Winter Excursion 10, Day 172

Today was a super easy day. We had a handful of campers leaving and only a few arriving. The campers that were leaving were all gone by 1045. We don't think that has ever happened before. They usually wait until a few minutes or more after the 1200 checkout time. 

The weather continues to be nice. Temps are in the 70s during the day and into the 40s at night. It makes for good sleeping and easy working!

The find of the day was this fishing lure.

I'm not sure how it got stuck into Santa Duck's head, but I bet it hurts!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 171

We can't get over how calm the campground and boat ramp have been this weekend. The norm is for it to be crazy busy with a bunch of crazies causing the craziness! We are not complaining.

The find of the day was this fork.

Somewhere in this campground is one hungry camper or maybe they just eat with their hands!

Winter Excursion 10, Day 170

It's a Saturday and the campground is full. Temps are in the high 80s and we expected a very busy day. That did not happen. All the campers (and even the boat ramp) were very laid back and quiet! I could not believe it and neither could the staff, but none of us were complaining.

Today was my 73rd birthday and I really want to stop counting them! Cath made me a nice breakfast and a very yummy dinner. The campers gave me a very calm day!

The find of the day were these swim goggles.

I think I'm going to use them as my new sunglasses. They make me look like an alien.

Winter Excursion 10, Day 169

Even though the rental truck cannot tow our trailer, it's still nice to have a vehicle again. 

We decided to go out for pizza at a place one of our maintenance guys told me about. The place is in Griffin about 30 miles away. It's called Slices and it's famous for the brick oven pizza and also for the size of the pizzas. The pizzas are 2 foot wide and when you order a slice you get 1/8 of it. Cath ordered one slice, I ordered two, but could only eat one. 

We are back on duty tomorrow, so we just chilled at camp and hit the rack early.

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.