September road trip

September road trip
September road trip

Monday, February 3, 2014

Hot weather, Cool cars



We had a couple cool rainy days in the end of January with temps in the 50’s. brrrrr. Millie and I hunkered down and didn’t do much of anything other than our routine activities around the campground. Millie does her tread mill running every morning and I even did a little weight training at the campground exercise room. We rode bikes between the rain drops and walked the dogs several times a day.

I worked on a couple projects in the motorhome, one planned and one water leak. I had salvaged a small safe from our old motorhome and secured it inside a cabinet. Now anyone who’s ever owned an RV knows they’re pretty much held together with glue and staples. That might be a little bit of an exaggeration, but not by much. After the first installation the safe didn’t feel secure so we went to Lowes and bought a selection of anchors and toggle bolts. The safe is now connected thru a side, the back and the bottom. I’m sure if the motorhome is ever picked up in a twister and dropped into Kansas that little corner with the safe attached will still be intact.

The water leak is coming from the skylight over the shower; we’ve made a temporary patch until we can get a replacement for the outer dome which has several cracks in it. Thirteen years of sun has taken its toll on the plastic. It will be an easy repair once I get the new part.



On Saturday Wayne and I drove over to Old Town for the Classic Car Cruise. Several of the cars were for sale with prices as much as $85,000. I told Wayne it would be smart to sell a car like that soon, as the prices will drop once the baby boomers move on to some other interest. Several of the hot rods had compact coil spring front suspensions that Wayne informed me was from a Mustang 2. Probably one of the better uses for that particular model, IMHO.



Our 14 day stay at Orlando ended on Sunday and we moved about 60 miles south to the Peace River Thousand Trails campground. We have a wonderful site right on the River. Millie said we may start getting hate mail if I tell you this, but sitting in the shade of a palm tree by the river in 80 degree weather on the 2nd day of February is what dreams are made of. 


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