer with me this morning and after the meeting I used the campground WiFi hotspot to do some research on our HWH coach levelling system. What I read identified a couple of things to check as I troubleshoot.

In past years we have been able to access a free open WiFi network in the campground. This year you have to buy a subscription, $154 for 4 months. We have a good T-Mobile signal and my phone works great as a hotspot but I was concerned about the amount of data, especially hotspot data that I was burning through. Our phones are on a plan that our son and his husband have. Anthony, our son-in-law, was in the Air Force and it is some type of plan for veterans. I knew it was supposed to be "unlimited" data but the cell companies are fast and loose with the term "unlimited". I did some research and it appears that we do in fact have unlimited data, no throttling no matter how much you use, but are limited to 30GB of hotspot data per line, a total of 60 GB for our two lines. I think that should give us enough to stream as much as we want. 

We chose to stay in, at least in the campground, rather than do some shopping. Tomorrow's weather is going to be similar but we may need to venture out to buy a few groceries and pick up a couple of prescriptions, or not; maybe we can put it off yet another day. 😀

After lunch, and a brief nap, Kathy made her way back over to the clubhouse for an hour or so, just to see what was happening.

I did a little reading and then guilted myself into a 4.4 mile, 47 minute bicycle ride around the campground.

Is it bedtime yet?

God is good. I pray that He bless you and yours. He has blessed me.