Winter Excursion 10, Day 168

Got a ride to the car rental place from one of our Maintenance Guys. I waited in line for about 20 minutes and checked in after I had already done everything online. Then I waited another 45 minutes for them to find the SUV I'd rented. Then they asked me if I would rather have a pickup truck instead of a SUV. You can guess my answer. So we are driving a 2026 Chevy Silverado. It's nice, but it's not a F250!

Back at camp we relaxed and watched a few movies. 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 167

The news we got today was not what we needed to hear. The truck will be in the shop for a few more weeks. The Ford Dealer does not know exactly how long, but it will be longer than 30 April when we have to leave this host site. We will have to cancel our reservations at Oak Mountain State Park and we will not be able to see Jacob and Cecilia.

The good news is we can leave the camper at this campground until the truck is ready. We have to move it to another "non-site", but at least it will be secure.

I'll be picking up a rental car tomorrow and we plan to go to the Kids and Kiddos in Charleston until we can get the truck back. 

Other than all of the above everything is just peachy! 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 166

Today is our first of four days off.

We were hoping to hear any news about the truck, but the dealer did not call. I tried calling them around 1600, but the service manager was already gone for the day and the person I was talking with had no information. They have had the truck for two weeks now and we are starting to worry. We have to leave here in two weeks and with no truck that will be difficult.

When I went outside this morning our host cart had a flat tire. It seems vehicles and us are not getting along!

Jerry and Carolyn came over for dinner. This was their farewell meal as they are leaving tomorrow.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 165

Cath took the day off and did some shopping and lunch with her friend Carolyn.

Today was Monday so the camper turnover was not to bad.

The boat ramp (beach) continues to be a pain. I think I emptied the trash cans three times each!

The find of the day was this checker board.

Only problem with it is that all the black and white thingies fell out! 
 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 164

As many of the campers are leaving today it made for a screaming busy day. As usual it seems like they all leave at once about 10 minutes before checkout time. And yes, a few even wait until after checkout time and have all kinds of excuses why they could not leave when they are supposed to.

The boat ramp has been busy all weekend and that means the place gets trashed. I'm starting to call the area "the beach" as many of the locals use it for a swimming hole!

The weather has warmed up and that means we have been renting our canoes and paddle boats. It is amazing to me how many of the renters do not want to wear a life jacket, but they can't rent a boat unless they wear one. I think many of them take the jacket off as soon as they are out of our view.

The find of the day was this toy dump truck.

I was telling everyone I finally got my truck back!

 

Winter Excursion 10, Day 163

Today was the complete opposite of yesterday. We had three campers leave and two arrive. We had almost nothing to do, but after yesterday it was nice.

We made breakfast for the staff that was working today and sat out on the picnic to eat. A fun time was had by all.

I did get some (hopefully good) news about the truck. They will put a new coil pack on cylinder #2 on Monday. We are crossing our fingers.

The find of the day was this smashed turtle.

It's only about the size of a silver dollar, but a lot thinner! It was run over by a vehicle!
  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 162

Today was Friday and it was our first day "ON" and it was a whopper! We had sixteen campers leaving and seventeen arriving! We were flat out almost all day, but it sure made the day go by fast.

The weather has been perfect with highs in the 70s, but that is forecast to change. It's going to get hot, but no rain!

Jerry and Carolyn came over for dinner. We sat outside and had a nice campfire. After they left Cath and I stayed out by the fire until almost 2200. It was a nice cool evening.

The find of the day was this bungee cord.

I sure hope it wasn't holding down anything important!