Plans For Monday, Friends Leaving and 24

Lakeland, FL. (24)
65 deg. mostly cloudy, SW winds @ 7 mph.
Forecast today = high temp. 65 deg. and falling. Morning showers possible, winds becoming NW @ 17 mph with 25 mph gusts. Temp falling tonight to tonight 37 deg.

Even though they don't do any physical work, and the shop is not officially open, Lester, (my mechanic), and some of the others come to work for a few hours on Saturday mornings. I think they mostly use the time for planning and discussing past and upcoming work and projects. Anyway, it sounds like they may start doing some work on me Monday, such as my annual service, installing those kick-down cylinders, and the water circulating pump, parts that have already come in.

I know I said that my new awning fabric had come in also, but the man that told Jim that, made a mistake, and it's not here yet. Oh well, they've got plenty of other stuff to do, and maybe it'll come in Monday or Tuesday. We're also still waiting on a new pump for my furnace to replace the one that's leaking. (24)

Well, my new friend, the Holiday Rambler, who was parked along side of me, left yesterday. If you remember, he was the one who broke through a septic system clean out, and sustained major body damage. Well, Friday, his new left rear leveling jack came in, the mechanics installed it, and now he is feeling much better. He was really glad to be leaving here yesterday. It had been over a month since that the accident happened.

Good luck, new friend. Hope to see you down the road again some day.

You know, it's kind of hard meeting new RVs, making friends with them, and then watching them leave, to head down the road to go on new adventures. Sometimes you'll see them again, but other times you won't, but you know what? I wouldn't trade it for anything. Even though it makes me sad to see them leave, I know that they are heading out onto the highway to see new things and go new places, and that makes me happy to know that they are doing what they were made for. The worst thing that can happen to an RV is to be parked somewhere for long periods of time. We were made to travel down the highway.

OK, enough of that!

Last night, Jim cooked a steak out on the grill, while Linda made some baked beans for him and cabbage for her. (She doesn't much like baked beans), and warmed up some left-over rice. (24) They both said it made a good meal.

I'll bet you're wondering what that #24 is doing scattered around on this post. Well.....

Did you know that on this date, 24 years ago, Jim and Linda were married?

Happy anniversary, Jim and Linda!