Saturday, April 11, 2026

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!

 

Friday, April 10, 2026

Winter Excursion 10, Day 161

No news on our truck. We are not worried yet, but we have to leave here in about 3 weeks and we will need the truck to do that!
Larry and Mona came over and spent some time checking out our new camper and just yakking.
Mona made dinner. It is called American Chop Suey in the New England States. Everywhere else it is called Goulash. We ate at Jerry and Carolyn's and a good evening was had by all.
We are back "ON" for the next four days. It's a weekend so we expect to be busy. 

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Winter Excursion 10, Day 160

My cold hit today and I felt like crap this morning.
We did hear about the truck today. They put a new fuel pump in that helped the issue, but they are still having some problem with cylinder #2.
Jerry, Carolyn, and Cath went into Gray. I stayed back at the camper to nurse this cold. Even though I was off I still got a call about a "fishing noodle" in the cove that was moving around. Obviously there was a fish on trhe hook.
Our Co-host went out on one of the paddle boats and brought it back to me on the dock.
It's a nice 4 pound catfish. I took it up to the camper and filleted it out. One of the campers noticed what I was doing and I gave the fillets to them.
While I was at the dock I got some pics of the new arrivals from our local Geese.

I think it is the same pair that was here last year. I just hope the gooselings do better than last year's. The little ones only lasted about a week before the turtles and fish got them.


  

Winter Excursion 10, Day 159

Our truck is still in the shop and we got no news about it today.
We all went to the PX and Commissary in Jerry's truck. I got to drive so Jerry could look around. His truck is very much like our new one is going to be, so it was fun to drive.
After we got all the groceries put away we got pizza from our new favorite pizza shop. It's called "Pig On A Pie" and the pizza is excellent!
I've started working on getting a cold. I just hope it's not a real bad one. The pollen here doesn't help.
  

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Winter Excursion 10, Day 158

We spent the morning in camp doing camp maintenance and cleaning things up.
Mid afternoon we walked over to Jerry and Carolyn's and the four of us piled into Jerry's truck and headed to the Whistle Stop for a late lunch/early dinner. Even though Google said the joint was open it was closed for Easter Monday. So we ended up going to our favorite TexMex restaurant. We all had a nice meal.
We spent the evening at Jerry and Carolyn's camper enjoying the cool weather. We are going into the mid 40s tonight.
When we got back to our camper we were greeted by another nice sunset.
I don't think we will ever get tired of the sunsets here!
    

Monday, April 6, 2026

Winter Excursion 10, Day 157

Happy Easter!
We were forecast for some serious rain, but it just drizzled on and off for most of the day. We did get a quick gully washer around 1600.
Host duties were steady as many campers were leaving today.
It was our last day "ON" and we are looking forward to our four days off.
The find of the day was this tablecloth holder for a picnic table.
I hope it did not interfere with their Easter dinner.
Jerry and Carolyn came over for our Easter dinner. The weather cleared just in time so that we could eat outside. 
 
 

Sunday, April 5, 2026

Winter Excursion 10, Day 156

It was a typical slow Saturday as most of the campers are in for the weekend.
The boat ramp had a busy day. We had to empty the trash cans as the picnic area and boat ramp were totally full of people. Normally we only have to empty them once after the weekend. When we checked the women's bathroom at the boat ramp there were a few ladies in the girls side. This room is only 5 X 7 with one toilet and a sink. When the door opened out came 7 ladies! We were dumb founded!
The find of the day was this catfish rig.
As I was cleaning up around the picnic area I saw some fishing line. This rig was on the other end. It is over a foot long! There was no catfish on the hook!